WasAnnon Slow pace in the most part of the movie.

NekoHomey Purely Joyful Movie!

Inclubabu Plot so thin, it passes unnoticed.

Arianna Moses Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.

nickboldrini I love this film. I've read the book it was based on, watched all the extras on the DVD, and the documentaries about its making. And the more I know about it the more I love it. Its hard to realise how ground breaking (technically) and controversial it was at the time (due to its subject matter, but also due to cost), and how difficult it was to make. All of it which made its name at the time, but its reputation now is based on the film, which still works today, with some epic set pieces, and excellent depiction of the lunacy of the Vietnam war, and a flawed, but still interesting, journey into the madness and immorality of war in general.

yun Unfortunately, after 3 hours and 16 minutes of my life, I feel... nothing. Mostly, i'm just disappointed and, as i was for most of the movie, kind of bored. anyway, another film added to my list of that was just emotionally harrowing and did not really need to be so like that and also didn't really mean much to me.

thomasjay-52277 A fantastic film. And this review could end at that, after studying the film at college and entering great depths for contextual knowledge and so on the quality of this film is in a different league: stylish and action packed the film is perfectly crafted to display the opinion/thoughts of the director upon the central conflict of the creation. Despite its daunting run time the pace is beautiful and the characters so deep that every watch is enjoyable

juliette-20138 This film was incredibly well done, and the similarities to Conrad's Heart of Darkness were amazing, creating a similar message in the end. The first scene is everything: the cinematography was perfect, and The End by the Doors as the soundtrack worked eerily well. Lighting throughout the movie, especially surrounding the mysterious Kurtz (although it was needed) also worked well to establish the mood. Throughout the movie, we are encouraged to see that Kurtz' inhumanity likely stems from being put in a situation where he answers to (essentially) no one, where there are no rules, and where morals he thought he once had fell apart. Maybe, it is more the absence of "civilization" that leads to the "civilization" that encourages inhumane treatment. It is human nature that is at fault, not any individual or group. The encouragement of American society for Kurtz to act in this way also definitely had an effect on him, but this is also human nature in a way. Human nature includes the elite's love for power and their ability to send others off to do the dirty work as well as the quality of obedience in those "others". All of these are human biases, and it seems like only the people who have a great deal of self-awareness/control would be able to overcome them. Coppola's genius in Apocalypse Now encourages us to recognize that we all have darkness inside of us, but it is our ability to overcome this madness, even in the face of no authority or laws OR in the face of authority that is evidently incorrect, that is what matters. This movie, like Conrad's masterpiece, also raises the following questions: When to "shield" the truth? Who should do so? Does anyone have the right to do so? Should the public have full access to all knowledge? It makes sense to think that the general public is sometimes not in the position to make a good judgement call and that emotions would cloud our judgement. But this mindset is also dangerous for the people who ultimately make the call, as it places them on a pedestal that could then cloud their judgement. Hard question that we need to ask ourselves...There are also apparent differences between Apocalypse Now and Heart of Darkness. For example, in Heart of Darkness, the British Empire stands firm, with Conrad seeming to respect the British Empire endlessly. With such a positive view of the motherland, the implications in Heart of Darkness in terms of England seem to be that all is not yet lost and there is some hope for mankind after all. The film is entirely different; after watching it and learning of the Vietnam war, few people would dare to advocate for the US as a solution to any problem today. This then leads us to the opposite conclusion: that America has absolutely no right to put itself on a pedestal that creates 'good' in the world. And of course, in today's view, this idea is much more realistic and applicable. I appreciate that Coppola urges his audience to recognize that America is not some heaven and also to look back on history and our mistakes. This movie was very well done, with aspects like sound and editing coming together to create a masterpiece, and raises difficult questions that we must ask ourselves.