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Just watched Apocalypse Now (1979) for the first time

I didn’t like when Willard killed the Viet woman with ...
boyish resort
  02/14/25
get out of there chef. Bang. I told you not to stop.
Brilliant zippy marketing idea
  02/14/25
Brando was literally too obese to do much of anything in the...
Irradiated Idiotic Abode
  02/14/25
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OYT Magnus
  12/13/25
He was blackout drunk the whole time and eating massive amou...
Naked appetizing field
  02/14/25
he was like 400 lbs thats why they had to shoot him in the d...
Anal light school
  02/14/25
they just let him ramble and then picked a few lines that th...
orchid messiness theater
  02/14/25
nice gig if you can get it
Anal light school
  02/14/25
the documentary about making the movie is really interesting
orchid messiness theater
  02/14/25
The Brando parts were the best. He wasn't supposed to be coh...
House-broken Toilet Seat University
  02/14/25
the whole movie is completely incredible in a way that almos...
orchid messiness theater
  02/14/25
It makes complete sense. It’s about a god king losing ...
Big hunting ground
  02/14/25
that's not really what it is about imo. it is a retelling of...
hideous comical hospital reading party
  02/14/25
The Golden Bough is literally on Kurtz’s bookshelf at ...
Big hunting ground
  02/14/25
I liked the longer ("redux") version a lot better,...
orchid messiness theater
  02/14/25
the whole thing at the french dood's house is wild and reall...
carmine stag film
  02/14/25
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Naked appetizing field
  02/14/25
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Dull bearded sound barrier
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nude butt cheeks
  12/13/25
You smell that? You smell that? Blank bumps, son. Nothing ...
olive diverse friendly grandma bawdyhouse
  02/14/25
Never get off the boat... absolutely goddamn right. Unless y...
House-broken Toilet Seat University
  02/14/25
We train young tow truck drivers to drop fraudlies on people...
olive diverse friendly grandma bawdyhouse
  02/14/25
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House-broken Toilet Seat University
  02/14/25
Obviously a great movie but I've never met a Vietnam vet tha...
crawly death wish
  02/14/25
I don't think apocalypse now was ever supposed to be an accu...
House-broken Toilet Seat University
  02/14/25
I've always found the grenade launcher scene to be 180. ...
Irradiated Idiotic Abode
  02/14/25
that entire sequence is 180, I always thought the lighting w...
carmine stag film
  02/14/25
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clear space stain
  02/14/25
I think it might be the actual scariest scene in a movie per...
carmine stag film
  02/14/25
Wow. Really appreciate the autists perspective here.
L.Q. Jones
  12/13/25


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

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: Brilliant zippy marketing idea

get out of there chef.

Bang.

I told you not to stop.

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Date: February 14th, 2025 9:35 PM
Author: Irradiated Idiotic Abode

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: OYT Magnus ( )



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Date: February 14th, 2025 12:56 PM
Author: Naked appetizing field

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: Anal light school

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: orchid messiness theater

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: Anal light school

nice gig if you can get it

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Date: February 14th, 2025 1:01 PM
Author: orchid messiness theater

the documentary about making the movie is really interesting

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Date: February 14th, 2025 1:03 PM
Author: House-broken Toilet Seat University

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

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Date: February 14th, 2025 1:04 PM
Author: orchid messiness theater

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: Big hunting ground

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: hideous comical hospital reading party

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: Big hunting ground

The Golden Bough is literally on Kurtz’s bookshelf at the end hth. Heart of Darkness…isn’t.

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Date: February 14th, 2025 1:00 PM
Author: orchid messiness theater

I liked the longer ("redux") version a lot better, the extra parts were good for the narrative cohesion

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Date: February 14th, 2025 2:34 PM
Author: carmine stag film

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: Naked appetizing field



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Date: February 14th, 2025 2:35 PM
Author: Dull bearded sound barrier



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Date: December 13th, 2025 1:25 PM
Author: nude butt cheeks (✅🍑)



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Date: February 14th, 2025 3:49 PM
Author: olive diverse friendly grandma bawdyhouse

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: House-broken Toilet Seat University

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: olive diverse friendly grandma bawdyhouse

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!

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Date: February 14th, 2025 11:27 PM
Author: House-broken Toilet Seat University



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Date: February 14th, 2025 7:46 PM
Author: crawly death wish

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: House-broken Toilet Seat University

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: Irradiated Idiotic Abode

I've always found the grenade launcher scene to be 180.

https://youtu.be/f96p-IhcZhQ?si=B4SMymFKqWBbLGV8

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Date: February 14th, 2025 10:32 PM
Author: carmine stag film

that entire sequence is 180, I always thought the lighting was really great

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Date: February 14th, 2025 11:29 PM
Author: clear space stain



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Date: February 14th, 2025 11:40 PM
Author: carmine stag film

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: L.Q. Jones

Wow. Really appreciate the autists perspective here.

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