"Apocalypse Now" junkies. Coming up on AMC.

[trof]

"I love the smell of napalm in the morning."

[Lionel Mandrake]

1. "Pork Lips Now"

"I was sad because I had no shoes. Until I met a man... who had no socks."

[HopeHoops]

2. This is sad, but I can't hear that title without remembering something really racist a DJ said.

It was in the late 70's, and I don't remember who the DJ was but I didn't consider him to be a dickhead like Howard Stern was at the time. I don't remember how he set up the joke, but it had to do with a platoon of black men in Viet Nam and the movie was "A Pack-O-Lips Now". I was in high school at the time and not shocked by much, but that floored me. It wouldn't shock me to hear that Rush had said something like that yesterday, but that was just out of line in every way it could be, even back then. He wasn't off of the air the next day so I'll assume there was no penalty for the offense.

I've never seen the movie, and unfortunately the reason is in large part because of that asshole DJ. Now I'm angry again. :grr: I have little or no tolerance for racism.

On Edit: I don't remember when the movie came out, so it might have been early 80's and after I was out of high school and in a steady job - but that doesn't change anything about how it makes me feel. :grr:

[amerikat]

3. "Charley don't surf"

So many great lines in this film.

In the entire scheme of things, this film explained to me what
was meant by the term "surrealism".

I'm watching it now.

[Aristus]

4. Great movie.

The helicopter attack is still one of the greatest battle scenes ever filmed.

But a knowledge of geography ruins the film for me. There is no way to take a boat from the coast north of Nha Trang upriver to Cambodia. Mountains block the way.

[Blue_In_AK]

5. I was trying to watch it, but there were too many Tom Brokaw breaks.

[nolabear]

6. That's been the most surreal part of all.

I wonder if Brokaw knew his "Greatest Generation let's remember our heroic men and women in uniform" cutaways were becoming pure irony when juxtaposed with the chaos of AN.

[Fuzz]

7. Elmer Fudd in Apocolypse Now. Oh, Da Howwaw, Da Hawwaw.

[trof]

8. First time I've really seen it from beginning to end.

Very surreal.
Especially the 'fade to black' end.
Definitely (IMHO) an anti-war film.

[trof]

9. The notes on IMDB are fascinating.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078788/