Genre: War, Drama, Action
Year of release: 1979
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
War movie fans are in for a damn treat. This movie rules it kicks ass, its the best war movie in the world, beats saving private Ryan by a long shot. Showing the horrors of war. The way people went a little funny in Vietnam. Although this is a long movie it is defiantly worth it and should rank high in your favorite movies.
Wonderful movie about a secret mission in which one man must terminate a crazed commander in the middle of the Vietnam forests, only he is an American ... "It shouldn't have made a difference to me, but it did." The first scene is unbelievably awesome showing a explosion of a forest with the song "this is the end" by the doors. It makes a perfect effect and is a very powerful opener. The narration by main character Captain Benjamin L. Willard played by Martin Sheen improves this movie. The story is great and the work put into the characters is pretty awesome as well. Francis Ford Coppola did a great job of this movie spending many years making it, it was well worth his effort. Martin Sheen was really great in this he acted his part like a true legend.
If will start from the start this films opening scene is at least one of my favorite scenes. The calm music starts as you look at a forest and helicopters smoothly flying past the camera. When the lyrics begin the forest silently explodes and the only sounds left is the doors and the sound of helicopters. The lyrics match this perfectly sing "This is the end" right as the forest explodes. We then start to see Martin sheen face slightly faded into the background upside down lying on a bed thinking of Vietnam we are slowly lead into Willard's apartment were the helicopter noise turns into the sound of the rotating fan blades where Martin narrates his brilliant speech. This scene is true brilliance and make me feel warm inside, it sends a shiver down my spine as I type this. This scene clearly shows there is a god and showed the world through Francis Ford Coppola how to begin a movie.
The acting and characters of this movie is some of the best I have ever seen, even the little characters like Clean and Chief, the Photojournalist, Colonel Walter E. Kurtz, Chef. I found Laurence Fishburne hard to recognize as he is very young, found it quite funny. Marlon Brando is a great actor, his job in the Godfather was unbelievable any one that tries to reenact Marlon Brando is an idiot. Marlon's acting in Apocalypse was very good however he is much better in the Godfather (looking forward to seeing his earlier stuff) Robert Duvall is also quite awesome and very funny. His character Lieutenant Colonel Bill Kilgore is a crazy colonel who likes surfing. His character does kill many Vietnam innocents which is quite extreme , they were commies tho lol.
The whole movie almost leads up to meeting colonel Kurts and practically the whole movie Willard is deciding should i kill this American Colonel who before this incident of going crazy in the jungle with an army tribes people has a perfect record, always top of his class. The way we the audience are lead through Willards thoughts is so beyond awesome its is simply perfect. Every time in this movie where Colonel Willard talks it is amazing.
In conclusion the greatest war movie in the world,Greatly acted by many different characters, best narration in a movie, great plot, great score. Francis Ford Coppola deserves a medal for this movie.
Wonderful movie about a secret mission in which one man must terminate a crazed commander in the middle of the Vietnam forests, only he is an American ... "It shouldn't have made a difference to me, but it did." The first scene is unbelievably awesome showing a explosion of a forest with the song "this is the end" by the doors. It makes a perfect effect and is a very powerful opener. The narration by main character Captain Benjamin L. Willard played by Martin Sheen improves this movie. The story is great and the work put into the characters is pretty awesome as well. Francis Ford Coppola did a great job of this movie spending many years making it, it was well worth his effort. Martin Sheen was really great in this he acted his part like a true legend.
If will start from the start this films opening scene is at least one of my favorite scenes. The calm music starts as you look at a forest and helicopters smoothly flying past the camera. When the lyrics begin the forest silently explodes and the only sounds left is the doors and the sound of helicopters. The lyrics match this perfectly sing "This is the end" right as the forest explodes. We then start to see Martin sheen face slightly faded into the background upside down lying on a bed thinking of Vietnam we are slowly lead into Willard's apartment were the helicopter noise turns into the sound of the rotating fan blades where Martin narrates his brilliant speech. This scene is true brilliance and make me feel warm inside, it sends a shiver down my spine as I type this. This scene clearly shows there is a god and showed the world through Francis Ford Coppola how to begin a movie.
The acting and characters of this movie is some of the best I have ever seen, even the little characters like Clean and Chief, the Photojournalist, Colonel Walter E. Kurtz, Chef. I found Laurence Fishburne hard to recognize as he is very young, found it quite funny. Marlon Brando is a great actor, his job in the Godfather was unbelievable any one that tries to reenact Marlon Brando is an idiot. Marlon's acting in Apocalypse was very good however he is much better in the Godfather (looking forward to seeing his earlier stuff) Robert Duvall is also quite awesome and very funny. His character Lieutenant Colonel Bill Kilgore is a crazy colonel who likes surfing. His character does kill many Vietnam innocents which is quite extreme , they were commies tho lol.
The whole movie almost leads up to meeting colonel Kurts and practically the whole movie Willard is deciding should i kill this American Colonel who before this incident of going crazy in the jungle with an army tribes people has a perfect record, always top of his class. The way we the audience are lead through Willards thoughts is so beyond awesome its is simply perfect. Every time in this movie where Colonel Willard talks it is amazing.
In conclusion the greatest war movie in the world,Greatly acted by many different characters, best narration in a movie, great plot, great score. Francis Ford Coppola deserves a medal for this movie.
10/10
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