tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9031921900753703734.post2609787830296087928..comments2024-01-01T06:02:03.279-05:00Comments on From the MOON to the GRAIL: 653. Apocalypse Now (1979)Andrew D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13875921908336809524noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9031921900753703734.post-38060911699882042932015-01-26T21:46:29.356-05:002015-01-26T21:46:29.356-05:00I've heard other criticisms about the ending, ...I've heard other criticisms about the ending, but I was okay with it. In fact, I'd rate the final forty minutes at an easy '10'.Andrew D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13875921908336809524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9031921900753703734.post-6911002243189146232015-01-24T03:28:56.459-05:002015-01-24T03:28:56.459-05:00It took a few days for me to get round to forming ...It took a few days for me to get round to forming any sort of reply to this..<br />I mean, some films have been pondered on, written about so much there is surely nothing more to say.<br /><br />The opening had me instantly gripped.. so utterly powerful and engaging.. (but i'm a 'Doors' generation person, so perhaps unduly influenced?).<br />I've seen it a few times.. and I have redux waiting to be seen... (The french plantation owners scene, and others - including, I believe added playboy bunnies) - but I never get round to watching it.<br />So what do I make of it as a whole?<br />Well, I'm more forgiving of war movies than you are.. so I will go higher.. but not quite to the top. The ending was a bit of a let down... and, if you believe the stories, almost entirely due to Brando's unprofessional behaviour in refusing to turn up, learn lines and being almost unfilmablely (is that a word) overweight..<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06918265332894443061noreply@blogger.com