Watching a helicopter explode and disintegrate on-screen, especially in chase sequences, is always a fun experience.When helicopters are flying around, things might go down violently in a matter of seconds. A controlled flight can come crashing down in flames, the blades might fall, people can get crushed below, or worse, blown apart. Great action-packed movies have shown us numerous ways of combat, chase sequences, or all-out assaults involving helicopters — more often than not, they do not go well. Moreover, such action scenes require helicopters to be in close proximity to the action, making the experience more immersive and jarring.Let’s jump into the best over-the-top helicopter scenes in the history of movies.8 Iconic Helicopter Scenes You Must Watch1. Ride of the Valkyries — Apocalypse Now (1979) Disrupting the calm before the storm as the soldiers switch on the helicopter sound system over the ocean, playing classical music (Wagner’s Ride of the Valkyries), is not how I expected an assault would start. Moreover, being shot in 1979, you can feel the intimacy of being too close to the helicopters flying towards the village. It felt like a spidercam shot before the spidercam even existed. And, the attack is an edge-of-the-seat, merciless pounding of bullets that destroys the entire village set up by the production.As Coppola used real Philippine Air Force helicopters for filming, they had to be called back several times for actual missions. Featuring Marlon Brando, Martin Sheen, and Harrison Ford, Apocalypse Now is truly one of the greatest war...
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