By far the best War Movie ever Produced...

Rating: Null/10 (20 September 2001)

"Apocolypse Now" is by far the best war film ever directed. It has amazingly creepy sequences of emotional tension, eerily real fight sequences, amazing photography, interesting chracters and a huge budget. Several lesser war films were made around the time "Apocolypse Now" came out. These include, "Full Metal Jacket", "Platoon", and the much overrated "Deer Hunter". None of these film manage to meet the entire content of "Apocolypse Now". The plot for "Apocolypse Now" deals with the plight of a single, Sgt. Willard, portrayed exceptionally well by Martin Sheen. He manages to become his character, leaving behind all traces of acting. Willard is sent on a mission up river to stop a mad General Kurtz(Marlon Brando) who has taken matters of winning the war(Nam') into his own hands. Sheen's gradual descent into madness is shown through a series of increasingly "insane" scenes involving anything from a Helicopter raid to a USO show starring the Playbor Bunnies. This film also has plenty of cameos from anyone to RObert Duvall to Harrission Ford. What really makes this film what it is, is it's amazing directing by Francis Ford Coppola. Never before (and probably never again) will a move drip so much more atmosphere. TO many, this film is seen as confusing and fragmented. This is undertsandable due to the fact that over 18 hours of footage were filmed in all. Also, Coppala was illustrating a descent into madness, so fragmentation seems natural. Overall "Apocolypse Now" is the most original, uncliched, well acted and well-direted War Film ever. I highly recommend it to anyone seeking a film with a superb cast, strange storyline or just a plain war film. Stay away from the overrated "Deer Hunter" and the inferior "Platoon". WATCH THIS MOVIE!