Excellent movie, but a bit long.

Rating: 10/10 (30 June 2000)

I'll tell ya' straight up that I'm not a big fan of war movies, but this Francis-Ford endeavor is absolutely fantastic. The craziness, the confusion, and the entire "Who's in charge?" attitude probably provide one of the best fictionalized accounts of what it was like to be in the Viet Nam war. It already appears to be a bit dated, and the journey up the river and meeting with Kurtz do seem to drag on a bit, but it's still an excellent movie all the way around and still does a good job at pointing out how senseless war really is.
Like I said, I'm not a big war-movie buff, but this enthralling movie is one of my all-time favorite films. It also helped revive the music of The Doors, which isn't a bad thing in and of itself.
Once you've seen it, make sure to check out "Hearts of Darkness," a documentary about the making of "Apocalypse Now" that will make "AN" all the more interesting and perhaps inspire you to even watch it a second time.