Apocalypse Now (1979)
We follow Captain Willard on his mission into Cambodia to assassinate a renegade Green Beret who has set himself up as a God among a local tribe (imdb)
Cast and Information
Directed By: Francis Ford Coppola
Written By: Francis Ford Coppola, John Milius, Joseph Conrad, Michael Herr
Starring: Dennis Hopper, Martin Sheen, Robert Duvall, Laurence Fishburne, Harrison Ford, Scott Glenn, Marlon Brando, Colleen Camp, Frederic Forrest, Sam Bottoms, G.D. Spradlin, Albert Hall
Genres: Drama, Action, Adventure, War
Country: USA
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Alex Watkins | 6 98% |
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My favorite film, a surreal, haunting, visually flamboyant masterpiece. It's one awe-inspiring sequence after another, from the "Ride of the Valkyries" bombing to the incredibly nightmarish encounter at the Do Luong bridge. ("Who's your commanding officer?" "Ain't you?") Few other epics so freely embrace their own insanity, and it works to brilliant effect. Some movies transcend their genres; this one transcends its medium. This is the end...
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doctor7 | 90 91% |
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While still an incredible film I slightly prefer the original version.
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Shmendrek | 4 83% |
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Prefer the original. Some of the additional material grinds the entire thing to a halt, specifically the scene with the French colonists. Still, enormous, sweeping epic about the Vietnam War made even more enormous and sweeping by an extra two hours worth of material.
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Anomaly | 97 99% |
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I've never been in a war, but the scene where they first meet Col. Kilgore is one of the few moments in cinema that creates a feeling of insanity that I expect one would feel in war. Memorable scene after memorable scene, with performances brilliant to pull you in. A meditative descent into insanity, punctuated by violence and death, that all comes down to the final confrontation between Willard and Kurtz.
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TheDiceman | 95 99% |
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Interesting extended version of the original,while it has some great new scenes I think the original better.
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Farzan | 91 90% |
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The original was a lot better. The extended scenes in the first act were very pointless, and took out alot of the atmosphere in the film. Whereas the second act\'s extended scenes were alot better, it could have still done without.
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Ocelot | 100 99% |
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my score for Redux somehow overrode this. I feel ashamed that it ever showed anything other than a perfect score. the horror.
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BillyShears | 70 53% |
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Sitting through that plantation segment was my Vietnam.
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ewp805 | 90 94% |
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The added scenes really aren\'t needed, and it draws out the film, screwing up the pacing. Still a great film, but the original cut is superior.
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rob | 14 75% |
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Not as good as the original, which is all that needs to be said I think.
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Hawkins | 92 92% |
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A fever dream war. Strange performance from Brando, but that his "Syd Barrett post-Floyd" ramblings and doughy presence come after Willard builds Kurtz up so extensively in his head seems to suggest that we've gone up the yellow brick road as much as Conrad's river. The audiovisual pulse of this movie hits you in waves - big ten foot swells that break both ways. One guy can break right, one left, simultaneous. What do you think of that?
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overrated | 100 99% |
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So someone deleted the original entry for Apocalypse Now and this used to be Redux (which I would give about 85 for unnecessary scenes that feel awkward and fucking up Duvall's exit after the Ride of the Valkyries sequence) in case anyone new is confused by other reviews. While it's not a unique opinion, the original 1979 version is the greatest film ever made - though I have yet to see the Final Cut, which might also deserve a perfect score.
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recklessmess | 93 99% |
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I loved this movie until my 11th grade history teacher made me read Heart of Darkness. And watch Hearts of Darkness, the making of Apocalypse Now. Why would you do that to a 16 year old?
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Nathan S | 6 99% |
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Probably the best war film ever made, able to transcend the confines of that genre and enter the realm of psychological horror. It's a nightmare descending through increasingly surreal levels of insanity, until the last act when it finally teeters over the edge. The iconic set pieces are innumerable.
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joseywales | 90 97% |
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While some of the extra material presented here seems almost pointless and self-indulgent (the plantation dinner scene), the majority of it fits right in.
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Leonardis | 99 99% |
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Apocalypse Now is filled with amazing direction from Francis Ford Coppola and great performances from Martin Sheen and the rest of the cast as well. The film has a real sense of dread and, in all honesty, might be what the war(s) felt like for some people. I guess I can't really say that by experience, but this film did seem pretty scary and convincing, even if the story isn't real. This also had quite a few memorable scenes and quotes. Hands down my favorite war movie.
