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Just watched Apocalypse Now (1979) for the first time

I didn’t like when Willard killed the Viet woman with ...
concupiscible boistinker weed whacker
  02/14/25
get out of there chef. Bang. I told you not to stop.
White doobsian school cafeteria
  02/14/25
Brando was literally too obese to do much of anything in the...
indigo stead
  02/14/25
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abnormal site
  12/13/25
He was blackout drunk the whole time and eating massive amou...
coiffed roommate
  02/14/25
he was like 400 lbs thats why they had to shoot him in the d...
Mewling pisswyrm
  02/14/25
they just let him ramble and then picked a few lines that th...
flushed mad-dog skullcap
  02/14/25
nice gig if you can get it
Mewling pisswyrm
  02/14/25
the documentary about making the movie is really interesting
flushed mad-dog skullcap
  02/14/25
The Brando parts were the best. He wasn't supposed to be coh...
opaque sanctuary elastic band
  02/14/25
the whole movie is completely incredible in a way that almos...
flushed mad-dog skullcap
  02/14/25
It makes complete sense. It’s about a god king losing ...
Drunken Corner
  02/14/25
that's not really what it is about imo. it is a retelling of...
abnormal site
  02/14/25
The Golden Bough is literally on Kurtz’s bookshelf at ...
Drunken Corner
  02/14/25
I liked the longer ("redux") version a lot better,...
flushed mad-dog skullcap
  02/14/25
the whole thing at the french dood's house is wild and reall...
soul-stirring iridescent trailer park
  02/14/25
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coiffed roommate
  02/14/25
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grizzly bearded travel guidebook point
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flushed mad-dog skullcap
  12/13/25
You smell that? You smell that? Blank bumps, son. Nothing ...
primrose galvanic jew therapy
  02/14/25
Never get off the boat... absolutely goddamn right. Unless y...
opaque sanctuary elastic band
  02/14/25
We train young tow truck drivers to drop fraudlies on people...
primrose galvanic jew therapy
  02/14/25
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opaque sanctuary elastic band
  02/14/25
Obviously a great movie but I've never met a Vietnam vet tha...
Chestnut Scourge Upon The Earth Dragon
  02/14/25
I don't think apocalypse now was ever supposed to be an accu...
opaque sanctuary elastic band
  02/14/25
I've always found the grenade launcher scene to be 180. ...
indigo stead
  02/14/25
that entire sequence is 180, I always thought the lighting w...
soul-stirring iridescent trailer park
  02/14/25
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floppy drab psychic
  02/14/25
I think it might be the actual scariest scene in a movie per...
soul-stirring iridescent trailer park
  02/14/25
Wow. Really appreciate the autists perspective here.
charismatic vermilion orchestra pit athletic conference
  12/13/25


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Date: February 14th, 2025 11:54 AM
Author: concupiscible boistinker weed whacker

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=2в#48659480)



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Date: February 14th, 2025 2:32 PM
Author: White doobsian school cafeteria

get out of there chef.

Bang.

I told you not to stop.

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



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Date: February 14th, 2025 9:35 PM
Author: indigo stead

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

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



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Date: December 13th, 2025 1:29 PM
Author: abnormal site



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Date: February 14th, 2025 12:56 PM
Author: coiffed roommate

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=2в#48659757)



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Date: February 14th, 2025 12:58 PM
Author: Mewling pisswyrm

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=2в#48659769)



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Date: February 14th, 2025 12:59 PM
Author: flushed mad-dog skullcap

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=2в#48659776)



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Date: February 14th, 2025 1:00 PM
Author: Mewling pisswyrm

nice gig if you can get it

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Date: February 14th, 2025 1:01 PM
Author: flushed mad-dog skullcap

the documentary about making the movie is really interesting

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



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Date: February 14th, 2025 1:03 PM
Author: opaque sanctuary elastic band

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=2в#48659792)



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Date: February 14th, 2025 1:04 PM
Author: flushed mad-dog skullcap

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=2в#48659800)



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Date: February 14th, 2025 7:44 PM
Author: Drunken Corner

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=2в#48661397)



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Date: February 14th, 2025 9:39 PM
Author: abnormal site

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=2в#48661794)



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Date: February 14th, 2025 9:50 PM
Author: Drunken Corner

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=2в#48661826)



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Date: February 14th, 2025 1:00 PM
Author: flushed mad-dog skullcap

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=2в#48659783)



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Date: February 14th, 2025 2:34 PM
Author: soul-stirring iridescent trailer park

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=2в#48660211)



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Date: February 14th, 2025 3:40 PM
Author: coiffed roommate



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Date: February 14th, 2025 2:35 PM
Author: grizzly bearded travel guidebook point



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Date: December 13th, 2025 1:25 PM
Author: flushed mad-dog skullcap



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Date: February 14th, 2025 3:49 PM
Author: primrose galvanic jew therapy

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=2в#48660561)



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Date: February 14th, 2025 6:09 PM
Author: opaque sanctuary elastic band

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=2в#48661009)



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Date: February 14th, 2025 9:45 PM
Author: primrose galvanic jew therapy

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=2в#48661810)



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Date: February 14th, 2025 11:27 PM
Author: opaque sanctuary elastic band



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Date: February 14th, 2025 7:46 PM
Author: Chestnut Scourge Upon The Earth Dragon

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=2в#48661402)



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Date: February 14th, 2025 9:34 PM
Author: opaque sanctuary elastic band

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=2в#48661776)



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Date: February 14th, 2025 9:40 PM
Author: indigo stead

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=2в#48661797)



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Date: February 14th, 2025 10:32 PM
Author: soul-stirring iridescent trailer park

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

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



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Date: February 14th, 2025 11:29 PM
Author: floppy drab psychic



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Date: February 14th, 2025 11:40 PM
Author: soul-stirring iridescent trailer park

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=2в#48662069)



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Date: December 13th, 2025 1:34 PM
Author: charismatic vermilion orchestra pit athletic conference

Wow. Really appreciate the autists perspective here.

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