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| das video | 2:19pm 5/16/2006  |
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While Veronica attended a friend's going away party in the city late last night, i stayed at home with doggie and watched my tivoed copy of 1986's Platoon. Intense. The scene where they raid a Vietnamese village is difficult to watch, as only haflway through it i was shaking my head and thinking this couldn't get any more disturbing, and then it did. In typical Oliver Stone style, no point is left unclear, and all messages are delivered with a sledgehammer. Charlie Sheen rails between the drug-induced escapism of Willem Dafoe and the retaliatory rage of Tom Berenger, almost so much that you can see him flipping the switch back and forth. However, the messages of the film are told in a brutally unflinching style so it works. I think i prefer Full Metal Jacket (Kubrick vs. Stone, no comparison), but i'm glad i finally checked out Ollie's take on Vietnam as well. One other thing about Goal! ... the cameos by football superstars including David Beckham, Zinedine Zidane, Raul, and Santiago's Newcastle teammates Alan Shearer and Jermaine Jenas were fairly hilarious because of the footballers' lack of acting prowess. My favorite was a group shot of the Newcastle first team eyeing Santiago during practice, with Lee Bowyer staring at the camera with a stupid grin on his face. | |
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