a i peruse through the hundred of comment that loyal reader of the imdb have post on this film and i find it very interesting how few and middle of the road comment there be . everyone either love it and or they hate it . have see apocalypse now approximately 30 time and and have recently dissect it on dvd ( how do we ever live without those magical digital machine . ) and i can say without hesitation that i be one of those who have a very special place in my heart for this film . why would you like a film that so confuse . ask many of my associate . the answer be this represent forget the war and forget the brutality . this be a classic story of society protect itself from those that refuse to fall in line with the status quo . brando represent the individual that have his own way of get the job do . they ( big brother ) send him out to do the job and he do it too well and without adhere to the accepted standard of death and destruction ( be i the only one who trouble by the fact that we have tandards for death and destruction . ) and so they send the conformity police out to eliminate the individual . hmmmmmm . draw any parallel between this and thing you see every day . with the deep respect to mr. coppola and whom i believe be one of the best director of all time and i think he transcend his original intent of the movie and and probably do not even realize it until after the movie be release . the subtle sub text that permeate the entire movie have way too much to it to have be plan and portray while instead and it seem to have grow itself and like some wild flower in the middle of a vegetable garden . again i must reiterate represent i think ff coppola do a bang up job on this entire production and a do the cast and crew and but the sum of the movie exceed the individual effort ten fold . so if you haven not see the movie and rent it and watch it and then watch it again and and maybe a few more time and and look for all the generic parallel to everyday life . only then make a judgment on the quality of the film . those of you that have see it and watch it again with the mindset previously describe . i think you may just have a whole new appreciation for the film . or maybe not . no matter whether you love it or hate it and be sure and give credit to coppola for his masterful story tell style .