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TheDenizen | 40 17% |
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Now even longer and more boring!
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DavidBlast | 95 96% |
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The extra scenes add nothing much. Most annoyingly the redux version caters to Kilgore lovers, and his extended stay in this movie sadly undermines his character. It\'s still one of the best tours of war you will ever take, but this travels a road less scenic.
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Optimus_mike | 80 71% |
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Long ass movie but has some of the most memorable scenes in American cinema.
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AshWilliams | 90 90% |
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One of the best films of all time and probably Coppola's true masterpiece. While "The Godfather" relied on fantastic performances and an engaging story, here the direction takes center stage, from the inspired Doors/hallucination opening, to the infamous chopper-storming of the beach set to Wagner, to the finale. This is filmmaking at its most epic and while it may have bankrupted Coppola creatively for the rest of the decade (and more), it's always welcome on my TV.
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juntakinte99 | 80 65% |
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Coppola's music, psychedelics, and arguments create a perfect time capsule of the Vietnam era. The craftsmanship deserves kudos as the screenplay updates a classic novel, three editors build a cohesive mood, and the wonderful imagery came about even while battling the conditions. Most of all, the story rewards you with insight into PTSD via two deeply wounded characters. If you want to know why Film Bros lose their shit over this movie, do a double bill with the Hearts of Darkness documentary.
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djross | 65 70% |
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This movie clearly possesses numerous fine elements, but it is nevertheless, and without doubt, a confused and meandering mess. It is clear from the film itself that the director was unable to devise a third act, and HEARTS OF DARKNESS extinguished all doubt that this was Coppola's fundamental problem. In the case of this movie, his vision exceeded his talent. 2020 UPDATE: I now consider this score and review to be too harsh but will leave as is and refer readers to see also my FINAL CUT review.
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SpiderCrusoe | 94 96% |
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The added scenes detract from the rest of the movie.
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Ytadel | 6 69% |
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It\'s Apocalypse Now with the pacing ruined. Yay? I can\'t support this.
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afx237vi | 95 98% |
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Coppola's masterpiece. A slow journey down the river and into the mouth of madness. A hypnotic fever-dream that lays bare the folly of war and the hubris of those who wage it. Each shot is beautifully composed, the music is used to great effect and the acting is brilliant from everyone involved.
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brandt64 | 95 94% |
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The French scene was rather out-of-place. The added content in general make Apocalypse Now\'s hallmark intensity and pacing take a small dive. Still an unforgettable experience if you\'ve never seen either cut; however if you have a choice between the two, go for the 1979 version.
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TedDedon | 90 86% |
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The redux cut of Apocalypse Now is flawed but still among the best movies around. If only because it\'s cut from what may very well be the greatest war movie ever created.
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caiman | 90 92% |
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The new scenes, for the most part, do more harm than good. The plantation scene especially yanked me right out of the story and slowed the pacing to a screeching halt. This version is definitely inferior to the original, but it\'s still Apocalypse Now, so it\'s still pretty freaking great.
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3Names | 100 99% |
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Well, what else is there to say about this film except, it is best understood while under the influence of the favorite mind-altering drug of the time... Enter the fever-dream!
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FoolioM | 95 75% |
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I've seen this movie...you may not have seen it. But you have no right to call me a critic. You have a right to ignore me. You have a right to do that... but you have no right to judge me. It's impossible for words to describe what is necessary to those who do not know what this movie means. Horror. Horror has a face...
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| 3 | svicciarelli | 97 97% |
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A maddening and brilliant look at Vietnam and the effect war has on humanity. That makes it sound too lofty - this movie is hard-hitting.
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Noblet | 100 99% |
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Everything in this wonderful film is dialed up to maximum volume. From the great performances to the truly outstanding visuals and sound design, this is my all-time favorite movie by far. I could watch it 1,000 times and be captivated every time.
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Actionberg | 95 97% |
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A disturbingly beautiful adaptation of Joseph Conrad's melancholy tale of the savage heart.
