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Title: I watched Apocalypse Now last night for the first time (the Redux edition)
Post by: Bloodwake on November 20, 2008, 11:27:27 AM: Fucking phenomenal.
Title: Re: I watched Apocalypse Now last night for the first time (the Redux edition)
Post by: WrikaWrek on November 20, 2008, 11:31:38 AM: Really?

Didn't care for it at all.
Title: Re: I watched Apocalypse Now last night for the first time (the Redux edition)
Post by: Himu on November 20, 2008, 11:41:55 AM: Not a big fan of it, but it does have its moments.
Title: Re: I watched Apocalypse Now last night for the first time (the Redux edition)
Post by: Bloodwake on November 20, 2008, 11:59:13 AM: I'm at my post-viewing stage where I just keep remembering awesome parts of that film (Marlon Brando, "The End" montages at the beginning/ending of the film, Duvall's Kilgore character, the French remnants of Indochina in the Redux additions)

Easily the best Vietnam film.
Title: Re: I watched Apocalypse Now last night for the first time (the Redux edition)
Post by: Robo on November 20, 2008, 12:10:21 PM: Now watch the good version.
Title: Re: I watched Apocalypse Now last night for the first time (the Redux edition)
Post by: Olivia Wilde Homo on November 20, 2008, 12:13:09 PM: The EB collective doesn't like this movie or at least this cut.

Personally, I thought it was a great movie.
Title: Re: I watched Apocalypse Now last night for the first time (the Redux edition)
Post by: Bloodwake on November 20, 2008, 12:13:32 PM: Quote from: RoboJ on November 20, 2008, 12:10:21 PM
Now watch the good version.

You mean the original? I plan on doing that.

Honestly, from what I've read, if they just added the French scene, it really wouldn't have negatively effected the film. Honestly, the "redux" additions other than that just made the film unnecessarily longer.
Title: Re: I watched Apocalypse Now last night for the first time (the Redux edition)
Post by: WrikaWrek on November 20, 2008, 12:17:54 PM: Quote from: Bloodwake on November 20, 2008, 11:59:13 AM
Easily the best Vietnam film.

To you maybe.

Apocalypse now it's like "Hollywood Nam". Platoon imo kicks the shit out of it.
Title: Re: I watched Apocalypse Now last night for the first time (the Redux edition)
Post by: Bloodwake on November 20, 2008, 12:42:27 PM: Quote from: WrikaWrek on November 20, 2008, 12:17:54 PM
Quote from: Bloodwake on November 20, 2008, 11:59:13 AM
Easily the best Vietnam film.

To you maybe.

Apocalypse now it's like "Hollywood Nam". Platoon imo kicks the shit out of it.

I'm not going to deny that Platoon was good, but I think Apocalypse Now conveys some messages that are even beyond the Vietnam War or are only amplified by the war in the film. Platoon is just a war movie. Apocalypse Now is so much more at it's core.
Title: Re: I watched Apocalypse Now last night for the first time (the Redux edition)
Post by: Cheebs on November 20, 2008, 12:53:34 PM: Both verisions are about the same in quality I think, don't really prefer one or the other. BUUT the movie itself? Amazing. Coppola's best movie, better than either of the first two Godfathers.
Title: Re: I watched Apocalypse Now last night for the first time (the Redux edition)
Post by: Bloodwake on November 20, 2008, 12:55:41 PM: Quote from: Cheebs on November 20, 2008, 12:53:34 PM
Both verisions are about the same in quality I think, don't really prefer one or the other. BUUT the movie itself? Amazing. Coppola's best movie, better than either of the first two Godfathers.

I'm not willing to concede to that quite yet. I fucking love me some Godfather I and II.

I will concede that it's on the same level of quality.
Title: Re: I watched Apocalypse Now last night for the first time (the Redux edition)
Post by: Cheebs on November 20, 2008, 02:17:35 PM: To be fair I haven't seen either Godfather film in over 5 years and have seen Apocalypse Now, that may have an impact on my opinion. I really should watch them, I got that new boxset that came out pretty recently.
Title: Re: I watched Apocalypse Now last night for the first time (the Redux edition)
Post by: Himu on November 20, 2008, 02:26:39 PM: Quote from: Cheebs on November 20, 2008, 12:53:34 PM
Coppola's best movie, better than either of the first two Godfathers.

Disagree with this highly
Title: Re: I watched Apocalypse Now last night for the first time (the Redux edition)
Post by: bud on November 20, 2008, 02:56:12 PM: i agree with himu's disagreement

also, redux is zzzzzzzzzzz
Title: Re: I watched Apocalypse Now last night for the first time (the Redux edition)
Post by: Phoenix Dark on November 20, 2008, 08:41:31 PM: Great great movie. Never seen Redux, and many have suggested I ignore it.
Title: Re: I watched Apocalypse Now last night for the first time (the Redux edition)
Post by: Solo on November 20, 2008, 08:44:30 PM: Quote from: RoboJ on November 20, 2008, 12:10:21 PM
Now watch the good version.

Cant be stated enough. If you liked the bloated Redux, then youll love the far leaner, superior theatrical cut.

Quote from: Cheebs on November 20, 2008, 12:53:34 PM
Both verisions are about the same in quality I think, don't really prefer one or the other. BUUT the movie itself? Amazing. Coppola's best movie, better than either of the first two Godfathers.

Coppola's best movie is actually The Conversation.
Title: Re: I watched Apocalypse Now last night for the first time (the Redux edition)
Post by: Greatness Gone on November 20, 2008, 08:45:28 PM: My second favorite Vietnam movie. Brando was amazing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGosYIlXdmU (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGosYIlXdmU)
Title: Re: I watched Apocalypse Now last night for the first time (the Redux edition)
Post by: Joe Molotov on November 20, 2008, 11:31:01 PM: Apocalypse Now is amazing, I love it. So surreal, I get a contact high just watching it. Platoon? Are you guys fucking kidding me, have you even seen this movie?

The Redux is kinda meh. I mean, it doesn't discredit the whole movie, and the french plantation scene is kinda cool, but it goes on and on forever. It's like half of the movie's original running time, for crying out loud! I'm glad I saw the Redux version once, but I doubt I'll ever want to watch it again, the original is infinitely more watchable.
Title: Re: I watched Apocalypse Now last night for the first time (the Redux edition)
Post by: Phoenix Dark on November 20, 2008, 11:36:08 PM: It's such a dense, uncompromising movie. So many scenes just punch you in the gut
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Lawrence Fishburn's death/cassette recording :-\
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Title: Re: I watched Apocalypse Now last night for the first time (the Redux edition)
Post by: Bloodwake on November 21, 2008, 10:42:34 AM: Quote from: Joe Molotov on November 20, 2008, 11:31:01 PM
Apocalypse Now is amazing, I love it. So surreal, I get a contact high just watching it. Platoon? Are you guys fucking kidding me, have you even seen this movie?

The Redux is kinda meh. I mean, it doesn't discredit the whole movie, and the french plantation scene is kinda cool, but it goes on and on forever. It's like half of the movie's original running time, for crying out loud! I'm glad I saw the Redux version once, but I doubt I'll ever want to watch it again, the original is infinitely more watchable.

Yeah, I will probably watch the original from now on.
Title: Re: I watched Apocalypse Now last night for the first time (the Redux edition)
Post by: Powerslave on November 21, 2008, 11:22:58 AM: I only watched Redux. What's the difference between the two?