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Just watched Apocalypse Now (1979) for the first time

I didn’t like when Willard killed the Viet woman with ...
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get out of there chef. Bang. I told you not to stop.
histrionic outnumbered locus really tough guy
  02/14/25
Brando was literally too obese to do much of anything in the...
charismatic alcoholic codepig
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OYT Magnus
  12/13/25
He was blackout drunk the whole time and eating massive amou...
ocher galvanic gaping brunch
  02/14/25
he was like 400 lbs thats why they had to shoot him in the d...
Ebony Cracking Den Mother
  02/14/25
they just let him ramble and then picked a few lines that th...
bat shit crazy duck-like stead
  02/14/25
nice gig if you can get it
Ebony Cracking Den Mother
  02/14/25
the documentary about making the movie is really interesting
bat shit crazy duck-like stead
  02/14/25
The Brando parts were the best. He wasn't supposed to be coh...
Onyx brethren legend
  02/14/25
the whole movie is completely incredible in a way that almos...
bat shit crazy duck-like stead
  02/14/25
It makes complete sense. It’s about a god king losing ...
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  02/14/25
that's not really what it is about imo. it is a retelling of...
Marvelous quadroon
  02/14/25
The Golden Bough is literally on Kurtz’s bookshelf at ...
Plum Swashbuckling Library Liquid Oxygen
  02/14/25
I liked the longer ("redux") version a lot better,...
bat shit crazy duck-like stead
  02/14/25
the whole thing at the french dood's house is wild and reall...
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You smell that? You smell that? Blank bumps, son. Nothing ...
dull field messiness
  02/14/25
Never get off the boat... absolutely goddamn right. Unless y...
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We train young tow truck drivers to drop fraudlies on people...
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Onyx brethren legend
  02/14/25
Obviously a great movie but I've never met a Vietnam vet tha...
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  02/14/25
I don't think apocalypse now was ever supposed to be an accu...
Onyx brethren legend
  02/14/25
I've always found the grenade launcher scene to be 180. ...
charismatic alcoholic codepig
  02/14/25
that entire sequence is 180, I always thought the lighting w...
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I think it might be the actual scariest scene in a movie per...
Rusted Motley Roommate Point
  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: Lake indian lodge factory reset button

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: histrionic outnumbered locus really tough guy

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: charismatic alcoholic codepig

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.#48661778)



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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: ocher galvanic gaping brunch

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: Ebony Cracking Den Mother

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.#48659769)



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Date: February 14th, 2025 12:59 PM
Author: bat shit crazy duck-like stead

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: Ebony Cracking Den Mother

nice gig if you can get it

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Date: February 14th, 2025 1:01 PM
Author: bat shit crazy duck-like stead

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: Onyx brethren legend

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: bat shit crazy duck-like stead

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: Plum Swashbuckling Library Liquid Oxygen

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.#48661397)



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Date: February 14th, 2025 9:39 PM
Author: Marvelous quadroon

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: Plum Swashbuckling Library Liquid Oxygen

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: bat shit crazy duck-like stead

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: Rusted Motley Roommate Point

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: ocher galvanic gaping brunch



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Date: February 14th, 2025 2:35 PM
Author: Mind-boggling regret windowlicker



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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: dull field messiness

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: Onyx brethren legend

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: dull field messiness

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: Onyx brethren legend



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Date: February 14th, 2025 7:46 PM
Author: carnelian exhilarant death wish shrine

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: Onyx brethren legend

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: charismatic alcoholic codepig

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: Rusted Motley Roommate Point

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: frozen diverse corner



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Date: February 14th, 2025 11:40 PM
Author: Rusted Motley Roommate Point

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)