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View Poll Results: BEST film directed by Oliver Stone?
Salvador (1986)
3
3.30%
Platoon (1986)
33
36.26%
Wall Street (1987)
7
7.69%
Talk Radio (1988)
3
3.30%
Born on the Fourth of July (1989)
2
2.20%
JFK (1991)
32
35.16%
Natural Born Killers (1994)
10
10.99%
Nixon (1995)
0
0%
Any Given Sunday (1999)
1
1.10%
Other (please specify)
0
0%
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Weekly Poll (4/18/2004): BEST Oliver Stone directed film?

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Old 04-18-04, 09:56 AM
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Weekly Poll (4/18/2004): BEST Oliver Stone directed film?
BEST film directed by Oliver Stone?

Films to consider for 'Other'


Seizure (1974)
The Hand (1981)
The Doors (1991)
Heaven & Earth (1993)
U Turn (1997)




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Born On The Fourth of July was the movie that stood out compared to his other excellent films.
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platoon (only one ive seen lol)
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I picked Wall Street.
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natural born killers, i love a good romance movie.
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natural born killers, i love a good romance movie.
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I picked JFK.
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JFK is a masterpiece.
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I too voted for JFK - but let me state that Nixon is a vastly underappreciated film.
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JFK is the worst of history but among the best of cinema. It got my vote.
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I know it's not his best, but Any Given Sunday gets better w/ each viewing. It's a very underrated movie...
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Wow. I'm so utterly alone on that Salvador choice. I think it's arguable his most honest work... and excessively underappreciated.

Born on the 4th of July feels excessively melodramatic. I also don't think Tom Cruise was right for that role. Platoon is still a great movie, but between the two I'll take Salvador.
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Wow. I'm so utterly alone on that Salvador choice. I think it's arguable his most honest work... and excessively underappreciated.
I don't know about 'honest' - I've heard the horseback attack scene didn't actually happen. Of course, compared to other Stone pictures, maybe it is the most honest.

I don't regard it as highly because, to me, the James Belushi character and his 'humor' were really out of place - it felt more like Belushi was playing himself.
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Platoon, my favorite war movie of all time...that is until Inglorious Bastards comes out...
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I thought Salvador was his best.
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Platoon.

But I do have appreciation for JFK, Nixon, and Any Given Sunday.
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Then either JFK or Natural Born Killers
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I like Platoon most but it just edges out Wall Street.
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