WOW

Rating: 10/10 (11 February 1999)

Apacolypse Now is a masterpiece, plain and simple. For being such a long movie it remarkably never lost my attention. The acting was unbelievable. Sheen was great as a military assassin. The first scene in his hotel room was brilliant. While we don't really know what makes his character tick, he is so interesting and walks the thin line between reality and insanity. Duvall and Brando are just as good. The scene where Duvall and his crew take out the beach (so that they can surf is fantastic). Duvall is so arrogant and the satire of his role is illustrated perfectly by his performance. Brando was, well Brando. So majestic and powerful. He was exactly how I pictured Kurtz being. Dennis Hopper also does a great job in a small role. While it wasn't a perfect movie plot wise, it was great because it was Coppola's vision and while everything didn't make sense he just made it such a powerful and crazy movie. WOW 10/10