Over-rated film

Rating: 6/10 (27 February 2000)

Although this film may have been impressive for its time, it is comparable to a B-movie by today's standards. If you want more realistic war movies from similar genre, there's Platoon, Full Metal Jacket, Hamburger Hill, Born on the Fourth of July. The first 2/3 of Apocalypse Now is not bad at all, however the last 1/3 and ending were just littered with poorly thought-out, cheap B-movie production qualities. Because this is a war movie, there obviously has to be a lot of dead bodies. Well, the dead bodies all over the ground were all fresh and clean, as if they were all washed with soap and preservatives after they died. Humans have buried (or burned) dead bodies for a reason, and yet the townsfolk appear to intentionally litter their community with the bodies of their dead victims (again, all clean and fresh) like expensive furniture. I can go on but it's not even worth my time to comment further. I give this movie a 6/10 for a spectacular 2/3 beginning and horrible 1/3 ending.