Film 4 - Apocalypse now
Edward Cowling London UK
I always thought this film was best watched after drinking half a bottle
of Jack Daniels :-) But who can forget the helicopter gun ships zooming
into battle to sounds of Wagner.
'I love the smell of Napalm in the morning'
BTW Brando isn't being post ironic or deep, he really is talking
gibberish :-)
--
Edward Cowling North London UK http://www.facebook.com/ed.cowling
Mark A
> BTW Brando isn't being post ironic or deep, he really is talking
> gibberish :-)
A bonkers actor playing a loon. Who'da thunk?
Regards
Mark
Theodore
<TV_...@genghis0.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>Film 4 are showing the classic Apocalypse Now tonight at 9pm.
>
>I always thought this film was best watched after drinking half a bottle
>of Jack Daniels :-) But who can forget the helicopter gun ships zooming
>into battle to sounds of Wagner.
>
>'I love the smell of Napalm in the morning'
>
>BTW Brando isn't being post ironic or deep, he really is talking
>gibberish :-)
Don't think I've ever managed to watch it through to the end. Maybe
this time...
Edward Cowling London UK
<theodo...@gmail.com> writes
Jack Daniels helps ;-)
Dry Gulch Pete
<TV_...@genghis0.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> Film 4 are showing the classic Apocalypse Now tonight at 9pm.
>
> I always thought this film was best watched after drinking half a bottle
> of Jack Daniels :-) But who can forget the helicopter gun ships zooming
> into battle to sounds of Wagner.
>
> 'I love the smell of Napalm in the morning'
>
> BTW Brando isn't being post ironic or deep, he really is talking
> gibberish :-)
> --
Liked it - nightmarish jungle war movie but the end was REAL and
'orrible - I like special effects not reality!
Schrodinger
"Edward Cowling London UK" <TV_...@genghis0.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
news:i9Y75DBh...@genghis0.demon.co.uk...
Loved the extended edition and I agree, it is a lot easier to watch after a
few beers.
DVDfever
It's an excellent film... until they get to the bit with Marlon
Brando, which is shit, and Brando couldn't act his way out of a paper
bag.... mumble mumble mumble.... what's that Marlon? Speak up, you fat
fuck!
Jeff Lawrence
> It's an excellent film... until they get to the bit with Marlon
> Brando, which is shit, and Brando couldn't act his way out of a paper
> bag.... mumble mumble mumble.... what's that Marlon? Speak up, you fat
> fuck!
Ah, but you couldn't really tell he was a fat fuck as Coppola only
shot him in shadow or in close-up in order to disguise his "fat-
fuckedness".
Cheers
Jeff
Calum
> It's an excellent film... until they get to the bit with Marlon
> Brando, which is shit, and Brando couldn't act his way out of a paper
> bag.... mumble mumble mumble.... what's that Marlon?
"Something something oranges something"
</D.R.-and-Quinch>
Halmyre
@n35g2000yqm.googlegroups.com>, jeff.l...@orange.nl says...
I never understood all this complaining about "He's fat!". Didn't it suit the
part that this ex-Marine Colonel had become this bloated obscene monster?
--
Halmyre
This is the most powerful sigfile in the world and will probably blow your
head clean off.
Sofa - Spud
>
> I always thought this film was best watched after drinking half a bottle
> of Jack Daniels :-) But who can forget the helicopter gun ships zooming
> into battle to sounds of Wagner.
>
> 'I love the smell of Napalm in the morning'
>
> BTW Brando isn't being post ironic or deep, he really is talking
> gibberish :-)
It's great film, seem it loads of times but often I'd take a drink and
by the end had lost what was going on. A while ago I actually sqaw it
completely sober and at an early enough time where I wasn't asleep.
Many of the scenes are from Michaels Herrs book **Dispatches** - but
the film had loads of problems - sheen had a heart attack , brando was
fat and drunk whereas they thought he's be lean and sober!
