I watched Apocalypse Now again last night - well, actually, Apocalypse Now Redux. What a great movie! There are a couple of scenes that always have me shaking my head thinking, “Man, that’s great!” For example, the scene where the Air Cav and Col. Kilgore attack the beach village — the low-flying helicopters, the utter chaos. There’s also the scene at the bridge - it’s so surreal and dreamlike. The scenes in Kurtz’s camp are amazing. The caribou sacrifice is disturbing. The biggest weakness, in my opinion, of the movie is the musical score. The cheezy synthesizer stuff kinda works, but you also constantly notice it, and it does not age well. Sounds like the soundtrack to another one of my favorites, A Clockwork Orange.
And speaking of Kubrick, last week I re-watched Full Metal Jacket, also one of my favorites. A great movie, but different. A bit uneven, but what a ride! The boot camp scene is my favorite — R. Lee Ermey and Vincent D’Onofrio are fantastic. The interviews in country don’t really belong, in my opinion, but I can understand why they’re there - to give a bit of relief before going into the sniper sequence.
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