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Just watched Apocalypse Now (1979) for the first time

I didn’t like when Willard killed the Viet woman with ...
bistre stag film telephone
  02/14/25
get out of there chef. Bang. I told you not to stop.
gold odious senate hominid
  02/14/25
Brando was literally too obese to do much of anything in the...
Soul-stirring balding love of her life jap
  02/14/25
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misanthropic range
  12/13/25
He was blackout drunk the whole time and eating massive amou...
Haunting crystalline address electric furnace
  02/14/25
he was like 400 lbs thats why they had to shoot him in the d...
talking regret
  02/14/25
they just let him ramble and then picked a few lines that th...
violet puppy prole
  02/14/25
nice gig if you can get it
talking regret
  02/14/25
the documentary about making the movie is really interesting
violet puppy prole
  02/14/25
The Brando parts were the best. He wasn't supposed to be coh...
Avocado step-uncle's house
  02/14/25
the whole movie is completely incredible in a way that almos...
violet puppy prole
  02/14/25
It makes complete sense. It’s about a god king losing ...
passionate cheese-eating patrolman library
  02/14/25
that's not really what it is about imo. it is a retelling of...
misanthropic range
  02/14/25
The Golden Bough is literally on Kurtz’s bookshelf at ...
passionate cheese-eating patrolman library
  02/14/25
I liked the longer ("redux") version a lot better,...
violet puppy prole
  02/14/25
the whole thing at the french dood's house is wild and reall...
irate lodge toilet seat
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Haunting crystalline address electric furnace
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sticky immigrant philosopher-king
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violet puppy prole
  12/13/25
You smell that? You smell that? Blank bumps, son. Nothing ...
bossy insane corner mediation
  02/14/25
Never get off the boat... absolutely goddamn right. Unless y...
Avocado step-uncle's house
  02/14/25
We train young tow truck drivers to drop fraudlies on people...
bossy insane corner mediation
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Avocado step-uncle's house
  02/14/25
Obviously a great movie but I've never met a Vietnam vet tha...
provocative medicated useless brakes
  02/14/25
I don't think apocalypse now was ever supposed to be an accu...
Avocado step-uncle's house
  02/14/25
I've always found the grenade launcher scene to be 180. ...
Soul-stirring balding love of her life jap
  02/14/25
that entire sequence is 180, I always thought the lighting w...
irate lodge toilet seat
  02/14/25
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dark house-broken stead jew
  02/14/25
I think it might be the actual scariest scene in a movie per...
irate lodge toilet seat
  02/14/25
Wow. Really appreciate the autists perspective here.
electric national security agency
  12/13/25


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Date: February 14th, 2025 11:54 AM
Author: bistre stag film telephone

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\u0026show=today",#48659480)



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Date: February 14th, 2025 2:32 PM
Author: gold odious senate hominid

get out of there chef.

Bang.

I told you not to stop.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5680726&forum_id=2\u0026show=today",#48660205)



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Date: February 14th, 2025 9:35 PM
Author: Soul-stirring balding love of her life jap

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: misanthropic range



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Date: February 14th, 2025 12:56 PM
Author: Haunting crystalline address electric furnace

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\u0026show=today",#48659757)



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Date: February 14th, 2025 12:58 PM
Author: talking regret

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: violet puppy prole

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: talking regret

nice gig if you can get it

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Date: February 14th, 2025 1:01 PM
Author: violet puppy prole

the documentary about making the movie is really interesting

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5680726&forum_id=2\u0026show=today",#48659786)



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Date: February 14th, 2025 1:03 PM
Author: Avocado step-uncle's house

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\u0026show=today",#48659792)



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Date: February 14th, 2025 1:04 PM
Author: violet puppy prole

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\u0026show=today",#48659800)



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Date: February 14th, 2025 7:44 PM
Author: passionate cheese-eating patrolman library

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\u0026show=today",#48661397)



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Date: February 14th, 2025 9:39 PM
Author: misanthropic range

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\u0026show=today",#48661794)



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Date: February 14th, 2025 9:50 PM
Author: passionate cheese-eating patrolman library

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\u0026show=today",#48661826)



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Date: February 14th, 2025 1:00 PM
Author: violet puppy prole

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\u0026show=today",#48659783)



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Date: February 14th, 2025 2:34 PM
Author: irate lodge toilet seat

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: Haunting crystalline address electric furnace



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Date: February 14th, 2025 2:35 PM
Author: sticky immigrant philosopher-king



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Date: December 13th, 2025 1:25 PM
Author: violet puppy prole



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Date: February 14th, 2025 3:49 PM
Author: bossy insane corner mediation

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\u0026show=today",#48660561)



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Date: February 14th, 2025 6:09 PM
Author: Avocado step-uncle's house

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\u0026show=today",#48661009)



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Date: February 14th, 2025 9:45 PM
Author: bossy insane corner mediation

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\u0026show=today",#48661810)



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Date: February 14th, 2025 11:27 PM
Author: Avocado step-uncle's house



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Date: February 14th, 2025 7:46 PM
Author: provocative medicated useless brakes

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\u0026show=today",#48661402)



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Date: February 14th, 2025 9:34 PM
Author: Avocado step-uncle's house

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\u0026show=today",#48661776)



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Date: February 14th, 2025 9:40 PM
Author: Soul-stirring balding love of her life jap

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\u0026show=today",#48661797)



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Date: February 14th, 2025 10:32 PM
Author: irate lodge toilet seat

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\u0026show=today",#48661950)



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Date: February 14th, 2025 11:29 PM
Author: dark house-broken stead jew



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Date: February 14th, 2025 11:40 PM
Author: irate lodge toilet seat

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\u0026show=today",#48662069)



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Date: December 13th, 2025 1:34 PM
Author: electric national security agency

Wow. Really appreciate the autists perspective here.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5680726&forum_id=2\u0026show=today",#49506895)