The Unholy Crusade, a look into Oliver Stone's War film, Platoon.
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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.
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.