The Military in Hollywood

The Military and the Media: Hollywood’s Image of the Military Comparing Hamburger Hill to Platoon More than ten years after the end of the Vietnam War, two movies were released that showed differing opinions about how the war was fought. Hamburger Hill and Platoon were released during the glory days of the American military under the Reagan administration. The subject of the Vietnam War was no longer taboo, and national pride had recovered from …showed first 75 words of 996 total…

…showed last 75 words of 996 total…the military is an all-volunteer force. It is still made up of an extremely diverse group of individuals, and there are still conflicts within each unit. I believe that Hamburger Hill more accurately depicts the type of personal interaction one can witness in today’s military. The extremely polar relationships between individuals in Platoon may serve to bolster the anti-war or anti-military cause, but it is not a realistic representation of the current military force.