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| 3 | scurry | 95 99% |
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War movies can be about many things related to war. They may be passionately anti-war, or study how people are affected by war. Sometimes they are adventure films set during war, and sometimes they are unapologetically patriotic. Apocalypse Now is the only film where the subject is war as essence. Don't make the mistake of thinking this is a realistic film. It is not and was never meant to be. Vietnam didn't look like this - well, on the surface it didn't. It is a poetic, even idealistic film.
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ABUNCHOFCATS | 97 98% |
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I don\'t know what to say about this movie, or how it compares to the original version (yet), but this is such an overwhelming, monstrous movie. It just steadily heads down to madness with outstanding performances from every single one of the actors in it, everything just fits together which is amazing for a movie that was plagued with so many problems. Everyone was just on top of their game and it\'s an amazing insight into Vietnam. \"This isn\'t a movie, it is Vietnam.\"
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soliloquist | 74 34% |
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Overrated! Overrated, overrated, overrated. And did I mention, overrated? I know--heresy, right? But I disliked "Heart of Darkness," and I dislike this. Who cares about high-budget helicopter ambush shots? IMO: masterful portrayal of war means stark realism, not Coppola bravado. Watch "Platoon" instead.
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nevejas | 95 99% |
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War movies, usually, tackle two themes: they are either full of heroic experiences or the suffering following the devaluation of life. Ever wondered where did all the crazies go? They are all here. It is still all about breaking point of moral values and coping mechanisms backed by on point acting and grandiose scenes, but with every little detail nonchalantly twisted. Now, you might think craziness is not serious enough to show the war for what it really is. Watch this. Think again.
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OfTheAllies | 50 22% |
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This is one of those rare, frustrating films that doesn't work at all for me, but I can't figure out why. The acting and cinematography are great and the story has some really interesting elements to it. Yes, the ending is a letdown but the rest of the film was such a chore that I can't complain about the end too much. So why don't I like this? Believe me, I'd love know, but every time I try to re-watch it, I'm not able to stay awake long enough to figure out exactly what the problem might be.
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purgatos | 81 74% |
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Not nearly as good as the original cut. The extra scenes hurt more than they help, particularly the French plantation which grinds the whole thing to a halt.
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JakeAesthete | 67 65% |
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A lot better than I remembered, but I still hate the fucking Doors...
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ted | 45 16% |
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Bloated. Really drags after the first 90 minutes or so, and it was never that interesting to begin with.
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Paxton | 90 97% |
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I still prefer the theatrical edition but I will happily substitute this every other time from now until I die.
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RealMacgyver | 90 94% |
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The French plantation sequence sucks the life out of the movie for 30 minutes, but otherwise it\'s fantastic
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arkadia | 96 96% |
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I thought I knew what darkness was before I watched this movie. But instead I was surprised as I was dragged deeper and deeper in, not by heavy-handed brutalism, but by the words that the men used to describe their memories. When they spoke, it was as if they were channeling Kurtz to read repulsive poetry to me, as though Kurtz was the heart of darkness beating in everyman. A slug crawling on the edge of a razor. The horror... the horror...
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letskillrobots | 36 99% |
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The last time I saw my uncle before he passed he was in and out of sane consciousness. At one point he briefly talked about his favorite movies and albums. He mentioned this being one of his favorites as it covered the "depravity of man". When I said bye for the last time he was awake but not present. I've long put off seeing Apocalypse Now because of how he talked about it but Brando's appearance in the film felt like my uncle finally giving a haunting yet overdue goodbye.
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willofgaia | 80 43% |
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The overall thrust of the original is severely cut down due to some of the inclusions, namely, the encounter with the French.
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lrampartl | 65 54% |
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All the extra stuff is unnecessary and just slows things down. Definitely go for the original cut.
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kafka1325 | 99 99% |
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The great play, the better story, and for me definitive one of best screenplays and films ever... If I ever think that is there something for score 100 it will be this film.
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dere | 97 99% |
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If it wasn\'t for the french, this could very well be the perfect movie.
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timmo | 95 88% |
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Pretty spectacular, in every sense of the word, with one of the best scenes in film history--the "Ride of the Valkyries" storm. But, the fact that everyone involved with the making of the film was on a lot of drugs the whole time really shows in some parts, especially the final act. I know I will be hated for this, but the film is fairly overrated.
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ServantDagon | 96 94% |
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A terrifying glimpse into the soul of man. Also: surf\'s up for Robert Duvall!
