Apocalypse Now

Deserves its spot as one of the best movies ever made. You can’t tell that the production was hell from the final product. I can’t say much that hasn’t been said before, but holy shit y’all can’t miss this one

The greatest war film of all time. Why? Because of the cinematography, score, soundtrack, acting, casting, dialogue, location, practicality, stunt work, emotion, morals, and everything in between. I hadn't even realised 3 whole hours had passed. Every shot had something to glare at with either your eyes or ears. I really doubt we will ever get a film on this level of practicality again. If you think you know cinema, then watch this because you can physically feel the number of movies inspired by this. I don't think I'll ever forget the horror of uncertainty i felt. Iconic.

I do not belong here

I WANT MORE, I NEED MORE, I DEMAND MORE

Apocalypse Now is among a very rare breed of movies, as the score is spectacular, the acting is top tier, and the cinematography is beautiful.

However it manages to somehow be too long and too short at the same time, as until the second half of the second act it seems like a RAHHHH AMERICA FUCK YEAH, at a slow pace, but then picks up to the point if you wanted to take your eyes off the screen you couldn’t even if you wanted to.

My only con is that we needed more character development, as I had to give them nicknames like surfer guy, captain, and the crazy one, but I’m guessing we get that in the 3 hour version as that might have been the main issue Coppola had to deal with.

All in all it’s almost a perfect movie, all that holds it back is a poorly paced first half and character development, other than that it’s pitch perfect, i will do a rewatch of Apocalypse Now when I have the 3 hour version which will happen when I eventually buy the 4K release.

(New format)

Plot 9.3/10
Soundtrack/Score 9.7/10
Acting 10/10
Cinematography 10/10
Pacing 8.7/10
Character development 8/10
Writing 9.6/10
Ending 9.4/10
Direction 10/10

Overall 9.7/10

My favorite war film!

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