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re: Just saw Apocalypse Now for the first time
Posted on 6/4/19 at 9:58 am to red sox fan 13
Posted on 6/4/19 at 9:58 am to red sox fan 13
"I wanted a mission and for my sins, they gave me one".
Captain Willard.
This was the best script ever written.
Captain Willard.
This was the best script ever written.
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Posted on 6/4/19 at 12:17 pm to red sox fan 13
In my top 5 all time list.
Great movie.
Great movie.
Posted on 6/4/19 at 12:37 pm to Pandy Fackler
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This was the best script ever written.
It would be hard to argue against that statement.
I doubt if I've ever watched a movie with more poignant dialogue.
Posted on 6/4/19 at 4:23 pm to red sox fan 13
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was sad when Chef died because he was from New Orleans lol.
Also Blue Duck from Lonesome Dove.
Posted on 6/4/19 at 5:32 pm to Erin Go Bragh
You smell that? Do you smell that?... Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world smells like that. I love the smell of napalm in the morning.
.... You know, one time we had a hill bombed, for twelve hours. When it was all over I walked up. We didn't find one of 'em, not one stinkin' dink body. The smell, you know that gasoline smell, the whole hill. Smelled like... victory.
.... You know, one time we had a hill bombed, for twelve hours. When it was all over I walked up. We didn't find one of 'em, not one stinkin' dink body. The smell, you know that gasoline smell, the whole hill. Smelled like... victory.
Posted on 6/4/19 at 5:47 pm to Pectus
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Hopper was great in this.
He improvised his lines!
Said he was on LSD most of the time during the shoot.
Also Martin Sheen had a serious heart attack during filming...came close to dying
Posted on 6/4/19 at 8:44 pm to red sox fan 13
Saigon.
shite.
shite.
Posted on 6/4/19 at 9:14 pm to Ace Midnight
The French plantation scene adds historical context, yes, but it stops the film itself dead in its tracks for about 20-30 minutes.
Posted on 6/4/19 at 9:41 pm to teke184
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The French plantation scene adds historical context, yes, but it stops the film itself dead in its tracks for about 20-30 minutes.
Was much better without it.
Posted on 6/4/19 at 9:43 pm to AUstar
quote:Mauw!! Mal!! (sp)
Give "Deer Hunter" a watch if you've never seen it. A great Vietnam movie that is a bit underrated imo. (It's not a film about the battlefield, but about some guys who came home).
This post was edited on 6/4/19 at 9:44 pm
Posted on 6/4/19 at 9:57 pm to SEClint
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No, its 3h 23m
That's the only version of it I've seen and it's fricking weird.
Posted on 6/5/19 at 12:04 am to red sox fan 13
I’m not sure if there’s a movie with more grit and gravity than Apocalypse Now. You are in virtually every moment and scene and believe pretty much everything that is said and done, even the crazy shite at the end.
Posted on 6/5/19 at 12:18 am to red sox fan 13
Blew me away first time too. Blew me away for about 10 years since I first saw it.
Then watched it again and again. Fell out of love with the movie.
Bloated incoherent mess.
I used to love this movie as a kid but realized over time it's an overrated war movie. Even Coppola's comments about the film upon its release show how in love they were with themselves over this picture.
"This movie isn't about the Vietnam War, this movie IS the Vietnam War."
I mean c'mon man.
It's the only war movie I know of that's pretentious. Which is hard to do for a war movie, really hard. The movie is in love with itself because the director was in love with himself...and Brando was in love with himself.
And Hearts of Darkness shows how the shoot was such a total mess with egos and pretentious method actors all on set...everyone had to get actually drunk, or actually high or just not bother to learn their lines.
Which is why the final product is such a mess.
Then watched it again and again. Fell out of love with the movie.
Bloated incoherent mess.
I used to love this movie as a kid but realized over time it's an overrated war movie. Even Coppola's comments about the film upon its release show how in love they were with themselves over this picture.