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aus_hab_fan | 90 97% |
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Spectacular film. I\'m not one for war movies, but this really takes he cake. It\'s 3+ hours, so it takes dedication to sit down and watch, but since I didn\'t know what was going to happen, it was worth it. Only qualm was the huge build-up, and not much from Brando or Ford, but that\'s alright - Sheen is great, Coppola is a genius.
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| 2 | Tropean | 80 32% |
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Puts me in mind of the old Mark Twain (I believe) quote wherein he apologized for writing such a long letter because \"he didn\'t have time to write a short one.\" The added scenes in the \"Redux\" version were a net negative to the experience. Stick with the original, which is deservedly called a masterpiece.
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jacobclark12 | 100 99% |
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This is such a different breed of war film that it's tough to compare, but it is without a doubt the best I've seen so far. What Apocalypse Now does more so than others is to strip back the patriotism, the glory of it all, and to leave us with horror, on all sides and by all parties. Coppola almost revels in showing it to us entire, without any sort of filter or remorse, yet with a healthy dose of exasperation over that he must do so. It's really magnificent, and it deserves to be seen by all.
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mrbeck | 60 25% |
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Wow.... um.... wow. This was a little too artsy for me. By which I mean WAY too artsy. I know it\'s supposed to represent \'the madness of Vietnam\' and everything, but it\'s also supposed to be a movie folks, and that requires a little bit of entertainment. Wow... watch it once only because it\'s a classic.
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| 1 | TnMovieFan2 | 100 97% |
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Absolute masterpiece! This is the greatest war film ever made, even though war isn't it's main theme. It is one trip into deep madness and war is only the background. One of the most beautiful and epic films I have ever seen. You especially have to give it to them after all the hell they went through making it. Definition of the word masterpiece!
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mandy | 8 92% |
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An iconic movie that effectively creates a sense of the pointlessness of war and its deconstruction of human sanity.
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| 1 | rcmacc | 92 90% |
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Coppola's over budget, over schedule adaption of The Heart of Darkness turns out to be an epic of every sense of the word. Martin Sheen delivers a great performance as he ventures up the river to find the elusive Marlon Brando, who in limited screen time gave one of the best performances I have seen. The pacing is deliberate, and the synth-heavy music creates a distinct atmosphere, and each stop along the river brings out another demon in the characters. A truly fantastic film.
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karlson | 95 98% |
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I like The Redux 2001 version: The second-encounter-with-the-playmates adds to the moral unhingness (although, the downside is that it's a bit out of character for Willard). The French-colonists scene (however too long) adds to the complexion of the historical background. In general, these scenes strengthen the premise that the movie isn't about war or some bloke, but about human views during a certain period, time and place in the canon of mankind, to me, the holy grail in literature and film.
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CMonster | 85 80% |
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So I just realized the version of Apocalypse Now that I had already rated was actually Redux when I thought it was the original theatrical cut. In my review I said it was over long. No shit, they added an extra 50 minutes of movie. I\'m really an idiot.
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| 1 | jentze | 100 99% |
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Saw the Final Cut in cinema, and it was breathtaking at times. Such a fabulous masterpiece, propably partly because of how the creative chaos of it's production can be sensed in the films fever dream like atmosphere.
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| 1 | NavNebular | 60 51% |
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worse than the original
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morphinapg | 85 81% |
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Beautiful cinematography, some of the most impressive production design I've ever seen, and great directing. This is an incredible experience. I'm not sure if it's something I want to go through again, because of the subject matter, but I'm glad I experienced it.
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| 1 | c4e5g3d5 | 100 97% |
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The single best war movie ever made. The redux is a downgrade in terms of pacing, but the reversion to technicolor was a great decision.
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| 1 | tay88 | 99 93% |
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This movie is the one that inspired me to transition from hollywood trash to artistic films. It may sound pretentious but I do not care :)
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Ale Roca | 95 93% |
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One of the finest, if not the finest Vietnam War film..Atmospherical, haunting and horrific, everyone who sees Coppola's masterpiece will be devastated in one way or another.
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kkabat | 4 91% |
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Final Cut version
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| 1 | gaby | 60 38% |
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This version of the film really bogs it down, to be honest. I definitely prefer the original theatrical edit.
