"Apocalypse Now", #24/#30, 1979
This movie has a few big names in it. A lot of the stars that I know, were very young in this movie, like Martin Sheen, Harrison Ford, and Robert Duvall, and some of the big movie stars in these movies from the 40's were old in this movie, like Marlon Brando. It takes place during the Vietnam War in Vietnam. Pretty much all of the main characters are in the US Army. The big set up is Martin Sheen is trying to find Marlon Brando. So you follow his adventure through Vietnam. It's alright, kind of weird and all over the place. I wouldn't watch this movie again, but it wasn't an awful one to sit through. I actually spent a lot of the time noticing how much the young Martin Sheen looks like his son, Emilio Estevez. (By the way, Martin Sheen is the father of Emilio Estevez, the guy from Mighty Ducks, and Charlie Sheen, the guy from Two and A Half Men. There's a whole story about the name change and things, kind of interesting, you should read up on it.)
So, back to the movie... I didn't really get the whole movie. I just didn't quite understand what happened in the end. But, I didn't care enough to try and figure it out. So, like I said, it's not horrible, but I won't watch it again. So if someone is begging you to watch it with them, go ahead, and watch it. But, since they most likely won't, you probably won't ever see it.
"A Streetcar Named Desire" #45/#47, 1951
This movie was not so great. It's about this girl, Blanche, who goes to visit her sister, Stella, in New Orleans. And Blanche clashes majorly with Stella's husband, Stanley, played by the very studly Marlon Brando. First of all, I loved the old names in this movie. The fact that I actually remember them is something, because I honestly don't pay much attention to character names. But, the old names were just about about all I loved. One thing however, is that I couldn't guess what was coming. At first, Blanche is kind of flirty with Stanley, and I was very worried that some kind of horrible affair was going to happen, but it did not. So it probably was a good film in that it keeps the audience guessing and whatever, but it is not one I plan on watching again. So, since I'm not really recommending that you watch this one, I'm going to ruin the ending for you. You can stop reading if you have any major objections to that. In the end, Blanche goes crazy. Like, literally crazy, and they bring people from the insane asylum to take her away. Except, instead of it just being Stella and Stanley at home, there is like a party going on... it's Stella, Stanley, two of Stanley's friends, including the guy she dated in the movie, the neighbor. It was weird. It tied up a lot of things character wise and it did save some time because instead of the news being passed from person to person and seeing each of the reactions individually, the audience saw it all at once and it wrapped up nicely. But, if anyone ever calls the insane asylum on me, please promise that you will limit the number of people around when they come to take me away.
