Apocalypse Now is my hands down pick for not only the
greatest war movie, not only the movie which most accurately captures the zeitgeist
of its time, but is the greatest achievement in filmmaking to date. I do not
think it’s possible for it to be topped. First Francis Ford Coppla, is one of
the most talented and unorthodox directors ever. Next the story was based upon
the Iconic study of conflict Heart
of Darkness. Marlon Brando and his ilk will never be seen again.
Filmed on location in the Philippines it captures the chaos, horror and joy of
war like no other movie. I came of age during this time, and this is how the 70’s
were. This movie seething with anti-war sentiment came out 4 years before the Vietnam
War ended. In the 21st century the only comparable and totally
impossible event would be a 911 movie portraying 911 as a false flag coming out
in 2002. All the main character are
legends now. Watch this movie on the
biggest screen you can find, with the best sound system available.
It
was a star amongst stars at the time, and it holds up like no other movie of my
youth I have ever revisited.
Colonel
Kurtz sums it up best when he says “Charging someone with murder during a war
is like handing out speeding tickets at the Indy 500”
Ten Stars
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