Without a doubt one of the greatest movies of all time.

Rating: 10/10 (16 December 2015)

For me War movies had always had a special place in my heart. I remember watching them as a kid and becoming so influenced by them that I would pretend to be a soldier for hours and hours. I loved the action that were in these films and they always were able to hook me. However, when I watched the Redux version of Apocalypse Now there was something different about it that made me fall in love with it by the time the credits had finally started to roll across the screen. The fact that the redux version had been almost over three hours which is something I love to see in a film. For me that says that they wanted to be able to tell the story as long as possible without having to take anything out. Instead of watching an action filled, guns shooting, bullets flying war movie like with something like Saving Private Ryan or Black Hawk Down. What i found was instead what to me seemed liked the psychological break down of a United States soldier in Vietnam. I won't go into any more details that could possibly spoil the movie for you reading this. If there was any film that you had to see this would be it. Those last 15 minutes of the movie are without a doubt the greatest moments of the film. The music and scenery are just so beautifully done. It amazes me just the type of work that Francis Ford Coppola is able to make. And i'm glad that I finally got around to watching it.