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snallygaster | 90 97% |
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Somehow while intellectually I feel the French plantation scene dilutes what I like most about the original cut, rewatching the redux has greatly elevated my estimation of the film. Now I\'m going to have to go back and rewatch the original yet again.
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| 1 | fuzzymodo | 88 86% |
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the film is better without the extra footage, no doubt. if you love the film (and who doesn\'t), then this is a great watch and the extra footage is fascinating, but it\'s not as good a film.
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Tjekhov | 94 99% |
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When I walked out of the cinema my life was changed - the earth moved and nothing ever stood still again, the end, the horror, the horror.
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| 1 | GrahamJ | 98 98% |
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Excellent Film. Good use of light, sound and cinematography to potray a slow descent into madness and surrealism. Martin Sheen is excellent, and the beach attack is a fantastic piece of cinema. Brando makes a good use of his limited screentime, creating what has to be one of the most exciting anti-climax endings ever. Some supporting characters could have been fleshed out more. Small complaint in otherwise near perfect movie.
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glumpy_99 | 89 79% |
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Moments of greatness in Coppola's epic mix with an occassionally uncertain tone, and an episodic structure which results in a slackening of pace and haphazardness at times. All performances are first rate, with Brando, Sheen and especially Duvall standing out. Attack scene set to Wagner is justifiably famous and impressive, as are many other set pieces, but Coppola cannot capture the grace and ease that marked his earlier GODFATHER films. Still an impressive achievement in many ways.
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| 1 | mjoya | 65 36% |
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I was interested in vietnam-war era movies for a time when I was young, but this was the last of them and the one that set me off the trend entirely. It just didn't ever "become real". It was at most a gritty and calloused look at soldier life with a somewhat metaphorical final set.
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Pfightmaster | 80 76% |
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Hypnotic, chaotic and just plain freaking weird.
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| 1 | elephantgun | 53 31% |
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I understand I'm in the minority here, but I truly never saw the luster in this film. It's an epic with great performances by Brando, Sheen and Duvall, but it seems rather bloated at times and overly long.
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Daigoro | 6 42% |
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The new scenes don\'t really add anything of value and honestly ruin the pacing and tone consistency. Stick with the original cut, you\'re not missing much here.
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mrarn | 90 99% |
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Apocalypse Now is a masterful creation, with fantastic camera work and music setting the tone.
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| 1 | Gabriel_p | 80 67% |
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Saw the Redux version. Quite brutal, even at its funniest.
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EvilMangoes | 94 82% |
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| 1 | critcher001 | 85 26% |
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beginning through to the middle are good and a great war movie. Tends to get lost once they get to the final village and it made me like the movie less. I like better closure.
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| 1 | peterfernold | 100 85% |
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Filmmaking masterpieces are often products of fate rather than design, and while Francis Ford Coppola's fierce ambition to create a great work of art is obvious in Apocalypse Now, the same ambition often threatens to crush the picture under its own weight. ...Coppola's sprawling, harrowing war story is not to be missed.
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| 1 | bratings | 95 96% |
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Francis Ford Coppola's Apocalypse Now is the greatest war film ever made.
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| 1 | JimmyG21189 | 95 83% |
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Apocalypse Now could have and probably should have been a disaster. It's as much a product of madness as it is a meditation on madness. Perhaps for this reason, Apocalypse Now is an easy film to get lost in. It stays with you. If I were to make a musical comparison, I'd say Apocalypse Now is The Wall of the film genre. Maybe it's a bit bloated, but it's iconic and worth exploring.
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dylanwilson6 | 95 98% |
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I'm sorry everyone, I have watched the first two 'Grown-Ups' movies before this.....so I'm not sure where to turn myself in. It's amazing that throughout this whole movie I was watching scenes unfold and trying to figure out how they managed to pull that scene off. It's film making you just don't see anymore. The story is pretty great along with the cinematography, but the acting itself is superb throughout the whole thing. But sorry Papa, I still give Charlie the nod for Platoon.
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dardan | 80 86% |
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Extracts multiple elements from The Odyssey and Heart of Darkness, respective examples being playboy women posing as sirens and a general sense of madness accumulating as they delve deeper into the jungle, but without ever creating a new, single framework that would have avoided the meandering plaguing this film. It\'s good--not great--as an illumination of the Vietnam War, and some scenes have and will continue impress themselves in memories both individual and collective.
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Iamdwg (Interpreting the Stars) | 81 66% |
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Criticker thought I would like this film 13% more than I did, which isn't a very close guess. I liked it, don't get me wrong. There's a lot of great stuff going on with production design and pulling the audience into this war backdrop, but some of it...I just didn't care for, and found it to be pretty lengthy for no real reason. It IS good. It is. I just don't think it's a masterpiece.
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lex | 95 91% |
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Sacrifices the perfect pacing of the original cut for greater depth and a more intimate section of the journey into darkness. Whether it\'s worth it will be up to you but personally I prefer the original cut (which is my favorite film). The new scenes are interesting but not essential.
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NathanBates | 100 97% |
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Powerful movie. I had forgotten how much black humor there is in it (favorite line: Kilgore, muttering "Savages" before he launches a napalm attack). The Redux version plods along a little too slowly, although there's some small bits of character development in those extra scenes.
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TheSaberfool | 94 97% |
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Among the all time great films in its ability to evoke an incredibly strong mood and atmosphere throughout. This is achieved through some amazing performances and great cinematography, but perhaps most notably in its impeccable use of music and sound. An intense and insane experience throughout, which only becomes more and more surreal and nightmarish as we travel deeper into the jungle. A must-watch, haunting film. "Drop the bomb. Exterminate them all."
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| 1 | brandons | 96 99% |
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Francis Ford Coppola's haunting, hallucinatory Vietnam War epic is cinema at its most audacious and visionary.
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WhatsHisFace | 100 99% |
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Right now, I found myself unable to give this film any score bellow 100, because it is perfect. Every second is perfect, every minute is perferct.
During the film, I didn't realize yet how every moment leads you, prepares you the ending. The ending!
There is no word, which is able to describe how I'm feeling right now.
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TDH1878 | 96 98% |
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Francis Ford Coppola's dark, hallucinatory epic Apocalypse Now is one of the greatest war films ever made.
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peyrin | 85 90% |
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This is the kinda movie you would put into a museum. Like it or not you really just have to admire what it achieves. Also, props for successfully adapting the extremely overrated Heart of Darkness.
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Just1n | 90 96% |
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I was blown away when i saw this film. A masterpiece.
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Ceekay19 | 80 81% |
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Kurtz: "I watched a snail crawl along the edge of a straight razor. That's my dream; that's my nightmare. Crawling, slithering, along the edge of a straight razor... and surviving."
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woodoo | 75 30% |
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I quite like the French Plantation scene, but it\'s so goddamn long it could have (and should have) been its own movie.
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| 1 | Cthulha | 85 58% |
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Worth seeing if you are a fan of the original, but I found the extra scenes to be fairly tangential to the main thrust of the film. The movie itself deserves its reputation as a profound meditation on war and man as innately savage, but also indulges in the pornography of violence: It exults in the destruction it portrays.
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billkerwin | 94 93% |
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Even though the ending is bloated and pretentious, this is still a film of extraordinary power that lays bare the horror of war.
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easydiff | 67 71% |
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Man takes boat ride to kill another man.
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Stain | 100 95% |
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Usually I am quite cynical about \"Director\'s Cuts\", but this one really is a larger and deeper version of the same movie we all know
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Grit | 90 96% |
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Memorable and gripping in all aspects of the words, the definitive war film seems to keep getting better with time.
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Redeyedtiss | 88 90% |
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Watched it every day I got stoned for a whole summer while living in a trailer.
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insane | 75 89% |
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It is a bit long, but a great war film.
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Derekstar | 70 50% |
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So the truism is "three great scenes, and no bad ones." What is it when there's three great scenes, and two hours of boring ones? I don't know. I had seen this a number of years ago but I had forgotten most of it. Here's the thing, it turns out that I actually remembered most of it, and I had just disregarded most of the meaningless monotony in the middle. The key scenes? Yeah, I knew those by heart. There was actually no need for me to re-watch this. Everyone has to watch it once though
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| 1 | slackerish | 50 34% |
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The added scenes (sans the pretty cool surfing scene with Duvall) were totally pointless, and wrecked the pacing of the original cut. It\'s not BAD, but why bother when the original cut is so easy to find?
