the horror was sitting through the redux.

Rating: 1/10 (28 June 2004)

Francis Coppola made two good movies, and those both had "Godfather" in the title. "Bram Stoker's Dracula" was a miserable excuse for a film, and "Rumble Fish" was pretty loathsome. I'd rather see either again than another minute of Apocalypse. I realize this is a pretty trendy movie to like, but frankly backlighting Martin Sheen's ear for the last five hours of play was too pretentious for my taste. I realize this review won't change much, but it surprised me to see that nobody had given this so much as the mildest criticism. If you want a good war movie watch Full Metal Jacket, and if you want Joseph Conrad read the damn book. Finally, this is neither a movie about Vietnam, nor is it Vietnam, this is a movie about self gratification and little else.