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Dec. 9th, 2007 01:45 amDamn I'd forgotten what a great movie Platoon was.
I was 14 when I saw this with Simon Hardware at what is now my favourite wine serving Electric Cinema and I still remember walking out in total silence. The 144 bus from the depot directly opposite would have been the closest but we decided to walk to the #63 stop because we - or at least I was - were still in a state of shock and I didn't want to lose that feeling too soon. Of course, by the time we were at Nostalgia & Comics (my god is that store old!) we were bouncing with excitement.
The classic scene with Sgt. Elias dropping to his knees in a crucifixion pose as he is shot by the chasing VC was the first posters that I ever put up on my bedroom wall.
Platoon also has a special place in my heart for being the first film whose sound track really got to me (in a good way that is, this was the 80's after all... need I say any more than Top Gun's Danger Zone)
Like many my age, the first piece of 'classical' music that I was really exposed to was Samuel Barber's Adagio for Strings and even now it's still one of my all time favourite pieces of music.
I was 14 when I saw this with Simon Hardware at what is now my favourite wine serving Electric Cinema and I still remember walking out in total silence. The 144 bus from the depot directly opposite would have been the closest but we decided to walk to the #63 stop because we - or at least I was - were still in a state of shock and I didn't want to lose that feeling too soon. Of course, by the time we were at Nostalgia & Comics (my god is that store old!) we were bouncing with excitement.
The classic scene with Sgt. Elias dropping to his knees in a crucifixion pose as he is shot by the chasing VC was the first posters that I ever put up on my bedroom wall.
Platoon also has a special place in my heart for being the first film whose sound track really got to me (in a good way that is, this was the 80's after all... need I say any more than Top Gun's Danger Zone)
Like many my age, the first piece of 'classical' music that I was really exposed to was Samuel Barber's Adagio for Strings and even now it's still one of my all time favourite pieces of music.
