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Just watched Apocalypse Now (1979) for the first time

I didn’t like when Willard killed the Viet woman with ...
glittery tank coffee pot
  02/14/25
get out of there chef. Bang. I told you not to stop.
hairraiser white stag film degenerate
  02/14/25
Brando was literally too obese to do much of anything in the...
Zombie-like Titillating Chapel Trust Fund
  02/14/25
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Insanely Creepy Idea He Suggested Step-uncle's House
  12/13/25
He was blackout drunk the whole time and eating massive amou...
Electric trailer park
  02/14/25
he was like 400 lbs thats why they had to shoot him in the d...
sinister piazza
  02/14/25
they just let him ramble and then picked a few lines that th...
Walnut slippery sound barrier plaza
  02/14/25
nice gig if you can get it
sinister piazza
  02/14/25
the documentary about making the movie is really interesting
Walnut slippery sound barrier plaza
  02/14/25
The Brando parts were the best. He wasn't supposed to be coh...
Galvanic charcoal institution
  02/14/25
the whole movie is completely incredible in a way that almos...
Walnut slippery sound barrier plaza
  02/14/25
It makes complete sense. It’s about a god king losing ...
Orchid odious voyeur
  02/14/25
that's not really what it is about imo. it is a retelling of...
Insanely Creepy Idea He Suggested Step-uncle's House
  02/14/25
The Golden Bough is literally on Kurtz’s bookshelf at ...
Orchid odious voyeur
  02/14/25
I liked the longer ("redux") version a lot better,...
Walnut slippery sound barrier plaza
  02/14/25
the whole thing at the french dood's house is wild and reall...
Cerebral Hospital Partner
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Electric trailer park
  02/14/25
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Lascivious Disrespectful Office Newt
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Walnut slippery sound barrier plaza
  12/13/25
You smell that? You smell that? Blank bumps, son. Nothing ...
Motley indirect expression lay
  02/14/25
Never get off the boat... absolutely goddamn right. Unless y...
Galvanic charcoal institution
  02/14/25
We train young tow truck drivers to drop fraudlies on people...
Motley indirect expression lay
  02/14/25
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Galvanic charcoal institution
  02/14/25
Obviously a great movie but I've never met a Vietnam vet tha...
thriller travel guidebook ticket booth
  02/14/25
I don't think apocalypse now was ever supposed to be an accu...
Galvanic charcoal institution
  02/14/25
I've always found the grenade launcher scene to be 180. ...
Zombie-like Titillating Chapel Trust Fund
  02/14/25
that entire sequence is 180, I always thought the lighting w...
Cerebral Hospital Partner
  02/14/25
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Soggy whorehouse
  02/14/25
I think it might be the actual scariest scene in a movie per...
Cerebral Hospital Partner
  02/14/25
Wow. Really appreciate the autists perspective here.
adventurous clown
  12/13/25


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Date: February 14th, 2025 11:54 AM
Author: glittery tank coffee pot

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: hairraiser white stag film degenerate

get out of there chef.

Bang.

I told you not to stop.

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Date: February 14th, 2025 9:35 PM
Author: Zombie-like Titillating Chapel Trust Fund

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: Insanely Creepy Idea He Suggested Step-uncle's House



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Date: February 14th, 2025 12:56 PM
Author: Electric trailer park

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: sinister piazza

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: Walnut slippery sound barrier plaza

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: sinister piazza

nice gig if you can get it

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Date: February 14th, 2025 1:01 PM
Author: Walnut slippery sound barrier plaza

the documentary about making the movie is really interesting

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5680726&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5309378#48659786)



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Date: February 14th, 2025 1:03 PM
Author: Galvanic charcoal institution

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=5309378#48659792)



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Date: February 14th, 2025 1:04 PM
Author: Walnut slippery sound barrier plaza

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: Orchid odious voyeur

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: Insanely Creepy Idea He Suggested Step-uncle's House

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=5309378#48661794)



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Date: February 14th, 2025 9:50 PM
Author: Orchid odious voyeur

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=5309378#48661826)



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Date: February 14th, 2025 1:00 PM
Author: Walnut slippery sound barrier plaza

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=5309378#48659783)



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Date: February 14th, 2025 2:34 PM
Author: Cerebral Hospital Partner

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=5309378#48660211)



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Date: February 14th, 2025 3:40 PM
Author: Electric trailer park



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Date: February 14th, 2025 2:35 PM
Author: Lascivious Disrespectful Office Newt



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Date: December 13th, 2025 1:25 PM
Author: Walnut slippery sound barrier plaza



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Date: February 14th, 2025 3:49 PM
Author: Motley indirect expression lay

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=5309378#48660561)



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Date: February 14th, 2025 6:09 PM
Author: Galvanic charcoal institution

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=5309378#48661009)



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Date: February 14th, 2025 9:45 PM
Author: Motley indirect expression lay

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=5309378#48661810)



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Date: February 14th, 2025 11:27 PM
Author: Galvanic charcoal institution



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Date: February 14th, 2025 7:46 PM
Author: thriller travel guidebook ticket booth

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=5309378#48661402)



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Date: February 14th, 2025 9:34 PM
Author: Galvanic charcoal institution

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=5309378#48661776)



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Date: February 14th, 2025 9:40 PM
Author: Zombie-like Titillating Chapel Trust Fund

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=5309378#48661797)



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Date: February 14th, 2025 10:32 PM
Author: Cerebral Hospital Partner

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=5309378#48661950)



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Date: February 14th, 2025 11:29 PM
Author: Soggy whorehouse



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Date: February 14th, 2025 11:40 PM
Author: Cerebral Hospital Partner

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=5309378#48662069)



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Date: December 13th, 2025 1:34 PM
Author: adventurous clown

Wow. Really appreciate the autists perspective here.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5680726&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5309378#49506895)