I LOVE HIM IN PLATOON!!!!!!!!!!

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ILikeTheTrees — 19 years ago(February 03, 2007 02:35 PM)

Perhaps this point could be taken more seriously if there weren't scattered capital letters interspersed throughout. It's a movie thread, not a ransom note

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fieldy27 — 19 years ago(February 16, 2007 06:00 PM)

this guy was very believable as a sargeant. I could just sense that he was that sargeant who is a real SOB. the oscar was robbed from him.

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chiamrt — 18 years ago(February 28, 2008 01:10 PM)

I take this back now that I have seen "The Field"
The Day Of The Dead

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psychadelic_breakfast — 18 years ago(April 04, 2008 07:50 AM)

I thought he was sexy in platoon what a badass.

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ratt_poison — 17 years ago(October 02, 2008 06:41 PM)

haha totally
"Cause I felt like it!"

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xelight — 19 years ago(March 11, 2007 03:28 PM)

Yes, indeed he was fantastic in this role sadly i havent really seen him in anything else. If anyone could make some suggestions with some of his other good films/tv shows i would be most appreciative. Thank you.

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jserradi — 18 years ago(October 06, 2007 10:27 AM)

I think all the marines films fits him. PLatoon, Sniper etc.
He has a hel l of a face And great actor not un Rambotito like Stallone

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jeroen-85 — 18 years ago(January 14, 2008 02:58 AM)

He owns in that movie, indeed. One of the most realistic characters I've ever seen. He can behave so evil and realistic. Movies like Sniper and that kind a movies weren't that good, in fact, I believe Oliver Stone had bring him to that level of Platoon.
Platoon, The Thing, Devil's Rejects

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kiddglock — 17 years ago(April 15, 2008 01:48 PM)

He was a soldier in
Platoon
in the army, not a Marine. He played a Marine in the
Sniper
series.
There are no more friendly civilians, sir.

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jwild49 — 17 years ago(May 19, 2008 08:09 PM)

Tom Berenger is the kind of beep you admire in that movie, ttal badass and well acted.

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abe87 — 17 years ago(February 27, 2009 09:05 AM)

It was a very powerful performance. I completely agree that he should have won the Oscar. Michael Caine was good in "Hannah and Her Sisters" but not better than Berenger IMO. I think Willem Dafoe gave a better performance too.

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jefgg — 10 years ago(January 09, 2016 08:07 PM)

According to Oliver Stone, he intentionally cast Tom Berenger and Willem Dafoe against type (Berenger, who played the ruthless, sadistic Sgt. Barnes, was mostly famous at that point for playing good guys, while Dafoe, who had primarily played villains up until then, played the heroic, compassionate Sgt. Elias). The casting worked, and both men received Oscar nominations for their work.
On the Jay Mohr podcast Charlie Sheen said that the intensity Tom Berenger brought to his role of Sgt. Barnes was the result of a recent divorce.