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Apocalypse Now V Full Metal Jacket

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout' started by rocketsjudoka, Jan 20, 2023.

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Apocalyspse Now or Full Metal Jacket

  1. Apocalypse Now 'The Horror, The Horror"

    10 vote(s)
    58.8%

  2. Full Metal Jacket "Born to Kill!"

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  1. dmoneybangbang

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  2. rocketsjudoka

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    Do I hear some feline jealousy there?
     
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    Agreed. The FMJ boot camp part was amazing as the drill instructor really stole the scenes.
     
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    How neat is that!
     
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    Stupid sexy tigers.
     
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    Literally.
     
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    Yeah, too bad OP didn't include Fitzcarraldo in the poll. Haha.
     
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    I admit I'm not familiar with that film. It is a boat movie so perhaps we could have a another thread on "boat" movies.
     
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    "PBR Streetgang, this is Almighty, over?"
     
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    Platoon vs Apocalypse Now vs Full Metal Jacket?

    eta: I am disappointed that nobody has mentioned Joseph Conrad yet
     
    #31 Buck Turgidson, Jan 20, 2023
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    We need another one... Black Hawk Down vs _____________?
     
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    ...vs Three Kings vs Hurt Locker
     
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    It's Heart of Darkness in a modern setting
     
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    "I am beyond their timid, lying morality, and so I am beyond caring." -- Kurtz

    Yeah...AP is pretty fantastic, yet again.
     
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    I was just kidding. But like Apocalypse Now, it nearly killed its film crew. Werner was at his most demented, apparently.

    And @Buck Turgidson, I did reference the source material but yeah, did not name Conrad by name. I've always thought the movie was very faithful in spirit and philosophy to the book, and that's why it's awesome.
     
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    "The heads...you're looking at the heads. Yeah sometimes he goes too far"
     
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    Platoon is a great movie and if I remember correctly it won best picture over Full Metal Jacket. Platoon though hasn't held up historically with the same following as those two other movies. The Deer Hunter also beat out Apocalypse Now for best picture but isn't regarded now as highly as Apocalypse Now.

    Also We Were Soldiers follows very close to Joe Galloway's actual experience of the battle of Ia Drang Valley. Critically and historically it's not had the same following as any of the movies above. Even though it might be most factually accurate recounting of a battle in Vietnam.
     
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