At the height of the Vietnam war, Captain Benjamin Willard is sent on a dangerous mission that, officially, "does not exist, nor will it ever exist." His goal is to locate - and eliminate - a mysterious Green Beret Colonel named Walter Kurtz, who has been leading his personal army on illegal guerrilla missions into enemy territory.
Rated 4.8 / 5 from 2 logs on Katalog
I watched Apocalypse Now way, way back, upon recommendation by my then-boyfriend. I was shocked and moved by the film in ways that, statistically, cannot happen many times in a person's life. The story unfolds life of a soldier, riddled with PTSD, who returns back to Vietnam, to take CIA's mission of killing a deserted and insane general. The general in question is, no more then Marlon Brando. And the soldier is Martin Sheen. What the movie does amazing is portraying the absurdity of war the Americans fought in Vietnam, and the way it does is not subtle, but is nevertheless beautiful. The music, the script and the camerawork are beautiful as well. The ending of Sheen's odissey, spent on a boat deep in the jungle in Cambodia, is coronated with Brando's presence, who shines with a brightness that is seen a few times in the whole Hollywood history. So, Apocalypse now truly is an immersive expirience; t's painfully obvious Coppola directed it, as he perfected and basically created the New Hollywood style. I wholeheartdly recommend this film to anyone who likes artistic cinema that is everything but fabula sin forma, as deep, or rather fundamental issues of a human's nature are questioned here. Also, please watch director's cut as the final scene is more touching there.
Fantastic film and I can see why it's considered one of the goats but I find the beginning and the end incredible and them the middle act kind of keeps going in circles a bit too much. Still a banger and a half. We watched the final cut .
