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Just watched Apocalypse Now (1979) for the first time

I didn’t like when Willard killed the Viet woman with ...
Vibrant crawly mediation
  02/14/25
get out of there chef. Bang. I told you not to stop.
bateful chest-beating knife
  02/14/25
Brando was literally too obese to do much of anything in the...
filthy garrison
  02/14/25
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glassy home main people
  12/13/25
He was blackout drunk the whole time and eating massive amou...
Well-lubricated voyeur
  02/14/25
he was like 400 lbs thats why they had to shoot him in the d...
curious angry keepsake machete location
  02/14/25
they just let him ramble and then picked a few lines that th...
ivory hissy fit doctorate
  02/14/25
nice gig if you can get it
curious angry keepsake machete location
  02/14/25
the documentary about making the movie is really interesting
ivory hissy fit doctorate
  02/14/25
The Brando parts were the best. He wasn't supposed to be coh...
mustard mad cow disease
  02/14/25
the whole movie is completely incredible in a way that almos...
ivory hissy fit doctorate
  02/14/25
It makes complete sense. It’s about a god king losing ...
Aquamarine den volcanic crater
  02/14/25
that's not really what it is about imo. it is a retelling of...
glassy home main people
  02/14/25
The Golden Bough is literally on Kurtz’s bookshelf at ...
Aquamarine den volcanic crater
  02/14/25
I liked the longer ("redux") version a lot better,...
ivory hissy fit doctorate
  02/14/25
the whole thing at the french dood's house is wild and reall...
flesh impertinent locus sweet tailpipe
  02/14/25
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Well-lubricated voyeur
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Bearded bearded range degenerate
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ivory hissy fit doctorate
  12/13/25
You smell that? You smell that? Blank bumps, son. Nothing ...
Pearl passionate meetinghouse ratface
  02/14/25
Never get off the boat... absolutely goddamn right. Unless y...
mustard mad cow disease
  02/14/25
We train young tow truck drivers to drop fraudlies on people...
Pearl passionate meetinghouse ratface
  02/14/25
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mustard mad cow disease
  02/14/25
Obviously a great movie but I've never met a Vietnam vet tha...
tripping diverse dilemma jap
  02/14/25
I don't think apocalypse now was ever supposed to be an accu...
mustard mad cow disease
  02/14/25
I've always found the grenade launcher scene to be 180. ...
filthy garrison
  02/14/25
that entire sequence is 180, I always thought the lighting w...
flesh impertinent locus sweet tailpipe
  02/14/25
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Contagious Lemon Parlour Mood
  02/14/25
I think it might be the actual scariest scene in a movie per...
flesh impertinent locus sweet tailpipe
  02/14/25
Wow. Really appreciate the autists perspective here.
Motley Windowlicker Senate
  12/13/25


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Date: February 14th, 2025 11:54 AM
Author: Vibrant crawly mediation

I didn’t like when Willard killed the Viet woman with the puppy for no reason

The surfing siege scene was nuts

Also Brando doesn’t even do anything. Every shot is him sitting around in the dark babbling or reading poetry



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5680726&forum_id=2/#48659480)



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Date: February 14th, 2025 2:32 PM
Author: bateful chest-beating knife

get out of there chef.

Bang.

I told you not to stop.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5680726&forum_id=2/#48660205)



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Date: February 14th, 2025 9:35 PM
Author: filthy garrison

Brando was literally too obese to do much of anything in the filming.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5680726&forum_id=2/#48661778)



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Date: December 13th, 2025 1:29 PM
Author: glassy home main people



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Date: February 14th, 2025 12:56 PM
Author: Well-lubricated voyeur

He was blackout drunk the whole time and eating massive amounts of dessert foods between shots. They had to prop him up and use body doubles because he couldn’t stand at times.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5680726&forum_id=2/#48659757)



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Date: February 14th, 2025 12:58 PM
Author: curious angry keepsake machete location

he was like 400 lbs thats why they had to shoot him in the dark

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5680726&forum_id=2/#48659769)



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Date: February 14th, 2025 12:59 PM
Author: ivory hissy fit doctorate

they just let him ramble and then picked a few lines that they could plausibly splice into some kind of dialogue and let do

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5680726&forum_id=2/#48659776)



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Date: February 14th, 2025 1:00 PM
Author: curious angry keepsake machete location

nice gig if you can get it

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Date: February 14th, 2025 1:01 PM
Author: ivory hissy fit doctorate

the documentary about making the movie is really interesting

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5680726&forum_id=2/#48659786)



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Date: February 14th, 2025 1:03 PM
Author: mustard mad cow disease

The Brando parts were the best. He wasn't supposed to be coherent, he was supposed to be psychotic and emotionally scarred. He pulls it off masterfully imo. A triumph

