Where to start? Apocalypse now is a weird film. Once you have familiarised yourself with the plot then there is no problem following it at all but even so there are times when you wonder what is going through their heads.
Martin Sheen is the main star of the film and let us take nothing away from him- I have said many times that he is a man that is underrated as an actor. I have liked everything that I have seen him in and even in this role he was superb. The film itself bored me but I guess that really any film that is three hours long and isn't 'The Lord Of The Rings' is going to bore me and unfortunately that is what happened in this film. Films about war don't interest me in the same way that other three hour long films can capture my attention for most of the film- I had lost all concentration by the first hour.
The music was fantastic Listening to The Rolling Stones was a nice touch and one that I approve of very much. The film didn't really have a typical military feel to it. With the addition of the decent music it had a similar kind of feel to the start of 'Iron Man'. Easy going and almost carefree- not something that you would ever expect from a team that are on an under cover mission that doesn't exist and will never exist. High profile targets and you are sitting on a boat, quite casually listening to 'Satisfaction' by 'The Rolling Stones'? I'm not sure that in that environment it is a gamble that you would take. Maybe I am wrong with this assumption but I will await the evidence before backing down on my opinion.
Next up- not sure yet- probably Unbreakable.
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