Outstanding film, truly depicts what soldiers faced in Vietnam

Rating: 10/10 (30 December 2014)

Apocalypse Now is by far one of the greatest films that depicts the gruesome details that is war. It is the only movie that shows how it drives soldiers insane. Marlin Brando played the role of Kurtz beautifully, only Brando could portray the sick mind of Kurtz as well as he did. After I finished viewing the movie, I played it again. Great adaptation of Joseph Conrad's book "Heart of Darkness". The film makes the viewer think about what they just watched, by no means is it an easy movie to understand. It honestly should be placed higher up on the 250 list because of how fantastic the movie is. The soundtrack of the film is even better. The End by The Doors really ties into the ambiguity of the movie, as the song opens the movie and closes it as Willard murders Kurtz. Fantastic job by Francis Coppola, who in my mind is America's film wizard. By far the best part of the film is the interpretation of it. Initially the viewer does not know how to swallow this 2 and a half hour film of what seems like utter nonsense, the interpretation of the film leaves the viewer in awe of how Coppola could possibly have created this hieroglyphic piece of genius.