**He was wrapped too tightly for Vietnam, he was wrapped too tightly for
New Orleans** a classic line from sheen.
Look out for Harrison Ford as major *Lucas*
Jeff Lawrence
> Look out for Harrison Ford as major *Lucas*
And a 14 year-old Laurence Fishburne as one of the soldiers escorting
Willard on the boat. Apparently Coppola thought he was 17 years old
(Fishburne lied about his age), the same age as the character he
played. The filming and editing took so long that by the time it was
released Fishburne actually was 17.
Cheers
Jeff
Schrodinger
"Sofa - Spud" <comfy...@hotmail.co.uk> wrote in message
news:hepd4p$s0e$2...@news.eternal-september.org...
> Edward Cowling London UK wrote:
>> Film 4 are showing the classic Apocalypse Now tonight at 9pm.
>>
>> I always thought this film was best watched after drinking half a bottle
>> of Jack Daniels :-) But who can forget the helicopter gun ships zooming
>> into battle to sounds of Wagner.
>>
>> 'I love the smell of Napalm in the morning'
>>
>> BTW Brando isn't being post ironic or deep, he really is talking
>> gibberish :-)
>
> It's great film, seem it loads of times but often I'd take a drink and by
> the end had lost what was going on. A while ago I actually sqaw it
> completely sober and at an early enough time where I wasn't asleep.
>
> Many of the scenes are from Michaels Herrs book **Dispatches** - but the
> film had loads of problems - sheen had a heart attack , brando was fat and
> drunk whereas they thought he's be lean and sober!
>
I ploughed through the "Heart of Darkness" by Joseph Conrad just because the
movie had been based on it.
Some of the scenes from the upriver camps were replicated in the movie and
Kurt was straight out of the book. Also the ambiguous morality.
I'll have to get a hold of that book by Michaels Herrs too - thanks for the
tip.
> **He was wrapped too tightly for Vietnam, he was wrapped too tightly for
> New Orleans** a classic line from sheen.
>
I loved the voice over by Mr Sheen - am I right in thinking that isn't liked
by some - or am I thinking of Blade Runner :)
> Look out for Harrison Ford as major *Lucas*
>
And his glasses!
Halmyre
> "Sofa - Spud" <comfyso...@hotmail.co.uk> wrote in messagenews:hepd4p$s0e$2...@news.eternal-september.org...
Yes, it's Blade Runner's voice-over that's disliked.
--
Halmyre
Fred X
There a great parody of one of his voiceover scenes in Hot Shots Part Deux!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKTZNeR_GPU
Fred X
Fred X
Yeah, I didn't realise that until he was interviewed by Ross last night.
It was a really good interview as well!
Fred X
Halmyre
DVDfever
> On Nov 27, 7:00 pm, DVDfever <pickp...@googlemail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > > >BTW Brando isn't being post ironic or deep, he really is talking
> > > >gibberish :-)
>
> > > Don't think I've ever managed to watch it through to the end. Maybe
> > > this time...
>
> > It's an excellent film... until they get to the bit with Marlon
> > Brando, which is shit, and Brando couldn't act his way out of a paper
> > bag.... mumble mumble mumble.... what's that Marlon? Speak up, you fat
> > fuck!
>
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwxZlmapfWU
Nah, that's not fat fuck, that's chisled jaw. It makes me look like
Stan Smith!
G Bell
>> Many of the scenes are from Michaels Herrs book **Dispatches** - but the
>> film had loads of problems - sheen had a heart attack , brando was fat and
>> drunk whereas they thought he's be lean and sober!
>>
>I'll have to get a hold of that book by Michaels Herrs too - thanks for the
>tip.
Michael Herr also co-wrote Full Metal Jacket.
Graham
DVDfever
>
> > - Show quoted text -
>
> Stan Smith?
>
> Cyril Smith more like!
Nice one. "Cyril".
