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Just watched Apocalypse Now (1979) for the first time

I didn’t like when Willard killed the Viet woman with ...
aphrodisiac lime forum
  02/14/25
get out of there chef. Bang. I told you not to stop.
ivory business firm nibblets
  02/14/25
Brando was literally too obese to do much of anything in the...
bright ticket booth
  02/14/25
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heady fear-inspiring church building
  12/13/25
He was blackout drunk the whole time and eating massive amou...
Lake talented hospital mad-dog skullcap
  02/14/25
he was like 400 lbs thats why they had to shoot him in the d...
Useless gunner
  02/14/25
they just let him ramble and then picked a few lines that th...
jet parlour really tough guy
  02/14/25
nice gig if you can get it
Useless gunner
  02/14/25
the documentary about making the movie is really interesting
jet parlour really tough guy
  02/14/25
The Brando parts were the best. He wasn't supposed to be coh...
multi-colored indian lodge yarmulke
  02/14/25
the whole movie is completely incredible in a way that almos...
jet parlour really tough guy
  02/14/25
It makes complete sense. It’s about a god king losing ...
Greedy cerebral gas station
  02/14/25
that's not really what it is about imo. it is a retelling of...
heady fear-inspiring church building
  02/14/25
The Golden Bough is literally on Kurtz’s bookshelf at ...
Greedy cerebral gas station
  02/14/25
I liked the longer ("redux") version a lot better,...
jet parlour really tough guy
  02/14/25
the whole thing at the french dood's house is wild and reall...
passionate clear giraffe
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Lake talented hospital mad-dog skullcap
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Learning disabled plaza sneaky criminal
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jet parlour really tough guy
  12/13/25
You smell that? You smell that? Blank bumps, son. Nothing ...
comical self-absorbed address turdskin
  02/14/25
Never get off the boat... absolutely goddamn right. Unless y...
multi-colored indian lodge yarmulke
  02/14/25
We train young tow truck drivers to drop fraudlies on people...
comical self-absorbed address turdskin
  02/14/25
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multi-colored indian lodge yarmulke
  02/14/25
Obviously a great movie but I've never met a Vietnam vet tha...
awkward hateful private investor
  02/14/25
I don't think apocalypse now was ever supposed to be an accu...
multi-colored indian lodge yarmulke
  02/14/25
I've always found the grenade launcher scene to be 180. ...
bright ticket booth
  02/14/25
that entire sequence is 180, I always thought the lighting w...
passionate clear giraffe
  02/14/25
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shaky cerise set
  02/14/25
I think it might be the actual scariest scene in a movie per...
passionate clear giraffe
  02/14/25
Wow. Really appreciate the autists perspective here.
chocolate sex offender
  12/13/25


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Date: February 14th, 2025 11:54 AM
Author: aphrodisiac lime forum

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,#48659480)



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Date: February 14th, 2025 2:32 PM
Author: ivory business firm nibblets

get out of there chef.

Bang.

I told you not to stop.

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



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Date: February 14th, 2025 9:35 PM
Author: bright ticket booth

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: heady fear-inspiring church building



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Date: February 14th, 2025 12:56 PM
Author: Lake talented hospital mad-dog skullcap

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,#48659757)



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Date: February 14th, 2025 12:58 PM
Author: Useless gunner

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: jet parlour really tough guy

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: Useless gunner

nice gig if you can get it

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Date: February 14th, 2025 1:01 PM
Author: jet parlour really tough guy

the documentary about making the movie is really interesting

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



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Date: February 14th, 2025 1:03 PM
Author: multi-colored indian lodge yarmulke

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,#48659792)



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Date: February 14th, 2025 1:04 PM
Author: jet parlour really tough guy

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,#48659800)



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Date: February 14th, 2025 7:44 PM
Author: Greedy cerebral gas station

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: heady fear-inspiring church building

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,#48661794)



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Date: February 14th, 2025 9:50 PM
Author: Greedy cerebral gas station

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,#48661826)



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Date: February 14th, 2025 1:00 PM
Author: jet parlour really tough guy

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,#48659783)



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Date: February 14th, 2025 2:34 PM
Author: passionate clear giraffe

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,#48660211)



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Date: February 14th, 2025 3:40 PM
Author: Lake talented hospital mad-dog skullcap



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Date: February 14th, 2025 2:35 PM
Author: Learning disabled plaza sneaky criminal



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Date: December 13th, 2025 1:25 PM
Author: jet parlour really tough guy



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Date: February 14th, 2025 3:49 PM
Author: comical self-absorbed address turdskin

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,#48660561)



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Date: February 14th, 2025 6:09 PM
Author: multi-colored indian lodge yarmulke

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,#48661009)



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Date: February 14th, 2025 9:45 PM
Author: comical self-absorbed address turdskin

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,#48661810)



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Date: February 14th, 2025 11:27 PM
Author: multi-colored indian lodge yarmulke



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Date: February 14th, 2025 7:46 PM
Author: awkward hateful private investor

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,#48661402)



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Date: February 14th, 2025 9:34 PM
Author: multi-colored indian lodge yarmulke

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,#48661776)



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Date: February 14th, 2025 9:40 PM
Author: bright ticket booth

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,#48661797)



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Date: February 14th, 2025 10:32 PM
Author: passionate clear giraffe

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,#48661950)



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Date: February 14th, 2025 11:29 PM
Author: shaky cerise set



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Date: February 14th, 2025 11:40 PM
Author: passionate clear giraffe

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,#48662069)



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Date: December 13th, 2025 1:34 PM
Author: chocolate sex offender

Wow. Really appreciate the autists perspective here.

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