My favorite Vietnam movie is Kubrick's Full Metal Jacket, followed by Cimino's Deer Hunter. Apocalypse Now is an also-ran, but for all that it has many brilliant, unforgettable images.
The best reason to watch this movie is as a companion to the 'making of' documentary, called "Hearts of Darkness", made by Coppola's wife. The documentary has an extremely compelling storyline-- inspired director gets in over his head, fails to come up with a coherent script.
But the movie itself lacks a coherent theme, with the story of Brando's character never really shedding light on the Vietnam experience, nor the darkness of the human soul.
(If you want to understand Vietnam, the PBS 'Battlefield' series is a real eye-opener, filling in all the missing bits about how Ho Chi Minh whupped our asses.)
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