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tinythedogg | 90 94% |
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Quite an extraordinary movie, especially since I have never seen the original, so I don\'t have that measuring stick that most have to compare the two. Well acted even though there were a couple of times when the scenes were a bit too long.
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| 1 | moviefan99 | 89 89% |
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Maybe the best Vietnam war movie? Not sure, but it\'s in the running.
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| 1 | bizort | 100 99% |
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I'm now aware that this isn't the best movie to watch with your significant other on the couch on a Saturday night but nonetheless I think this is one of the greatest films I've ever seen
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| 1 | legstump | 80 87% |
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Apocalypse Now: Redundant. The added scenes in this spoil the pacing and manage to reduce one of the greatest to merely great.
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| 1 | Jherman89 | 90 93% |
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The added visuals and extended scenes do not warrant this film replacing the near-perfect original.
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irvinejump | 91 98% |
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Coppola's adaptation of Hearts of darkness transposes all too easily into the Vietnam war. The cast is fantastic (even the almost incoherent Marlon Brando, shot in darkness to hide how fat he was). Haven't seen redux, but the documentary about the making of this film is very good also
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yoohoo | 80 68% |
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I love the theatrical cut of this film and don\'t get me wrong, the redux adds quite a bit of depth to the story and the characters, but I felt a lot of it was unnecessary and just dragged on.
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| 1 | CatScandal | 72 74% |
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it's a weird screenplay, i think conrad's work is extremely literary and the story doesn't really play on screen with nothing but sheen's monotone voiceovers to keep it going. but the film really shines in its bizarre psychedelic visuals and music as well as the detached scenes of senseless violence, which are pretty much unparalleled. the film deserves all the attention it gets for the cinematography alone.
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Parmandur | 60 35% |
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Coppola is overrated as a director. Very far from the best Vietnam films.
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terrymac | 87 95% |
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Still very good, but some of the additional material harmed the film for me. Worth seeing, though.
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Filligan | 98 97% |
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One of those movies that you don't want to end because you're enjoying it so much. Robert Duvall surprised me and Brando just... creeped me out.
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| 1 | triffid | 98 99% |
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I have not seen any other film that could match the sheer intensity, power, scope and rawness of Apocalypse Now viewed on a large screen. The Valkyrie sequence alone is... something words can not describe. (Just for reference, I have seen only the Redux version and I think I would really miss the added scenes when watching the original cut.)
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prowler | 91 95% |
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first watch: the plantation scene doesn\'t work that well although i like Copolla\'s intention. other than that, this is pretty much as good as cinema gets. 99. second watch: i wasn\'t crazy about Heart of Darkness the book, and rewatching this right afterward kinda took it down a notch for me - maybe it\'s not as richly nuanced as I first thought
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tonydal | 95 97% |
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There's the napalm quote--and Martin Sheen's great moment killing the Vietnamese (which launches us into another world). Unfortunately we end up getting stuck in the middle of a Brando mumblefest. But the rest (opening scything helicopters and Sheen screaming and all) is marvelous--although apparently not too great a filming experience for all concerned.
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d_drudges | 60 69% |
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Anyone who says Apocalypse Now is anti-war has to be joking. The movie is set in a war without context, ie. an endless war that has to be taken as a given. The enemies are portrayed as savages the Americans are free to play god with, if they so please. It looks and sounds great but is just a bit hollow on the inside, with characters that serve no purpose other than to be there.
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Seryxa | 75 82% |
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The film vividly captures the insanity of the Vietnam war and transfers to it the feeling of unimaginable horror that marked Joseph Conrad's novel _Heart of Darkness_, which was its first inspiration. It uses hyperbole and overstatement to convey in great detail the true nature of the first drugs and rock'n'roll war, a hallucinatory, terrifying, jungle nightmare accompanied by an insistent beat.
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roofs_runner | 100 99% |
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Beautiful! Masterpiece! I don't even know what to add, since no human words wouldn't express those emotions that fill my heart. I was hammered down by the camera work. Everything looks so large, vast and beautiful. The characters are so meticulously worked out. Every dark corner of their souls is shown under microscope, which makes this film a real diamond in the crown of cinematography.
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sunsetparade | 95 89% |
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Simply brilliant. Coppola creates an utterly convincing and chaotic war-zone with some amazing cinematography and incredibly detailed use of sound. Top class performances from Sheen, Duvall and Brando ensure that the brilliant dialogue is delivered with great effect.
