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This movie is available on Netflix. I distinctly remember that I saw the movie in the theater by myself. I’ve never really solidified my view of this movie. I’ve seen it a few times and it seems like every time I do my take on it is different.

I haven’t decided if I’m going to watch the movie, yet again. I’m about 30 minutes into it.

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This movie is available on Netflix. I distinctly remember that I saw the movie in the theater by myself. I’ve never really solidified my view of this movie. I’ve seen it a few times and it seems like every time I do my take on it is different.

I haven’t decided if I’m going to watch the movie, yet again. I’m about 30 minutes into it.

Apocalypse Now. The Doors.

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One of my favorite movies. Somewhat over the top, but yeah...Martin Sheen, and an all star cast makes it a great watch.



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I watched about an hour and half of Redux last week. Will finish it soon.



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I first saw this in the wardroom onboard a Navy ship. Eerily quiet. Big Grin



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One of my favorite movies.
A complex movie.

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I recently forced myself to watch Apocalypse Now Redux on Netflix. I didn't like it any better than the first viewing around 40 years ago. Watching Captain Willard carry his M16 one handed with his index finger all the way through the trigger guard to the last knuckle was a hilarious demonstration of how out of touch the production was with real world gun handling. Frankly, I walked out of the theater about two thirds of the way into the original. I think the movie is one of the worst about the Vietnam war.
 
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Saigon... Shit.


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I think the key to Apocalypse Now is watching his documentary about it. Then when you watch the movie you can sort of appreciate it more for what it could have been / should have been, instead of the sort of mess it is.


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I've tried to watch that movie twice now in the past 10 years or so and have fallen asleep both times.
 
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Watching Captain Willard carry his M16 one handed with his index finger all the way through the trigger guard to the last knuckle was a hilarious demonstration of how out of touch the production was with real world gun handling.


Meh.

I think it was representative of gun handling in general during that period.

If you watch documentaries from that era, the gun handling is really no better on a whole. There were few ghetto gunfighters in that time period that kept their finger straight and selector on safe as a religion. Some who were there will surely dispute this, but far and away the documentaries tell another story.




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Skip the long cut of the movie. The extra stuff was cut for a reason.

It is an excellent movie, and maybe even a great one. At the same time, it has some flaws so it isn't a perfect movie. The movie is set in war, but it is more than a war film, as it is about human nature and conflict.

Find a version made from a restored print, as some of the digital versions were made from bad or old prints, and looked terrible. When I saw a DVD made from a restored version I realized there was stuff I never saw in the movie, at least not since it came out.




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I have yet to decide whether or not I liked that movie.
 
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I have yet to decide whether or not I liked that movie.

I went and watched a late evening screening with a couple friends. I won't say we were freaked-out by it, per se, but it definitely put us in a strange state of mind. Then we walked out of the theater into a nearly empty mall parking lot - beset by fog. It was eerie. Very eerie.

Haven't been interested in seeing it again, since.



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I saw it was up on Netflix and couldn’t decide if I wanted to try sitting through it again. I’ve watched it twice and didn’t really enjoy either viewing.

Yeah, I think I’m going to pass.


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I have seen Apocalypse Now probably five times. One of those times was Redux. Redux, in my opinion, sucks; jhe888 is right about that. I like the movie a lot, and will always hold it in high regard. The book that inspired it is awesome too, and is a short read.

If someone's negative opinion of the film is based on a viewing of the extended version, they'd do well to watch the proper cut.

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There is a lot to the understanding of such films.

First, human nature aspect, all of us get it, but some have spent more time in life contemplating themselves and others.

Second, the part about "war movies" in general, the good, the bad, the perspective of "for what good is the loss?", being that people are lost, or forever changed, mostly for worse, and few for better, the small and few moments of "redemption", (pearls of great price) as in "Saving Private Ryan". And the perspectives of those who have seen it, and those who have not, and even then the impact is varied for both groups, and so much more.

Then the period of AN when it was filmed, at a time where the world, especially America had such a pivotal point of breaking away from many rigid ideals, and social restraints (arguably good or bad), resulting in movies that pushed beyond many things that people were not accostmed to, and the latitude and depth writers, directors and actors went to express many new things, and things taboo.

Many that find themselves in uncomfortable moments in the film, (and not for the sake of gratuitously and unnecessary shock value) should appreciate and be grateful to those involved.

Such art permits us to glimpse, feel and begin to understand and desire to know more about things we have not experienced.

I have found over the years, watching movies and some TV shows again and again, how my understanding and perspective on many things changes, and I believe, are refined for the better.

In many cases, finding those I did not like, understand or care for, become treasured, and some I thought were excellent in the day, have become worn and tired and simply "milquetoast".

But, I can spend hours studying a rock.
I'm going all the way.


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I recently watched it again after not seeing it for decades. I appreciated the film. I bought it on AppleTV and I believe it's the extended cut. There was a scene I didn't remember seeing before which was the team running into a compound run by a french family and being hosted for dinner. If this was the extended cut, I enjoyed it.

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Yup...that's the "REDUX" version.



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