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www.digitallyobsessed.com - : I strongly believe that Francis Ford Coppola is responsible for not only the best film about the war in Vietnam, but also one of the finest motion pictures ever created. No, I am not talking about Gardens of Stone, but Apocalypse Now. It is somewhat surprising that Coppola decided to make another movie about Vietnam after putting himself through hell during the shooting of that film. Yet, unlike Apocalypse, Gardens of Stone sheds violent combat for a more quiet focus on the internal struggles of those indirectly affected by the war. It is a noble effort from a talented filmmaker, but since the creation of Apocalypse, I feel as if Coppola has taken a much more relaxed approach to filmmaking, almost as if he knows it is not possible to top his earlier masterpieces. Gardens of Stone is not a terrible film, but it is extremely disjointed, and worst of all, lacks emotion. more...
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