{"id":13229,"date":"2010-08-18T11:13:21","date_gmt":"2010-08-18T09:13:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/?p=13229"},"modified":"2010-08-18T12:48:20","modified_gmt":"2010-08-18T10:48:20","slug":"apocalypse-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2010\/08\/18\/apocalypse-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Apocalypse Now"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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The last time I saw “Apocalypse Now<\/a>” was probably back in high-school, and it was with the Russian translation. \u00a0So I think it’s fair to say that I haven’t seen this movie until now. \u00a0I saw parodies, some scenes, and heard a lot, but I never actually sat down and watched it from beginning to end. \u00a0Until yesterday.<\/p>\n

What can I say? \u00a0There’s probably nothing that I can say that haven’t been said about this movie already. \u00a0It is, after all, a classic. \u00a0And it’s even better in the version that I watched – digitally remastered director’s cut, lasting 3 hours and 22 minutes.<\/p>\n

Two things that I liked about watching old films are actors and music. \u00a0Who even remembers any actors from this film, except for the Martin Sheen, who plays the main character? \u00a0He wasn’t alone there, was he? \u00a0Of course not. \u00a0Marlon Brando, Robert Duvall, Harrison Ford, and even a very young Laurence Fishburne are there as well.<\/p>\n

As for the music, it was an interesting contrast. \u00a0Some pieces sound as good now as they did back then. \u00a0These include tracks by The Doors and The Rolling Stones. \u00a0Others, mostly background loops and orchestrated pieces, stand out and awake you from the view, reminding that many years passed since it was released, and that things are done differently now.<\/p>\n

Surprisingly, the special effects, costumes, and the make-up stuff still looks nice. \u00a0There is not much action in this film, so maybe that’s why those background explosions and shooting don’t attract too much attention.<\/p>\n

Overall, as I said, the film is a classic and a must see for anyone interested in great actors and directors, movie history, or the genre of war drama. \u00a05 out of 5<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n

The last time I saw “Apocalypse Now” was probably back in high-school, and it was with the Russian translation. \u00a0So I think it’s fair to say that I haven’t seen this movie until now. \u00a0I saw parodies, some scenes, and heard a lot, but I never actually sat down and watched it from beginning to … Continue reading Apocalypse Now<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1708,1,24],"tags":[1970,1976,1561,1516,2435,1383,2285],"keyring_services":[],"class_list":["post-13229","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-5-stars","category-general","category-movies","tag-dennis-hopper","tag-francis-ford-coppola","tag-harrison-ford","tag-laurence-fishburne","tag-marlon-brando","tag-martin-sheen","tag-robert-duvall"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9368,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2005\/08\/25\/catch-22\/","url_meta":{"origin":13229,"position":0},"title":"Catch-22","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"August 25, 2005","format":false,"excerpt":"If I remember correctly, I heard about \"Catch-22\" in connection with \"Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb\" and that is one of my favourite movies, so I had to see \"Catch-22\" too. 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