Which character did you hate the most?
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Platoon
Leoneswest — 10 years ago(July 13, 2015 04:40 PM)
For me that would be O,Neill. A douchebag and a cowardnot a great mix.
Others I didn't like were Junior and Wolfe.although they at least cop it at the end. Barnes was a bastard, but he was a tough bastard and a fairly strong leader so I didn't completely hate him.
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sonofbeach-sheet — 10 years ago(July 25, 2015 01:44 PM)
Dislike of Wolfe? I thought Wolfe was pretty likable, but completely out of his element as a 23 year old LT fresh out of OCS or Westpoint thrown on the front lines with battle-hardened and poorly educated grunts. He tried to form a bond and boost morale with the troops, awkwardly of course, when he went inside the hooch while they were playing cards. Barnes didn't respect and intimidated him. Rightfully so! He had not yet done his time or proven himse4lf and incompetent to be in a platoon. He should have stuck to being in the rear as a supply or logistics officer.
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haynese_98 — 10 years ago(September 24, 2015 12:24 PM)
I kind of admire O'Neil's ability to survive. It was a war where we put our youth over there to fight for nothing, especially when we would tell them to "take the hill" only to abandon it to the enemy a few months later. Sure, O'Neil was a kiss arse and tried to flee the final battle but isn't living better than dying in the muck for nothing?
I didn't really hate any of the characters except the rapists. I couldn't even hate Bunny because we all know psychopath's aren't really in control of their brains, especially when it comes to empathy.
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Leoneswest — 10 years ago(November 05, 2015 02:43 AM)
To be honestas much of a coward and ass-kisser O'Neil was, the scene that really made me hate him was when he made Chris, King and thet other guy do toilet duty. That one scene alone truly showed what a smug a s s hole he was ("You guys come over hereI got a little job for ya").
Funny thing is while Bunny was a sick psycho, I have always found kevin dillon to be such a likable actorthat at no time did I ever hate the character. Dont know what that says about me. -
GirlwonderReturns — 10 years ago(November 06, 2015 08:50 AM)
I don't think Wolfe was hate-worthy. He was young, inexperienced, and in completely over his head. To throw a guy like that in with someone like Barnes and expect him to take charge is not realistic. For me, I would say of the major characters, O'Neill was probably my most hated, followed by Junior, because they were both cowards. Bunny was nuts and Bunny was a murderer, but he certainly had balls (and the fact that he actually was in all likelihood truly mentally imbalanced causes me to cut him a wee bit of slack). I think Barnes was also touched in the head, probably by his combat experiences, so he's not as high on the list either. So while I hated both Bunny and Barnes, neither to me was as bad as O'Neill and Junior. And Wolfe doesn't even rate; if anything, I felt sorry for him.
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Luciano1931 — 10 years ago(November 07, 2015 11:47 PM)
I hated Junior, he literally ran away from his fellow comrade (Bunny) and basically got him killed and then he ran into a tree and got the bayonet. Can't really blame O'Neil for hiding in the last battle, he was surrounded by the enemy and would have been killed if he hadn't.
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airborne3502 — 10 years ago(November 08, 2015 06:55 AM)
Barnes.
I also hated every soldier on "Team Elias" that let Chris go head to head against Barnes alone. When Barnes brought a blade into it, he should have gotten a butt stroke to the head with an M-16.
In the immortal words of Bunny, "Did you see that head come apart?"
Bye, bye, Barnes.
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BPD1586 — 10 years ago(February 15, 2016 12:59 AM)
Not a fan of Barnes, but I did admire his no nonsense leadership style.
That quarrel in the hooch between Taylor and Barnes was a soldiers fight, one-on-one, happens all the time on deployment and occasionally in garrison. Sure, "Team Elias" could've jumped Barnes but then what? Kill him in base camp and risk getting court-martialed. Jump him, beat his ass and risk getting an assaulting an NCO charge and hope Barnes doesn't get his team to do some payback. I think 'Team Elias' handled that well. -
dcram76 — 10 years ago(January 22, 2016 09:30 AM)
Junior. He was whiny. He shirked his duties and blamed others. He blamed white man for his problems. He complained about village atrocities yet he joined in(he was one of the rape team). He chickened out and abandoned his teammate in the foxhole.
Barnes was monstrous but he was an ends-justifies-the-means. Bunny was a sadistic psychopath but Kevin Dillon made him likable(when he wasn't committing atrocities). Oneill was a swaggering coward but he was funny. Sgt Warren(aka Candyman) was pretty much a nonentity, just like the other teammates who didn't side with Elias.
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haynese_98 — 10 years ago(January 25, 2016 12:52 AM)
I look at it like this, who did I hate enough that I wanted them to die? Junior was a jerk but when he got killed I felt bad for him and I hated the enemy for killing him. I even felt bad for the Lt. when he got blinded then killed.
However, I did not feel bad when Barnes got killed. So, I hated Barnes the most.
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