Genre Films: War

This is easily the best Vietnam war movie ever made and it's not even mainly focused on the war. It's more of a journey into the darkness of the human psyche and the soul, done very well I might add. Back in the time when Coppola made really compelling and important movies, this shines as one of his most important works. The whole cast is amazing, and you gotta love the appearance of an out-of-his-mind Dennis Hopper. Then again, does he really play any other type of character? Despite all the troubles of the production of the movie (nearly going bankrupt and an overly-fat Brando, to name a few), Coppola achieved his grand vision, despite how convoluted the Redux seems to be at times.

The 2nd of the great Vietnam epics, Walken gives the performance of a lifetime and De Niro, Streep, and yes, even John Cazale, no matter how far he has a stick up his ass, give great performances as well.

Francis Ford Coppola's intelligent screenplay and George C. Scott's Oscar worthy performance make this one of the most successful biopics ever. Coppola really was one of the, if not the most, talented men in Hollywood and this just reassures everyone of his greatness. It probably helped that the cinematography was brilliant, much of it being filmed in Europe. Oh, and its also a great war movie.

Gets an "A" for Suicide is Painless, alone. An additional "A+" is added for the acoustic version sung by the black man. Classic.

This is so brilliant, that no matter what you thought about the Japanese in WW2, you will forever be changed.

Doesn't exactly break new ground, but half way through the film, you actually truly start to care about the main character. His struggle and journey to find safety is easily one of the most powerful tales about war, since Schindler's List. I can't exactly get behind Adrien Brody winning over D-Day though at the Oscars, but they both deserved it so no harm done. Oh yeah and calling things overrated doesn't make you cool. Just pretentious.

Need to see this again. Wasn't in the best of conditions.

Great early Sidney Lumet film. Plus it has one of Sean Connery's best performances ever. Reminds me a little of Jack Nicholson in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest ten years later. Should not be ignored like it has been all these years.