MajorKong wrote:
I have to say that as a fan of Oliver Stone's work on a cinematic level, its always bothered me how much he's relied on the notion of the counter myth to make his point.
Technically, his work is brilliant.
JFK and
Nixon are fantastic pieces of work--but the stuff that does not jibe with reality is a problem. I know he said that nobody knocks Shakespeare for taking liberties with history, but Shakespeare had a different conception of history.
Platoon hasn't aged well, either (for other reasons).
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rogers park bryan wrote:
This registered sex offender I regularly converse with on the internet just said something really stupid