Not As Good As I Thought

Rating: 5/10 (17 August 2000)

Every once in a while, some war movie is released and some brain-dead film critic said things like "The best war movie ever" I'm so sick of it. I mean, that statement had been applied to countless war movies already. Paths of Glory, Full Metal Jacket, Platoon, etc, are all garbage.
After hearing so many good words about Apocalypse Now, I just had to go and watch it on video. My conclusion after watching it? It's an okay film with an amazing cinematography, but is way too overhyped. Besides, I already watched a better film that also depicts a man's journey towards madness. Werner Herzog's film called 'Aguirre: The Wrath Of God' is a flat-out masterpiece.
First of all, no Vietnam war movies ever depict the other side of the story. I mean, directors always make them as though the US had won or something. Nobody dared to make a movie about the enduring humiliation that the US suffered due to the stupidity of global war against communism. For example, movies like 'Dogma' is clever and challenging because Kevin Smith dares to poke fun out of Catholicism. But I guess it's easier to cover up and bask in denial in a form of a hot-shot Hollywood director's chair.
The greatest war movie ever? SAVING PRIVATE RYAN. No comparison.