Apocalypse Now - 5

A controversial film about the Vietnam war adapting Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness as a story of war in the jungle rather than a trader's view of the Congo. After 3 hours and 20 minutes, I felt almost as crazy as the characters, it didn't help that I was tired. The view in the film is that the Vietnam war was useless and managed from afar rather than seeing the insanity it inflicted on those that fought. This is not the most interesting view of the Vietnam war, for some reading check out Tim O'Brien's The Things They Carried. The cinematography is really amazing, it definitely has the smell of hot napalm. The story of insanity in the jungle is told well, it shows the interaction that happens between people's character and the environments that influence and shape their actions.