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it is with hesitance that i call " apocalypse now " a masterpiece .
certainly , it had the pedigree to be one of the greatest films ever made , with a director known for producing masterpieces with ease , and some of the finest actors of the 1970 's .
the plot , an adaptation of joseph conrad 's " heart of darkness " , was set in vietnam , and the timing of the film was supposed to be brilliant , coming on the heels of the end of the war .
" apocalypse " certainly has its moments , some of which are the finest in film history .
the plot is fairly simple .
captain willard ( sheen ) , is a troubled soldier who came back to hanoi for a 2nd tour of duty .
his mission is simple : take a boat up to cambodian territory , and destroy the command of renegade colonel kurtz ( brando ) " with extreme prejudice " .
along the way , willard runs into a series of adventures , including one with lt .
col .
kilgore ( duvall ) , and a strange encounter with playboy bunnies .
willard ' s four person crew finally make it to kurtz ' compound , where he discovers kurtz has set himself up as a god among the natives .
willard 's experiences with kurtz take up the last half - hour , with a confrontation and eventual ending .
the movie is visually breathtaking .
the battle scenes are exquisitely done , and the score is brilliant , setting a murky mood of darkness that is first - rate .
the collage of disturbing images that coppola presents is at times both astonishing and sickening .
the vast amount of detail poured into every war scene is stunning , and there are many episodes that are deeply powerful which resonate through the entire movie .
the journey to kurtz ' camp is quite a ride , with psychosis setting in on almost every character .
the most interesting one is kilgore , the lt .
col .
who cares more about the surf than about the mission .
it is at times revolting , psychotic , and incredible , and
it is one hell of a movie .
the scenes are bold , inventive , and powerful , and the acting is stunning , especially be sheen , duvall , and fishburne .
the narration is exquisite , as is the mystery of kurtz .
coppola sets about a hallucinatory ride through vietnam , kind of like " saving private ryan " on lsd .
the film is jarring in its implications , and psychotic in its execution .
the problems come when the film slows down .
one of the major scenes in the film , where the boat arrives at the final army checkpoint before they start their search for kurtz , is a colossal mess .
the dialogue is confusing , the lighting is atrocious , and the scene drags on for 10 terrible minutes of film .
the true problems happen after the crew does come into the kurtz compound .
the film slows down to a drag .
sheen seems forever captured by a madman , played by brando is a lazy performance that is not deserving of the accolades it received .
brando is in the film for no more than 15 minutes , but is bathed in shadows the entire time , making the last half hour of the film visually pathetic .
the scenes are poorly done , the dialogue is muffled , and the whole mess is utterly confusing beyond all belief .
sheen seems to adore this man , but why the viewers are never told .
the entire journey is supposed to be a prelude for a stunning entrance of this god - like kurtz , but the scenes fall way short of expectations .
granted , it has its moments , which are brutally horrific , but the general feeling is one of confusion .
brando mumbles his lines in a incoherent stir , and my feeling was that this could never be a great man , this could never be a man who inspires hundreds to follow him , so why do they do it ?
there are moments of brilliance , but the visual confusion dilutes the power of the scene .
there are too many questions left unanswered with the character of kurtz to have a satisfying ending .
the finest scene at the end is sheen 's escape , and his entrace into the temple .
his rise out of the water , with the smoke coming off of his slicked head , is a brilliant 30 seconds of film .
yet , you can not shake the feeling that there is so much more this film could have done .
the psychotic ride is unforgettable at times , and indeed the film on the whole is very good .
it is a stunningly flawed expression of film , for it addresses major issues , such as man 's mental stamina during bouts of war .
but one still can not shake the feeling that this film could have so much more powerful , had the character of kurtz been more explored , and had sheen truly succumbed to the fate that the viewer thought he was destined for .
there is too much good material in here not to be called a masterpiece , but it could have been so much more rewarding .
P