DVDfever
>
> > - Show quoted text -
>
> at them. Cyril is one of them.
>
> Dan.
Dan. Dan. Dan. Dan. Dan. Dan. Dan..... Dan! Dan! Dan!
DVDfever
>
> > - Show quoted text -
>
Dan!
> The joke was copied by another comedy show more recently. [Not the
> same name though.]
>
> Armstrong & Miller perhaps?
Could be. They're very funny, but also fairly derivative.
Mike Plowman
Is that Barker asking where his book is? :-)
Mike Plowman
>
> > - Show quoted text -
>
>
> "You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something,
> sometime in your life."
> Winston Churchill
I think Mr Churchill was probably talking about invading forces etc
rather than getting a cob on because he had the piss taken out of him
on Usenet.
Mike Plowman
No, it was that wildlife thing on BBC1 with Jason Manford etc doing
voiceovers to wildlife clips.
DVDfever
Yes, I remember the clip I saw of that now. Both that show and Jason
Manford - I've had bigger laughs at my grandad's funeral.
michael adams
"The Laughing Gnome" <haunte...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:843988a8-b268-4088...@z41g2000yqz.googlegroups.com...
On Dec 2, 9:11 pm, DVDfever <pickp...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> > > > The joke was copied by another comedy show more recently. [Not the
> > > > same name though.]
>
> > > > Armstrong & Miller perhaps?
>
> > > Could be. They're very funny, but also fairly derivative.
>
> > No, it was that wildlife thing on BBC1 with Jason Manford etc doing
> > voiceovers to wildlife clips.
>
> Yes, I remember the clip I saw of that now. Both that show and Jason
> Manford - I've had bigger laughs at my grandad's funeral.
- Yes, I heard about the cucumber incident.
- Your grandfather would be turning in his grave if he knew (or trying
- to).
...
Paul Whitehouse's loss is UMTVM's gain, I suppose.
And how's the book coming along ?
http://www.exocccidente.com/index.html
"Ex" being the operative word in this case, it seems.
Oh crumbs!
michael adams
...
rosie
"Nutter Cracker" <nutter.nutterc...@gmail.com> wrote
> That aside, where's the book?
Forgive my ingnorance, I know nothing about publishing houses.
But in 'ex occidente press' , wouldn't the 'ex' part serve as a warning to
would be authors not to waste their money?
rosie
"The Laughing Gnome" <haunte...@hotmail.com> wrote
>As usual, you haven't got a clue what you're talking about. Had any
>luck finding your way to that non-existent box seat in the Theatre
>Royal yet, you sad old fraud?
Had any thoughts about meeting me and my colleagues at the Cambridge Hospice
yet?
I really think you should.
So far, I've let you off with not knowing anything about the Hospice.
Because I know
you don't! But trust me honey. I have a fair old input there. Your kids
would prolly
be entitled to more respite care, because their dad is a bit all over the
place.
See.I could have said you were mentally defective, which I actually think
you are,
however, I would never say that in front of your kids.
Isn't it true that somebody here said something about your wife, that upset
her, but that she wouldn't have known about it until you drew it to her
attention?
Why would you tell her about it? Nobody knows her? They are responding to
you,
and you are an utter pratt, and she is probably not. She's likely a really
nice woman,
but she's married to you. And you are not normal. You really are not
normal,.
Even amongst people who have disabled kids, you are certainly not really
normal.
You must be really gutted by what's happened. I can understand that,.
It's bloody hard work. It's very bloody hard work.
But you are so abrasive.
Jeff Lawrence
<nutter.nuttercracker.crac...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >Oh yes, your boss has them. Hence the fact you can no longer post as
> >Alan Hope.
>
> Who?
Some foul-mouthed tosser who used to post in here. Thankfully he seems
to have buggered off now though. You'd have liked him though, you seem
to have a very similar outlook on life and sense of humour.
Cheers
Jeff