The Unholy Crusade, a look into Oliver Stone's War film, Platoon.
Title: The Unholy Crusade, a look into Oliver Stone's War film, Platoon.
Category: /Arts & Humanities/Film & TV
Details: Words: 763 | Pages: 3 (approximately 235 words/page)
The Unholy Crusade, a look into Oliver Stone's War film, Platoon.
Category: /Arts & Humanities/Film & TV
Details: Words: 763 | Pages: 3 (approximately 235 words/page)
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events that transpired during the war,
 but many religious aspects also.  The movie was not only
 ground breaking in the sense that it represented a neutral
 view of America versus Communism, but it was insightful to
 the religious undertones of all wars.  By using religious
 themes throughout key parts of the movie, Stone
 illustrates the decadence that American society is heading
 towards.  This decadence is one factor that led to the
 American ineffectiveness in Vietnam.

