Beautiful in all its madness

Rating: 10/10 (18 March 1999)

Apocalypse Now must be the best war movie ever made. A true masterpiece by the genius Francis Ford Coppola. It sounds strange, but I think that it's beautiful in all its madness. Everything in this movie says important things about the insanity in war and how cruel its influence on the involved persons is. Just Willard's inner dialogue tells that he is getting insane about the war. The people who surrounds him, Kilgore and the people on the boat, are all insane, brainwashed by the war and Uncle Sam, and Coppola is showing this desperation in a perfect way.
The adoration of the West is also very important. Kurtz has gathered his own private army and with him as a the leader, all the participators have painted themselves white. As the boat approaches their base, they stand as ghosts, blindly following their white leader.
The editing, acting and directing is as great and beautiful as the movie itself and I can recommend it as the best movie ever.
I hope I have expressed myself well in this comment, because it is extremely difficult to say something good enough about such a movie masterpiece. Just buy it, see it and get shocked.