Eek. I tried convincing the girlfriend but was knocked back pretty sharpish. She struggles to stay awake for an episode of Eastenders so 3 hours plus will be difficult. I'll have to watch another time
Apocalypse Now
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Eek. I tried convincing the girlfriend but was knocked back pretty sharpish. She struggles to stay awake for an episode of Eastenders so 3 hours plus will be difficult. I'll have to watch another time
Eek. I tried convincing the girlfriend but was knocked back pretty sharpish. She struggles to stay awake for an episode of Eastenders so 3 hours plus will be difficult. I'll have to watch another time
Watch it by yourself mate, no point having 'her indoors' asking questions all the way through.
Soldato
The original is very much worth a look if you want to watch it as a movie. Redux is more of a complete film. The French Plantation scene adds a lot more to the actual story & makes it more of a complete film but that & the other re-additions make it very long & you have to commit to paying attention.
Caporegime
awesome film.
i love the surfing bit and music in the chopters, amazing. goes a bit downhill from there IMO.
i love the surfing bit and music in the chopters, amazing. goes a bit downhill from there IMO.
Don
Redux
Watch it with a coal fire in the room, with 6 cans of stella for the desired effect
You zone in and out of concentration, keeps you in sync with the film
Watch it with a coal fire in the room, with 6 cans of stella for the desired effect
You zone in and out of concentration, keeps you in sync with the film
Man of Honour
Watch the original. The Redux is even longer and more boring.
Soldato
If there was one thing that disappointed me about the film, it was how much the 'I love the smell of napalm in the morning' quote, lost from the way I always imagined it to be.
Always imagined it to be a great statement, but in reality, it was barely a throwaway.
Always imagined it to be a great statement, but in reality, it was barely a throwaway.
It's more of a psychological drama set in a time of war than a 'war movie'.
That might've been the way it was delivered but the statement itself was important. He's talking about napalming an entire tree line for nothing, he gets some kind of satisfaction out of reminiscing about mindless destruction. Isn't that a statement about the futility of that war?
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Man of Honour
If you haven't seen Platoon, do so, and ignore this nonsensical psychological waste of time.
Depends what you're into.
Platoon is a typical Vietnam War film.
As jp_bl_68 said, AN is a psychological thriller set during the Vietnam War.
It's actually based on a book called The Heart of Darkness which was set in Africa during the time of the slave trade.
Coppola was using the basic story of The Heart of Darkness as a metaphorical device to present the futility of the Vietnam War rather than trying to make a typical gung-ho war film.
Platoon is fine if you want explosions over substance, AN Redux is the thinking man's Vietnam War film. Different strokes and all that.
Or start watching it more than three and a half hours before your bedtime
Man of Honour
Or watch something good.
Soldato
Or develop some stamina for quality cinema rather than 100 minutes of CGI explosions. How about The Deer Hunter, or does that require too much cognitive engagement as well? Not enough killin's!
Man of Honour
Deer Hunter and Southern Comfort are excellent films.
Apoc. Now is overhyped trash. It's worse than Scarface, if that is possible.
Quality cinema is exactly what I want. Not drab, dour, boring, unnecessarily 'psychological' (ie, nothing happens and you have to imagine the story) arty rubbish.
Apoc. Now is overhyped trash. It's worse than Scarface, if that is possible.
Quality cinema is exactly what I want. Not drab, dour, boring, unnecessarily 'psychological' (ie, nothing happens and you have to imagine the story) arty rubbish.