Best film of the 80s - Platoon v The Naked Gun

[milo]

Platoon

Released - 1986

Director - Oliver Stone
Producer - Arnold Kopelson
Writer - Oliver Stone
Starring - Tom Berenger, Willem Dafoe, Charlie Sheen, Keith David, Kevin Dillon, John C. McGinley

Awards: Academy Award for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Sound Mixing and Best Film Editing

v

The Naked Gun: From the Files of the Police Squad!

Released - 1988

Director - David Zucker
Producer - Robert K. Weiss
Writers - Jerry Zucker, Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Pat Proft
Starring - Leslie Nielsen, Priscilla Presley, Ricardo Montalbán, George Kennedy, and O. J. Simpson

 

[Glenda's Legs]

Can you re-draw?

 

[NoLimits01]

That's it close the poll, this one's done

 

[Seedy Ron]

You still can't vote on the app. Cretinous.

 

[billyiddo]

Could never get in to Platoon

 

[Glenda's Legs]

I remember thinking Platoon was just brilliant. Shocking and moving. Probably the best Vietnam war film for me of the ones I watched at the time - maybe it was because it was one of the first of the glut that I saw that makes it so. I don’t think I’ve watched it much since then though.
Naked Gun however I’ve seen numerous times and always makes me laugh.
If I had to choose just one to watch again it would be Naked Gun. So that wins.

 

[milo]

Could never get in to Platoon

I'm trying to think of an Oliver Stone film that I don't feel like that about. They always seem to promise a lot more than they deliver.

 

[milo]

If I had to choose just one to watch again it would be Naked Gun. So that wins.

I was thinking ''I quite fancy watching the Naked Gun again' when I was starting the thread.

 

[Trixster]

Is there really a case? Platoon hands down the better film - over and over again.

Soundtrack alone has to give it the edge...

 

[Rorschach]

It has dated but Platoon was a great movie at the time.

 

[NoLimits01]

Was Platoon the one that was filmed in Becton and on the Rainham Marshes?

 

[milo]

Was Platoon the one that was filmed in Becton and on the Rainham Marshes?

That was Full Metal Jacket. Platoon was shot in the Philippines.

 

[NoLimits01]

That was Full Metal Jacket. Platoon was shot in the Philippines.

Cheers, always get those 2 confused.

 

[milo]

48% vs 52% - it's the will of the people. The Naked Gun goes through to the next round.

 

[Rorschach]

48% vs 52% - it's the will of the people. The Naked Gun goes through to the next round.

That vote reminded me of brexit

 

[milo]

That vote reminded me of brexit

Apart from the right side won this time

 

[Rorschach]

Apart from the right side won this time

Only because of project fear

 

[nayimfromthehalfwayline]

I'm trying to think of an Oliver Stone film that I don't feel like that about. They always seem to promise a lot more than they deliver.

Natural Born Killers is one of his, I dont remember struggling to get into that!

Wall Street and The Doors too.

Though I completely agree on this one, I dont think Ive ever sat through it.

 

[parklane1]

That vote reminded me of brexit

I demand a second vote, it was the wrong decision boo-hoo, boo-hoo

 

[Moby]

Only because of project fear

Was that the Scorsese one with De Niro as Max?