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Just watched Apocalypse Now (1979) for the first time

I didn’t like when Willard killed the Viet woman with ...
salmon soul-stirring psychic
  02/14/25
get out of there chef. Bang. I told you not to stop.
unhinged boyish mexican
  02/14/25
Brando was literally too obese to do much of anything in the...
Up-to-no-good ebony theater stage
  02/14/25
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sticky hairraiser shrine ceo
  12/13/25
He was blackout drunk the whole time and eating massive amou...
coral insecure affirmative action
  02/14/25
he was like 400 lbs thats why they had to shoot him in the d...
House-broken nubile site clown
  02/14/25
they just let him ramble and then picked a few lines that th...
fiercely-loyal embarrassed to the bone roast beef box office
  02/14/25
nice gig if you can get it
House-broken nubile site clown
  02/14/25
the documentary about making the movie is really interesting
fiercely-loyal embarrassed to the bone roast beef box office
  02/14/25
The Brando parts were the best. He wasn't supposed to be coh...
puce abode indirect expression
  02/14/25
the whole movie is completely incredible in a way that almos...
fiercely-loyal embarrassed to the bone roast beef box office
  02/14/25
It makes complete sense. It’s about a god king losing ...
vermilion big deer antler
  02/14/25
that's not really what it is about imo. it is a retelling of...
sticky hairraiser shrine ceo
  02/14/25
The Golden Bough is literally on Kurtz’s bookshelf at ...
vermilion big deer antler
  02/14/25
I liked the longer ("redux") version a lot better,...
fiercely-loyal embarrassed to the bone roast beef box office
  02/14/25
the whole thing at the french dood's house is wild and reall...
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coral insecure affirmative action
  02/14/25
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shimmering charismatic corner volcanic crater
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fiercely-loyal embarrassed to the bone roast beef box office
  12/13/25
You smell that? You smell that? Blank bumps, son. Nothing ...
Concupiscible Property Round Eye
  02/14/25
Never get off the boat... absolutely goddamn right. Unless y...
puce abode indirect expression
  02/14/25
We train young tow truck drivers to drop fraudlies on people...
Concupiscible Property Round Eye
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puce abode indirect expression
  02/14/25
Obviously a great movie but I've never met a Vietnam vet tha...
Disturbing Dashing Meetinghouse
  02/14/25
I don't think apocalypse now was ever supposed to be an accu...
puce abode indirect expression
  02/14/25
I've always found the grenade launcher scene to be 180. ...
Up-to-no-good ebony theater stage
  02/14/25
that entire sequence is 180, I always thought the lighting w...
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beady-eyed cuckold preventive strike
  02/14/25
I think it might be the actual scariest scene in a movie per...
Sienna fighting bbw tanning salon
  02/14/25
Wow. Really appreciate the autists perspective here.
Curious Dark Theatre
  12/13/25


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Date: February 14th, 2025 11:54 AM
Author: salmon soul-stirring psychic

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



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Date: February 14th, 2025 2:32 PM
Author: unhinged boyish mexican

get out of there chef.

Bang.

I told you not to stop.

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Date: February 14th, 2025 9:35 PM
Author: Up-to-no-good ebony theater stage

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

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Date: December 13th, 2025 1:29 PM
Author: sticky hairraiser shrine ceo



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Date: February 14th, 2025 12:56 PM
Author: coral insecure affirmative action

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.

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Date: February 14th, 2025 12:58 PM
Author: House-broken nubile site clown

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

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Date: February 14th, 2025 12:59 PM
Author: fiercely-loyal embarrassed to the bone roast beef box office

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

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Date: February 14th, 2025 1:00 PM
Author: House-broken nubile site clown

nice gig if you can get it

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Date: February 14th, 2025 1:01 PM
Author: fiercely-loyal embarrassed to the bone roast beef box office

the documentary about making the movie is really interesting

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Date: February 14th, 2025 1:03 PM
Author: puce abode indirect expression

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

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Date: February 14th, 2025 1:04 PM
Author: fiercely-loyal embarrassed to the bone roast beef box office

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

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Date: February 14th, 2025 7:44 PM
Author: vermilion big deer antler

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.

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Date: February 14th, 2025 9:39 PM
Author: sticky hairraiser shrine ceo

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

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Date: February 14th, 2025 9:50 PM
Author: vermilion big deer antler

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

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Date: February 14th, 2025 1:00 PM
Author: fiercely-loyal embarrassed to the bone roast beef box office

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

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Date: February 14th, 2025 2:34 PM
Author: Sienna fighting bbw tanning salon

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

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Date: February 14th, 2025 3:40 PM
Author: coral insecure affirmative action



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Date: February 14th, 2025 2:35 PM
Author: shimmering charismatic corner volcanic crater



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Date: December 13th, 2025 1:25 PM
Author: fiercely-loyal embarrassed to the bone roast beef box office



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Date: February 14th, 2025 3:49 PM
Author: Concupiscible Property Round Eye

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.

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Date: February 14th, 2025 6:09 PM
Author: puce abode indirect expression

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.

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Date: February 14th, 2025 9:45 PM
Author: Concupiscible Property Round Eye

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!

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Date: February 14th, 2025 11:27 PM
Author: puce abode indirect expression



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Date: February 14th, 2025 7:46 PM
Author: Disturbing Dashing Meetinghouse

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.

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Date: February 14th, 2025 9:34 PM
Author: puce abode indirect expression

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."

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Date: February 14th, 2025 9:40 PM
Author: Up-to-no-good ebony theater stage

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

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

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Date: February 14th, 2025 10:32 PM
Author: Sienna fighting bbw tanning salon

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

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Date: February 14th, 2025 11:29 PM
Author: beady-eyed cuckold preventive strike



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Date: February 14th, 2025 11:40 PM
Author: Sienna fighting bbw tanning salon

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

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Date: December 13th, 2025 1:34 PM
Author: Curious Dark Theatre

Wow. Really appreciate the autists perspective here.

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