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Just watched Apocalypse Now (1979) for the first time

I didn’t like when Willard killed the Viet woman with ...
rusted boyish market
  02/14/25
get out of there chef. Bang. I told you not to stop.
Topaz stage
  02/14/25
Brando was literally too obese to do much of anything in the...
Rose round eye
  02/14/25
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Crusty Balding Center Useless Brakes
  12/13/25
He was blackout drunk the whole time and eating massive amou...
Copper awkward international law enforcement agency garrison
  02/14/25
he was like 400 lbs thats why they had to shoot him in the d...
flatulent codepig really tough guy
  02/14/25
they just let him ramble and then picked a few lines that th...
zippy brunch party of the first part
  02/14/25
nice gig if you can get it
flatulent codepig really tough guy
  02/14/25
the documentary about making the movie is really interesting
zippy brunch party of the first part
  02/14/25
The Brando parts were the best. He wasn't supposed to be coh...
ultramarine love of her life
  02/14/25
the whole movie is completely incredible in a way that almos...
zippy brunch party of the first part
  02/14/25
It makes complete sense. It’s about a god king losing ...
pearly main people idea he suggested
  02/14/25
that's not really what it is about imo. it is a retelling of...
Crusty Balding Center Useless Brakes
  02/14/25
The Golden Bough is literally on Kurtz’s bookshelf at ...
pearly main people idea he suggested
  02/14/25
I liked the longer ("redux") version a lot better,...
zippy brunch party of the first part
  02/14/25
the whole thing at the french dood's house is wild and reall...
razzmatazz aqua school hominid
  02/14/25
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Copper awkward international law enforcement agency garrison
  02/14/25
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stirring brethren
  02/14/25
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zippy brunch party of the first part
  12/13/25
You smell that? You smell that? Blank bumps, son. Nothing ...
Big Cream Deer Antler Crotch
  02/14/25
Never get off the boat... absolutely goddamn right. Unless y...
ultramarine love of her life
  02/14/25
We train young tow truck drivers to drop fraudlies on people...
Big Cream Deer Antler Crotch
  02/14/25
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ultramarine love of her life
  02/14/25
Obviously a great movie but I've never met a Vietnam vet tha...
purple chapel
  02/14/25
I don't think apocalypse now was ever supposed to be an accu...
ultramarine love of her life
  02/14/25
I've always found the grenade launcher scene to be 180. ...
Rose round eye
  02/14/25
that entire sequence is 180, I always thought the lighting w...
razzmatazz aqua school hominid
  02/14/25
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Brass candlestick maker
  02/14/25
I think it might be the actual scariest scene in a movie per...
razzmatazz aqua school hominid
  02/14/25
Wow. Really appreciate the autists perspective here.
Appetizing national chad
  12/13/25


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Date: February 14th, 2025 11:54 AM
Author: rusted boyish market

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: Topaz stage

get out of there chef.

Bang.

I told you not to stop.

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Date: February 14th, 2025 9:35 PM
Author: Rose round eye

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: Crusty Balding Center Useless Brakes



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Date: February 14th, 2025 12:56 PM
Author: Copper awkward international law enforcement agency garrison

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: flatulent codepig really tough guy

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: zippy brunch party of the first part

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: flatulent codepig really tough guy

nice gig if you can get it

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Date: February 14th, 2025 1:01 PM
Author: zippy brunch party of the first part

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: ultramarine love of her life

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: zippy brunch party of the first part

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: pearly main people idea he suggested

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: Crusty Balding Center Useless Brakes

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: pearly main people idea he suggested

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: zippy brunch party of the first part

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: razzmatazz aqua school hominid

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: Copper awkward international law enforcement agency garrison



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Date: February 14th, 2025 2:35 PM
Author: stirring brethren



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Date: December 13th, 2025 1:25 PM
Author: zippy brunch party of the first part



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Date: February 14th, 2025 3:49 PM
Author: Big Cream Deer Antler Crotch

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: ultramarine love of her life

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: Big Cream Deer Antler Crotch

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: ultramarine love of her life



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Date: February 14th, 2025 7:46 PM
Author: purple chapel

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: ultramarine love of her life

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: Rose round eye

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: razzmatazz aqua school hominid

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: Brass candlestick maker



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Date: February 14th, 2025 11:40 PM
Author: razzmatazz aqua school hominid

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: Appetizing national chad

Wow. Really appreciate the autists perspective here.

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