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Re: Apocalypse Now!

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In Reply to: Apocalypse Now! posted by Bruce from DC on December 30, 2002 at 17:04:42:

Having served in Viet Nam, I (and many vets) would say that it best embodies the insanity and absurdity of the situation better than any other movie made about Viet Nam. Things WERE really pretty crazy. I guess you would had to been there in order to understand. Killgore was there. Willard was there. It was "better than Disneyland" because almost anything went. I can see a J.D. Spradling worming around enough to let an underling say: "terminate with extreme predjudice". From a technical standpoint, it may be flawed--but perhaps Francis accidently made an "insiders" movie. I remember in '79, most people coming out of the theatre were puzzled--I wasn't.
BTW, don't even think about renting Redux. There is a reason all that was on the cutting room floor the first time . . .

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Amen, brother! It was exactly like Vietnam! - EdM 05:52:02 12/31/02 (2)
-a Vietnam vet.
- My father, a vietnam vet, also expressed the same sentiment... - Mrs. Piggy 08:52:54 12/31/02 (1)
  about this film. He said it realistically depicted the insaneness and absurdity that was observed in that war for him.
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  - in the jungle one minute, watching Playboy bunnies the next, then - EdM 10:07:51 12/31/02 (0)
    drinking in a bar watching Vietnamese (or you fill in the blank) go-go dancers, then almost getting blown apart by a stray VC rocket on the way to sleep.

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