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5680726&forum_id=2/#48659792)



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Date: February 14th, 2025 1:04 PM
Author: ivory hissy fit doctorate

the whole movie is completely incredible in a way that almost makes no sense and has no business succeeding the way it did, but it did

I love it

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5680726&forum_id=2/#48659800)



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Date: February 14th, 2025 7:44 PM
Author: Aquamarine den volcanic crater

It makes complete sense. It’s about a god king losing his vitality and therefore he must be sacrificed and replaced by a new king.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5680726&forum_id=2/#48661397)



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Date: February 14th, 2025 9:39 PM
Author: glassy home main people

that's not really what it is about imo. it is a retelling of Heart of Darkness.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5680726&forum_id=2/#48661794)



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Date: February 14th, 2025 9:50 PM
Author: Aquamarine den volcanic crater

The Golden Bough is literally on Kurtz’s bookshelf at the end hth. Heart of Darkness…isn’t.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5680726&forum_id=2/#48661826)



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Date: February 14th, 2025 1:00 PM
Author: ivory hissy fit doctorate

I liked the longer ("redux") version a lot better, the extra parts were good for the narrative cohesion

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5680726&forum_id=2/#48659783)



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Date: February 14th, 2025 2:34 PM
Author: flesh impertinent locus sweet tailpipe

the whole thing at the french dood's house is wild and really good addition

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5680726&forum_id=2/#48660211)



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Date: February 14th, 2025 3:40 PM
Author: Well-lubricated voyeur



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Date: February 14th, 2025 2:35 PM
Author: Bearded bearded range degenerate



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Date: December 13th, 2025 1:25 PM
Author: ivory hissy fit doctorate



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Date: February 14th, 2025 3:49 PM
Author: Pearl passionate meetinghouse ratface

You smell that? You smell that?

Blank bumps, son.

Nothing else in the world smells like that.

I love the smell of blank bumps in the morning.

One time we had a Johnsmeyer thread bumped for 12 hours.

When it was done, I scrolled up. Not one text bump.

That 180 smell, the whole thread.

Smells like... victory.

Some day this board is gonna end.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5680726&forum_id=2/#48660561)



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Date: February 14th, 2025 6:09 PM
Author: mustard mad cow disease

Never get off the boat... absolutely goddamn right. Unless you were goin' all the way. Boooomm got off the boat... he split from the whole fuckin' program.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5680726&forum_id=2/#48661009)



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Date: February 14th, 2025 9:45 PM
Author: Pearl passionate meetinghouse ratface

We train young tow truck drivers to drop fraudlies on people, but their commander$ won't allow them to write "diaper" on the chatbort because it's obscene!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5680726&forum_id=2/#48661810)



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Date: February 14th, 2025 11:27 PM
Author: mustard mad cow disease



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Date: February 14th, 2025 7:46 PM
Author: tripping diverse dilemma jap

Obviously a great movie but I've never met a Vietnam vet that likes it. It's basically fanfic to them. One guy told me Hamburger Hill was the closest.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5680726&forum_id=2/#48661402)



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Date: February 14th, 2025 9:34 PM
Author: mustard mad cow disease

I don't think apocalypse now was ever supposed to be an accurate depiction. It was inspired by Heart of Darkness, and was kind of a surrealist/absurdist interpretation of Vietnam. Like Kilgore introduced like the stereotypical hardass, but then he starts talking about surfing, and wants them to surf while bombs are falling. His famous monologue about napalm and how he ends it wistfully with "some day this wars gonna end."

Imo it was an exaggeration of the causes of war and horrors of war. It was never "this is how it actually went down, man."

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5680726&forum_id=2/#48661776)



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Date: February 14th, 2025 9:40 PM
Author: filthy garrison

I've always found the grenade launcher scene to be 180.

https://youtu.be/f96p-IhcZhQ?si=B4SMymFKqWBbLGV8

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5680726&forum_id=2/#48661797)



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Date: February 14th, 2025 10:32 PM
Author: flesh impertinent locus sweet tailpipe

that entire sequence is 180, I always thought the lighting was really great

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5680726&forum_id=2/#48661950)



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Date: February 14th, 2025 11:29 PM
Author: Contagious Lemon Parlour Mood



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Date: February 14th, 2025 11:40 PM
Author: flesh impertinent locus sweet tailpipe

I think it might be the actual scariest scene in a movie period, it just perfectly makes it seem like they are right out there all of the time and you can't quite see them

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5680726&forum_id=2/#48662069)



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Date: December 13th, 2025 1:34 PM
Author: Motley Windowlicker Senate

Wow. Really appreciate the autists perspective here.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5680726&forum_id=2/#49506895)