Yes, apparently you either love it or you hate it

Rating: 4/10 (18 April 2007)

Well, I saw Apocalypse Now Redux for the first time a day or two ago on DVD. I know we're all supposed to be impressed with the acting and the legendary filming troubles and the (apparent) anti-war message. Granted, there are flashes of brilliance, such as the juxtaposition of the water buffalo sacrifice (which was apparently real) with the killing of the colonel in a similar manner, and the trip up the river moving back through time (as it were), through French Colonialism, then the Stone Age with the arrows and spears, to something so primeval it defies comprehension.
However, I fell asleep twice while attempting to get all the way through it. I finally got there, but to me a movie that puts me to sleep twice before I get to the end once can't be all that great.