The best war movie ever made.

Rating: 10/10 (23 March 2001)

This is by far the best war movie I have ever seen. It starts off with a fantastic opening of bombs and napalm going off in and around palm trees while "The End" by the Doors is hauntingly played. To me that is one of the best opening scenes in any movie. It also features phenomenal performances by Martin Sheen and Robert Duvall who delivers one of the most famous lines in any movie: "I love the smell of napalm in the morning." This movie in my opinion features the last great Marlon Brando performance as Col. Kurtz one of the best movie villains ever. Coppola directs this movie with great detail and pulls no punches. However like all movies, it is not perfect. The ending is somewhat weak and Brando is only in the last quarter of the movie. But it is still a masterpiece and is in my personal top ten list. A solid 9 out of ten.