"This movie isn't about the Vietnam War, this movie IS the Vietnam War."
I mean c'mon man.
It's the only war movie I know of that's pretentious. Which is hard to do for a war movie, really hard. The movie is in love with itself because the director was in love with himself...and Brando was in love with himself.
And Hearts of Darkness shows how the shoot was such a total mess with egos and pretentious method actors all on set...everyone had to get actually drunk, or actually high or just not bother to learn their lines.
Which is why the final product is such a mess.
This post was edited on 6/5/19 at 12:21 am
Posted on 6/5/19 at 12:25 am to red sox fan 13
I've still never seen it
Posted on 6/5/19 at 12:54 am to red sox fan 13
I knew this wouldn't be a popular opinion but the movie falls apart over time and over many viewings.
It's so cool when you first see it and then after inspection and many more viewings comes across as a bloated mess.
It makes Cimineo look like Eastwood in budget directing.
They just shot a million miles of film and the editing doesn't save it. It's a loose, all over the place film. Might have been hip in the 70's but people want structure and coherence and 70's directors were notorious for getting carte blanche and just shooting willy-nilly...it was the auteur decade...which the 80's and 90's rebelled against and the studious said wasting our money is over with - you have a budget, stick to it. Frame shots, storyboard and shoot a few takes...the days of the camera just rolls all the time are over.
The documentary on making this film is actually a better film in retrospect as it shows how Coppola completely lost the cast and crew. But Apocalypse Now is a the finest example of 70's excess.
It's so cool when you first see it and then after inspection and many more viewings comes across as a bloated mess.
It makes Cimineo look like Eastwood in budget directing.
They just shot a million miles of film and the editing doesn't save it. It's a loose, all over the place film. Might have been hip in the 70's but people want structure and coherence and 70's directors were notorious for getting carte blanche and just shooting willy-nilly...it was the auteur decade...which the 80's and 90's rebelled against and the studious said wasting our money is over with - you have a budget, stick to it. Frame shots, storyboard and shoot a few takes...the days of the camera just rolls all the time are over.
The documentary on making this film is actually a better film in retrospect as it shows how Coppola completely lost the cast and crew. But Apocalypse Now is a the finest example of 70's excess.
This post was edited on 6/5/19 at 12:59 am
Posted on 6/5/19 at 7:48 am to red sox fan 13
quote:This statement doesn't really make sense.
I’ve read Heart of Darkness, so I knew what to expect
Posted on 6/5/19 at 7:56 am to mizzoubuckeyeiowa
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Bloated incoherent mess.
Thank you. I'm glad it's not just me.
Posted on 6/5/19 at 8:16 am to mizzoubuckeyeiowa
quote:sounds like you just became a jaded person and stopped liking things.
mizzoubuckeyeiowa
Posted on 6/5/19 at 8:43 am to red sox fan 13
I didn't understand it or like it when I watched for the first time a couple years ago.
Maybe I should rewatch.
Maybe I should rewatch.
Posted on 6/5/19 at 9:51 am to mizzoubuckeyeiowa
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I knew this wouldn't be a popular opinion but the movie falls apart over time and over many viewings.
I don't want to invalidate your opinion, but this feels like hipster revisionism. You concede you've watched it "many" times. That suggests some level of quality or attractiveness to get to that point.
Now, I'm ready to concede the flaws of the film. I even agree, to a degree, the film carries some pretentiousness.
But few big budget movies/big productions avoid pretentiousness and flaws. I mean, Casablanca is about as perfect a movie one can make, and it certainly has some flaws in execution.
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the editing doesn't save it.
Here's where I have a minority opinion - I like the Redux version and am interested in this "new" director's cut that is reportedly coming.
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The documentary on making this film is actually a better film
I can't go this far, but I agree it is one of the best documentaries on the making of a film, ever.
The film does so many things well, and is so well-acted despite the challenges presented by and for the actors remains one of the most remarkable things in film history.
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