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Just watched Apocalypse Now (1979) for the first time

I didn’t like when Willard killed the Viet woman with ...
unholy very tactful selfie voyeur
  02/14/25
get out of there chef. Bang. I told you not to stop.
brindle deranged pocket flask rigor
  02/14/25
Brando was literally too obese to do much of anything in the...
beady-eyed station immigrant
  02/14/25
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Bonkers walnut field
  12/13/25
He was blackout drunk the whole time and eating massive amou...
Grizzly partner
  02/14/25
he was like 400 lbs thats why they had to shoot him in the d...
Curious burgundy pozpig parlor
  02/14/25
they just let him ramble and then picked a few lines that th...
primrose crusty stage
  02/14/25
nice gig if you can get it
Curious burgundy pozpig parlor
  02/14/25
the documentary about making the movie is really interesting
primrose crusty stage
  02/14/25
The Brando parts were the best. He wasn't supposed to be coh...
Sickened kitty
  02/14/25
the whole movie is completely incredible in a way that almos...
primrose crusty stage
  02/14/25
It makes complete sense. It’s about a god king losing ...
thirsty set
  02/14/25
that's not really what it is about imo. it is a retelling of...
Bonkers walnut field
  02/14/25
The Golden Bough is literally on Kurtz’s bookshelf at ...
thirsty set
  02/14/25
I liked the longer ("redux") version a lot better,...
primrose crusty stage
  02/14/25
the whole thing at the french dood's house is wild and reall...
Bat-shit-crazy Chocolate Stage
  02/14/25
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Grizzly partner
  02/14/25
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Ultramarine bespoke milk
  02/14/25
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primrose crusty stage
  12/13/25
You smell that? You smell that? Blank bumps, son. Nothing ...
vivacious aggressive abode digit ratio
  02/14/25
Never get off the boat... absolutely goddamn right. Unless y...
Sickened kitty
  02/14/25
We train young tow truck drivers to drop fraudlies on people...
vivacious aggressive abode digit ratio
  02/14/25
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Sickened kitty
  02/14/25
Obviously a great movie but I've never met a Vietnam vet tha...
crystalline insanely creepy institution nibblets
  02/14/25
I don't think apocalypse now was ever supposed to be an accu...
Sickened kitty
  02/14/25
I've always found the grenade launcher scene to be 180. ...
beady-eyed station immigrant
  02/14/25
that entire sequence is 180, I always thought the lighting w...
Bat-shit-crazy Chocolate Stage
  02/14/25
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cyan mind-boggling area patrolman
  02/14/25
I think it might be the actual scariest scene in a movie per...
Bat-shit-crazy Chocolate Stage
  02/14/25
Wow. Really appreciate the autists perspective here.
Chrome forum mad cow disease
  12/13/25


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Date: February 14th, 2025 11:54 AM
Author: unholy very tactful selfie voyeur

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\u0026mark_id=4973486#48659480)



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Date: February 14th, 2025 2:32 PM
Author: brindle deranged pocket flask rigor

get out of there chef.

Bang.

I told you not to stop.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5680726&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=4973486#48660205)



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Date: February 14th, 2025 9:35 PM
Author: beady-eyed station immigrant

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\u0026mark_id=4973486#48661778)



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Date: December 13th, 2025 1:29 PM
Author: Bonkers walnut field



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Date: February 14th, 2025 12:56 PM
Author: Grizzly partner

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\u0026mark_id=4973486#48659757)



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Date: February 14th, 2025 12:58 PM
Author: Curious burgundy pozpig parlor

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\u0026mark_id=4973486#48659769)



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Date: February 14th, 2025 12:59 PM
Author: primrose crusty stage

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: Curious burgundy pozpig parlor

nice gig if you can get it

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Date: February 14th, 2025 1:01 PM
Author: primrose crusty stage

the documentary about making the movie is really interesting

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5680726&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=4973486#48659786)



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Date: February 14th, 2025 1:03 PM
Author: Sickened kitty

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\u0026mark_id=4973486#48659792)



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Date: February 14th, 2025 1:04 PM
Author: primrose crusty stage

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\u0026mark_id=4973486#48659800)



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Date: February 14th, 2025 7:44 PM
Author: thirsty set

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\u0026mark_id=4973486#48661397)



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Date: February 14th, 2025 9:39 PM
Author: Bonkers walnut field

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\u0026mark_id=4973486#48661794)



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Date: February 14th, 2025 9:50 PM
Author: thirsty set

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\u0026mark_id=4973486#48661826)



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Date: February 14th, 2025 1:00 PM
Author: primrose crusty stage

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\u0026mark_id=4973486#48659783)



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Date: February 14th, 2025 2:34 PM
Author: Bat-shit-crazy Chocolate Stage

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\u0026mark_id=4973486#48660211)



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Date: February 14th, 2025 3:40 PM
Author: Grizzly partner



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Date: February 14th, 2025 2:35 PM
Author: Ultramarine bespoke milk



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Date: December 13th, 2025 1:25 PM
Author: primrose crusty stage



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Date: February 14th, 2025 3:49 PM
Author: vivacious aggressive abode digit ratio

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\u0026mark_id=4973486#48660561)



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Date: February 14th, 2025 6:09 PM
Author: Sickened kitty

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\u0026mark_id=4973486#48661009)



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Date: February 14th, 2025 9:45 PM
Author: vivacious aggressive abode digit ratio

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\u0026mark_id=4973486#48661810)



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Date: February 14th, 2025 11:27 PM
Author: Sickened kitty



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Date: February 14th, 2025 7:46 PM
Author: crystalline insanely creepy institution nibblets

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\u0026mark_id=4973486#48661402)



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Date: February 14th, 2025 9:34 PM
Author: Sickened kitty

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\u0026mark_id=4973486#48661776)



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Date: February 14th, 2025 9:40 PM
Author: beady-eyed station immigrant

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\u0026mark_id=4973486#48661797)



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Date: February 14th, 2025 10:32 PM
Author: Bat-shit-crazy Chocolate Stage

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\u0026mark_id=4973486#48661950)



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Date: February 14th, 2025 11:29 PM
Author: cyan mind-boggling area patrolman



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Date: February 14th, 2025 11:40 PM
Author: Bat-shit-crazy Chocolate Stage

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\u0026mark_id=4973486#48662069)



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Date: December 13th, 2025 1:34 PM
Author: Chrome forum mad cow disease

Wow. Really appreciate the autists perspective here.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5680726&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=4973486#49506895)