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FrederikA | 95 98% |
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(REDUX) The added content is needless at best, and destructive for the overall movie at worst, so -5 points on pure principe.
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mwgerb | 61 69% |
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The sheer beauty of the original was hurt by making it into a 3.5 hour movie, which caused some major pacing issues at times.
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Bown | 96 98% |
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The all-time greatest war film, and potentially cinema's best exploration into the darkness of the human spirit. One of the most well-shot films of all time, with incredible, unnerving performances from Sheen and Brando.
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SirStuckey | 50 23% |
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One of those classic films I don\'t like as much as nearly everyone else. Some of the characters feel like caricatures which took me out of the film and I really didn\'t like anything after they got to Kurtz\'s. I felt really bad for the water buffalo, I find Coppola even wanting to film that quite gross.
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FunkyAstro | 95 97% |
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The extended scenes didn\'t really ruin the pacing for me. I\'m a fan of watching what was left on the cutting room floor. Plus tits.
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| 1 | Evan Waters | 88 47% |
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Has some interesting additions, but the French plantation sequence is agonizingly long and pedestrian.
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JacoIII | 50 97% |
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One of the few movies that delivers on all fronts. The masterful adaptation of Conrad's novella totally absorbs me every time I watch. Brilliant acting but even more brilliant set design. The details are what pull you in.
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walkearth | 80 94% |
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The original cut has better pace and more solid atmosphere. The added content here is cool, but disrupts the flow.
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| 1 | pati | 70 30% |
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The documentary about making of this movie (Hearts of Darkness) is more entertaining than this.
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begoniabol | 90 95% |
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Insane, fantastic movie. Flawless, and I love the use of the shadows. Some parts are so chilling and eery
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moraesfelipe | 85 92% |
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Coppola's statement about the nature of evil and the horror of war is still fresh, haunting and strong. Kurtz's monologue is brutally unforgettable.
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janus | 60 32% |
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I know war is silly and terrible, I don\'t need French people telling me that for twenty minutes.
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Magb | 95 94% |
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I have only seen the Redux version, but knowing the differences between it and the original, I think I\'d actually like the original better. The scenes with the playmates in particular seemed a bit superfluous.
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TheRealJ-Ro | 95 97% |
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With a veritable all-star lineup, a beloved soundtrack, innovative cinematography... part of me wants to say this writes the book for war flicks (even though it's much more than "a war flick"), whether it's the definitive one or not has some debate. But what can be said for sure is that this flick is near-perfect, badass in every way, and shows unequivocally that the classics never die, as a 2009 audience would get as much (if not more) appreciation out of it as did the 1979 audience.
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Timon88 | 94 98% |
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A stupendous piece of movie-making. Harrowing to watch, especially if you find war anywhere near as upsetting as I do, simply because it's all so immediate, intense, and real. Well, until the last quarter, at least. Visually, it's as powerful as the rest. Brando, on the other hand, doesn't so much give a performance as emanate a presence. It's almost enough. The rest of the cast is fantastic, especially Sheen.
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lumpnboy | 60 68% |
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Is there any doubt at all that John Milius is some kind of conscious fascist?
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cosMOAnaut | 100 98% |
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The way Apocalypse Now affects me with every little detail including the colors and musical score, how it defines a tragically senseless and gratuitously brutal war, how the psychological and emotional rape of it all is captured with equal parts real and romantic - this entire movie is just unreal and at the same time so real that it rends me to tears in parts where most would simply shake their heads in fascinated amusement. Colonel Kurtz is the greatest character in anything ever.
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andayb | 70 80% |
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more of a medieval quest story, set in a modern war backdrop, apocalypse now isn't the typical war movie everyone expects it to be. unparalleled production values and mesmerising cinematography set the movie apart from its contemporaries by a wide margin. the conclusion and brando's performance might be arguable for some, but the historical impact of this film is unquestionable.
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la boheme | 100 97% |
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It's on the long side (I saw the director's cut) but it's so intense that you probably won't care.
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| 1 | John Locke | 89 62% |
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"I love the smell of napalm in the morning."
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| 1 | GustaThuglas | 86 80% |
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A slow burn. One of the best book to film adaptations I’ve seen, I really wish more films would do adaptations of old/classic books this way. Definitely Worth the watch
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