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Which Apocalypse Now

  • 08-03-2012 7:05pm
    #1
    paudie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 494 ✭✭


    Hey all, just looking for your recommendation on which version of Apocalypse Now I should watch?

    I know there's a lot of versions out, so just looking for your opinions?


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  • #2
    Sad Professor
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 22,693 CMod ✭✭✭✭Sad Professor


    There's two versions. You should watch the theatrical version. If you like it then you can watch the "redux" version. Both versions are on the DVD/Blu-ray.


  • #3
    crazygeryy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,065 ✭✭✭crazygeryy


    paudie wrote: »
    Hey all, just looking for your recommendation on which version of Apocalypse Now I should watch?

    I know there's a lot of versions out, so just looking for your opinions?

    the martin sheen one.


  • #4
    Technocentral
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,109 ✭✭✭Technocentral


    Avoid Redux at all costs, the extra 50 minutes do nothing for it, in fact they take away from an excellent film.


  • #5
    Gee Bag
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,541 ✭✭✭Gee Bag


    The original version for sure,

    after waiting years to see the redux I was very disappointed. It sprawls all over the place.


  • #6
    WatchWolf
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 545 ✭✭✭WatchWolf


    Watch the theatrical version. The Redux just ruins the pacing.


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  • #7
    Mickeroo
    Administrators, Computer Games Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 32,532 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭Mickeroo


    Yea I only watched redux, not the seen the theatrical one, found it overlong and boring. Been meaning to watch the theatrical cut the last while.


  • #8
    Sindri
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,059 ✭✭✭Sindri


    I'd watch the theatrical version. That was the original critically acclaimed film, not the redux.


    And do you really have 200 minutes to spare?


  • #9
    paudie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 494 ✭✭paudie


    Perfect guys, that's exactly what I was looking for.

    Nice one.


  • #10
    Skerries
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,710 ✭✭✭✭Skerries


    Sindri wrote: »
    And do you really have 200 minutes to spare?

    I actually watched a 240 minute documentary about Freddie Krueger the other night, i thought I would only dip into it but ended up watching the whole thing :o
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  • #11
    Technocentral
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,109 ✭✭✭Technocentral


    Skerries wrote: »
    I actually watched a 240 minute documentary about Freddie Krueger the other night, i thought I would only dip into it but ended up watching the whole thing :o

    The mind boggles, what next, a 400 minute documentary about the origins of Bosco? :D


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  • #12
    Wintergreen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 93 ✭✭Wintergreen


    I really like Redux but saying that I had seen the original first, I think I could watch that film forever! I hear there is a a version online that has all the deleted scenes and goes on for hours, id love to see that even though id imagine its a mess lol.

    Not sure if you've seen it but the documentary "A Heart of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse" is all about the making of the movie and its really interesting. The amount of stuff that was changed or went wrong during filming is amazing! The original plan for the end of the movie is also very interesting :)


  • #13
    Chad ghostal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,958 ✭✭✭Chad ghostal


    As others have said, watch the original first, then the doc and if you're interested go ahead with the redux. I love the redux, but more out of curiosity than anything else.

    I have a 6hr~ VHS early workprint at home that has (obviously) appalling sound/video, cuts to nowhere and scenes that were just never edited.. but I loved it; watched it in one sitting. This was long before the redux, so it was all new at that stage.


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