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WHAT IN JUPITERS BALLS.......


Did I just finish watching? I think I just went from 49 years old to 75. What a long drawn out bore fest.

I can’t see how this flick is considered a classic.

Took forever to get there.

The main character showed zero emotion in every scene. It was like Martin Sheen had a gun pointed at his head to act in this masturbation of a mess.

Robert Duvall was way over the top in his performance as was Hopper

Good God, thank you for letting me live thru those three hours

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You are 49 years old and are just NOW watching Apocalypse Now?

There is another good movie you should see it is called The Godfather.

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JUST WAIT TILL HE TRIES TO RETURN THAT APOCOLYPSE NOW VHS HE RENTED 40 YEARS AGO AND NEVER GOT AROUND TO WATCHING...

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"Hey! Have you seen where BLOCKBUSTER move to? It was right here 25 years ago."

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Seen The Godfather about a 1000 times, an all time great

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I have to say that I agree with you, the long version of this film is just awful.

The original version was about 45 minutes shorter,made for a tighter story line and was able to keep the viewers attention.

Unfortunately the longer version is the default, and what most people see nowadays

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This hurts to read.

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The only part that drags is the French plantation scene. Apart from that, it's highly entertaining to notice the length.

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This movie isn't for everyone.

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Really dude?

I was 10 when this came out and got to see with my uncles and I can remember knowing what was going on and understood about 80% of the plot even though I was too young to understand most adult situations at my age.

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Totally see the OPs point. I love epics as long as you’re going somewhere but there were so many pointless scenes this one.

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the Director's Cut has many pointless scenes

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"I can’t see how this flick is considered a classic."

Sounds like a you-problem...

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