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I actually liked how the characters dissolved in the story

Platoon is a caricature, a political piece of crap, your usual Hollywood fair with stars dominating the screen. A couple of personal stories, that's all...

HH is far more impersonal and hence real. I don't know where the obsession with "character development" comes from. Why is it mandatory for someone to change his behavioral pattern in the span of 90 minutes? THAT should be considered artificial, not the portrayal of real life.

HH is about the brutal meat grinder, far less about who and how got thrown into it. It shows bigger picture, with very little minutiae. For the lovers of personal stories there seems to be enough, in my view. But those who lived through wars usually mention how your personality becomes smaller, subservient to something far bigger and more important. Like everything in life there is proper balance, and if HH errs on the side of bigger picture, there surely is no shortage of the more "personal" films - no need to expect everyone conform to the same cookie cutter.


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