I wanna watch it again....

What? you may ask. What else but a movie . For people who know me well , its no secret that I am a big movie fan. Don't mistake me for a hardcore bollywood buff, which I'm not. In fact I hardly find more than a handful bollywood movies worth my money in a year. Hollywood movies form the staple of my movie diet. The amount of creativity and talent in Hollywood never ceases to amaze me. There are some movies that I have watched over and over again and have discovered more about them each time.
Enough about my movie watching habit. The thing I am referring to in the title of the post is the movie Platoon. I had heard a lot about it from my friends and I finally got to watch it on TV. In spite of my friends insistence on watching Voice of India, I wrestled my way towards gaining control of the Remote. And boy, what a movie it was. The movie is about a young rich boy drafting himself for the Vietnam war in '69. Lands up in Vietnam to witness the real picture of the war, horribly different from what he had imagined while drafting for it. The movie is directed by Oliver Stone, a Vietnam veteran himself. He uses his experience of the war coupled with his brilliant directing skill to present a gripping, realistic(sometimes too realistic) account of the scene during the war. What I really loved about the movie it that it didn't take any sides. Although people may disagree with me about this, the movie left that decision to be taken by the viewer. The plot being extremely focused, doesn't burden the viewer with statistics and unnecessary details. In short its a brilliant movie, where we can witness some great stars in action before they became stars(try identifying Johny Depp in the film.Quite a challenge). Some memorable characters made even more so by their excellent portrayals . Hats off to Willem Dafoe, Charlie Sheen and Tom Berenger for their brilliant acts. I really look forward to watching the movie again as soon as possible. Hope to achieve that mission this weekend itself. And if you haven't seen Platoon just grab hold of a CD/DVD now.