susan granger 's review of " the musketeer " ( universal pictures ) hollywood launches another assault on classic literature with this $ 50 million adaptation of alexandre dumas 's novel
that 's strong on action
but weak on drama , fusing hong kong martial arts with 17th century swordplay .
the story chronicles the adventures of the dashing d'artagnan ( justin chambers ) as he leaves his village of gascogne , headed for paris , to join king louis xiii 's elite guard , the royal musketeers , and to search for the man who killed his parents 14 years earlier .
this puts him in conflict with the formidable febre ( tim roth ) , vicious henchman for conniving cardinal richelieu ( stephen rea ) .
the traditional musketeer trio - aramis ( nick moran ) , athos ( jan gregor kremp ) and porthos ( steve speirs ) - do n't offer much help
so he turns to the feisty francesca ( mena suvari ) , chambermaid to the queen of france ( catherine deneuve ) .
scripter gene quintano and director - cinematographer peter hyams are primarily interested in the derring - do , as evidenced by choreographer xin - xin xiong 's elaborate - but not original - stunts , including a fast - paced stagecoach chase , a tavern brawl on rolling barrels , high - wire acrobatics with the combatants dangling from ropes , and a ladder - fight sequence . filmed in southern france , the scenery , sets and costumes are spectacular , but the lighting is too dark and editing is filled with choppy , restless mtv'ish cuts .
as the swashbuckling d'artagnan , bland calvin klein model justin chambers buckles where he should be swashing , totally lacking on - screen charisma , not to mention acting skill .
mena suvari , so impressive in " american beauty , " seems like a contemporary interloper in the royal court .
on the granger movie gauge of 1 to 10 , " the musketeer " is a cinematic but shallow 3 .
" all for one and one for all " ?
not this time ' round .
N

this is the movie that could single - handedly bring " mystery science theater 3000 " out of cancellation .
it 's one of those movies that 's so bad
it 's absolutely hilarious ,
due in no small part to its big star , supermodel cindy crawford .
if you only remember one thing about fair game , it should be that it singlehandedly proves crawford should stick to the sports illustrated swimsuit issues .
if you thought kathy ireland was laughable in alien from l .
a .
, you 'll change your mind when you see fair game .
ireland would win handfuls of oscars if this was her only competition .
in a real casting coup , crawford plays a super - intelligent lawyer ( in a jogging bra , of course ) .
we all know this is a stretch , the only legal opinion crawford has ever put forth being that she favors the death penalty for anyone who wears white after labor day .
nonetheless , someone out there thought she 'd make a good lawyer , but we 're reminded of her true function in the movie when she takes two showers in a period of twenty minutes .
and for you horny teenage boys out there , you actually get to see her topless for two seconds in the dark . . .
come to think of it , that may have been a body double .
cindy crawford is n't black , is she ?
like i said , crawford is a lawyer with a bunch of russians after her .
billy baldwin
( or is it stephen ?
alec ?
adam ?
kim basinger ?
) is the police detective who has to save her life , time after time , chase after chase , explosion after explosion .
there 's absolutely nothing original about this movie .
it 's every cop show of the 70 's mixed with every action thriller of the 80 's and every technology- exploitation movie of the 90 's .
three decades of crap
all in one place , driven further into the ground by crawford 's complete lack of acting talent . and
it 's all completely predictable .
you know the mistakes baldwin and crawford are going to make before they make them , you know when the " sexual tension " will finally end up in them consummating the relationship , you know when the villains will capture crawford so baldwin has to rescue her in the climax
and you know the movie 's going to suck from the first scene .
the plot is n't really explained until the end .
all we know is these russians have every detail about crawford in their computer .
in the words of one of the villains , " we even know what size pantyhose she wears .
"
( yeah , you and every 14-year - old boy in america . )
he goes on to add , " we know more about her than she does .
"
(
_ that _
i find very easy to believe . )
i hope you enjoyed those two sample dialogue quotes , because i wrote down plenty of other bad ones ( " if it were n't for me , you 'd still be pulling bananas out of your ass in cuba ! " )
because , you see , fair game is not only a showcase for recycled action cliches and terrible acting , but also some seriously bad dialogue .
it all adds up to a really terrible movie that made me laugh in plenty of places i was n't supposed to and grimace in places i was supposed to laugh .
one more thing fair game has against it is some awful comic relief .
would you laugh at a scene where crawford tortures a computer nerd with double entendres like
" i 'm very interested in _ hard_ware " and other crap about playing with his joystick ?
i would n't , but not because i 'm a computer nerd .
it 's just not funny .
crawford 's only contribution to the information age are a few gif files floating around with her head on a nude traci lords ' body . . .
or was it
jack lord 's body ?
i 'll leave you with the final line of dialogue in the movie .
the boat with all the russians has just blown up and baldwin and crawford are floating on a life raft .
crawford says woodenly , " that was my client 's boat you just blew up .
i 'm filing a lawsuit against you .
you 're in big trouble , " or something to that effect , and baldwin replies smugly , " what do i have to do to get out of it ?
"
they of course begin making out and the credits roll .
i 'm not going to talk about how stupid the line is or how , if they 'd really wanted to go for a bad closing line
they would have had baldwin say , " you think i could settle out of court ?
"
but i will tell you that , if anyone ever suggests you watch fair game with him or her
, you quote the final line of the movie to that person : " what do i have to do to get out of it ?
" serving america for over 1/50th of a century !

N