Well I saw it last night and quite enjoyed it.
What's always been maddening about the original "AN" was it's total lack of any political context. Now in the new version it suddenly has one. The plantation sequence is stunning in the way it re-contextualizes the war in the only way that makes sense -- through the French.
Ironically Christian Marquand never lived to see his performance in this version. He passed away a few months ago. Likewise Gian-Carlo Coppola (who died in the motorboat accident during the shooting of "Gardens of Stone") also appears in this scene.
There's a very good new scene where Brando reads from "Time" magazine, and a really funny/strange one with the "Playboy" Playmates-of-the-Month.
Fascinating sidebar: Frederick Forrest is rading letters to and from his girl back home -- Eva. That was Eva Gardos, who was his girlfriend at that time. She was working as a film editor. Now she's become a writer-director. Her highly autobiographical movie "American Rhapsody" is about to open. It's co-produced by Colleen Camp (who plays the "Playboy" playmate Forrest gets to have sex with.) Camp also has an acting role in Gardos' film.
