UnowPriceless hyped garbage

MoPoshy Absolutely brilliant

Megamind To all those who have watched it: I hope you enjoyed it as much as I do.

Scarlet The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

cricketbat Apocalypse Now is not your average Vietnam war film. It isn't about all the politics behind the war, it focuses on the individuals in the war. The plot, adapted from Heart of Darkness, is somber and intriguing. At times this movie drags, and, at other times, it is too mad for its own good. However, you can't deny it's a wonder of filmmaking.

DannyTarantino8 Coppola's greatest work. The incredibly stunning cinematography along with the unforgettable performances from Duvall, Sheen and a stand out performance from Brando, makes this film one of the greatest to hit the screen.The legendary scene featuring The Ride of the Valkyries can also not go unmentioned.A cinematic masterpiece.The Horror... The Horror

TonyManeroAndStephanieMangano The war will turn you into a barbarian. When you lose judgment, you lose justice, then you lose humanity. then even you want to kill yourself. It is impossible for you to participate in a meaningless war. You kill people and go back to normal life after returning home. People are not machines. The true horror is who thinks this movie is telling you that go to war without judging it. As I read it in comments. the horror.. the horror......

robertmaybeth Coppolla's flawed but masterfully done movie earns it's ranking on almost every top film list that matters. 3 years in the making, the finished cut (the 1979 version not the "Redux") doesn't reflect Coppolla's personal agony in creating this (that story is told in the documentary "Hearts of Darkness" by Coppolla's wife Eleanor). Like every war movie, there are the inevitable criticisms of lack of realism in the events portrayed, to the tune of "Yeah we really did a lot of surfing during fire fights, didn't we?" But that viewpoint is perhaps improper when looking at a truly unconventional movie of this type. "Apocalypse" is no documentary but a metaphor for the Vietnam war itself, and comparing it to other more realistic movies such as "Platoon" is unfair. Coppolla clearly is going for effect here, and the extreme absurdity of the events shown are intentional and meant to elicit an emotional reaction from the viewer (and anyone who saw this film in a packed theater in 1979 will tell you, Coppolla succeeded admirably at this). This is one of the few movies that deserve (and almost require) multiple viewings, since it would be very difficult to get the full effect of the powerful story-telling going on here, and to grasp the message (the madness that was Vietnam.). It's safe to say if this is your first viewing of "apocalypse", it'll be like no other movie ever made, before or since.In my opinion the best cut of the film to watch is the 1979 original and NOT the "Redux", at least for the first viewing. The Redux was released in 2001 and includes about an additional hour of footage - but most of the new footage seems pointless, is fairly ponderous, slows down the story immensely and not one bit of it adds to the plot (and in fact dilutes the story in a big way.)