Today, I was a little under the weather so to pass the time I watched the "Rudux" version of this movie that is currently streaming on Netflix.
It is a long movie and in the attempt to portray the Viet Nam War experience it was appropriately gory, bloody, or however else you would want to describe it. To me watching realistic portrayals of killing isn't such a great thing. Also, it takes Martin Sheen a long time to get up that river and during the movie I just wanted them to get on with it. However, the wait and the build up is worth it. Marlon Brando is the definite star of this movie. He is only in towards the end but his lines and acting are as good as it gets. Don't watch the following clip if you are going to watch the whole move but here is the scene when Willard (sheen) first meets Kurts (brando):
There are lots of other current day stars and great cinematography and all that but the way Marlon Brando did his job in this one is some great stuff. You could just skip to his part of the movie but then it wouldn't be the same. Don't get me wrong; Martin Sheen did a find job of acting as well as the rest of the star studded cast but I am sure if you asked any of them who it was that made this move, they would agree. Here is a clip of Dennis Hopper talking about Brando:
