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I don’t think the claim is that Platoon was the first anti-war movie, but rather it was the first movie to depict war realistically.
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How about The Boys in Company C (1978)?
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[QUOTE=kelly5078]
Now, can someone explain “Last Tango in Paris” to me?
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Sure. First I’ll need some butter…
Midnight Cowboy is a silly mess with a couple of decent performances buried in it.
Apocalypse Now is a brilliantly mounted pro-war opera.
Both movies have these things in common: overreaching mishmashes with pretensions to artistic grandeur.