Apocalypse Now Reaction
Added 2024-11-15 19:36:45 +0000 UTC
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Relax man
Andres Spivey
2025-01-11 06:07:39 +0000 UTCIt really bothered me that you had you had limited understanding of The Vietnam War, here is some education: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tNTh6KlXXU Plus behind the scenes of a very beautiful vacation destination that treat residents like this all of the time: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=946uTBoeAwE The Vietnam War was not Vietnam vs. American, it was America vs. China and Russia, assisting North Vietnam. China and Russia won, America and Vietnam lost, and Vietnamese residents still pay for it today: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=454146083641104
Evan
2025-01-01 05:50:00 +0000 UTCAnd Kris Homeniuk said it, "no good, no bad, all ugly." Kurtz was insane but sane he just saw what he needed to do "win" . The higher ups in the military didnt see it that way. Hence, "We train young men to drop fire on people, but their commanders won't allow them to write fuck on their airplanes because it's obscene!" This and these things are essentially bullshit "lies" But I feel like y'all kinda missed some of the things alot even. Top of that list of missed things . . Nothing is Black & White. Think in grays or greys . . .(Inoculations are shots. They were giving shots to prevent polio for the children in the village)
RichieBIV
2024-12-21 12:37:21 +0000 UTCSo, "Casualties of War" is next? Oh, and one of my favorites, "Heaven & Earth," Both are sad movies but very good. By the way that was "Indiana Jones"(Harrison Ford) and the kid who died listening to his mother's recording(no phone) was a young "Morpheus"(Laurence Fishburne). Also should have watched the "Redux" version.🤓
RichieBIV
2024-12-21 12:28:22 +0000 UTC11. Interesting movie, that's actually my first time watching that myself. Katie is kool since she digs that crazy circus music. I understand Kurtz though, as insane as it sounded. Yea war is not pretty and you ladies are privileged to see WW3. There's going to be false peace before it completely unfolds into complete madness. Its slowly coming together. And try not to be to angry with the past, remember as it is written, Proverbs 14:29 "Whoever is slow to anger has great understanding, but he who has a hasty temper exalts folly". Always keep your peace intact. Great reaction ladies.
Saints_Madness
2024-12-02 01:52:51 +0000 UTCNever ending story is great to
Kris Homeniuk
2024-11-27 12:42:38 +0000 UTCSame director, and Marlon Brando at his most iconic.
Kris Homeniuk
2024-11-27 12:40:57 +0000 UTCThe US backed the South Vietnamese government the way that they backed the South Koreans as away to stop the spread of communism in Asia as part of the larger Cold war vs. the Soviet Union and China. A good historical movie to highlight the way this all went wrong would be "the ugly American" 1963 movie also staring Marlon Brando.
Kris Homeniuk
2024-11-27 12:39:07 +0000 UTCThe heart of Darkness was based on European colonialism of Africa specifically the Belgian Congo, where some of the worst atrocities occured.
Kris Homeniuk
2024-11-27 12:34:08 +0000 UTCThis is one of those movies where there isn't good and bad, There are victims, those that give into the madness/Darkness, and survivors.
Kris Homeniuk
2024-11-27 12:32:22 +0000 UTCyes people are suggesting these films not out of any sadist pleasure but to see a different perspective of the Vietnam war its good to see this side of the war from people who come from that country
hogweed
2024-11-26 18:51:24 +0000 UTCthe killing fields, platoon. casualties of war. and for some relief American Graffiti
hogweed
2024-11-26 17:09:33 +0000 UTCSo america was there to fight the Russians? Why not just Invade Russia?
Imperial Mort
2024-11-26 16:05:45 +0000 UTCGreat observations! A couple answers to your questions: This was not a true story. It was based on a 19th century novel called Heart of Darkness by Josef Conrad, set in Africa but with essentially the same plot. By all accounts, though, it was a realistic portrayal of the war in Vietnam. This movie came out in 1979, when the memory of it was still fresh. It was shot in the Philippines because at the time Americans were not welcome in Vietnam for obvious reasons. Also, inoculate means vaccinated -- the children described by Kurtz were being given shots to protect against polio.
Tim Sivert
2024-11-25 04:35:53 +0000 UTC"Charlie" was the name they called the Viet Cong, based on the phonetic alphabet for VC (Victor Charlie). The US fought two main groups in Vietnam - the Viet Cong (Mặt trận Dân tộc Giải phóng miền Nam Việt Nam) and the NVA. (Quân đội nhân dân Việt Nam). Viet Cong were the resistance fighters mainly operating in South Vietnam, while the NVA were the army of North Vietnam.
Prometheus
2024-11-24 02:52:34 +0000 UTCYou folks should really watch "Casualties of War". It was directed by Brian De Palma and is a 100% true story of the Vietnam War. Only the names are changed. It was based on a true incident that took place in the village of Cát Tường, in the Phù Mỹ District in 1966, and is known in the US as the Incident on Hill 192.
Prometheus
2024-11-24 02:45:45 +0000 UTCthey say Charlie in reference to the Vietnamese when they are talking about surfing he says "Charlie don't surf" meaning Vietnamese don't surf
Coby
2024-11-23 06:23:07 +0000 UTCthe Indy 500 is a race so they are obviously speeding that's why he said "Shit charging a man with murder in this place was like handing out speeding tickets at the Indy 500". and Hela was right with the part that they told him to terminate the command of the officer not him directly even though they wanted him dead the way they worded it was to make it not so obvious by saying terminate his command by any means necessary. Great reaction I like when yall do reactions on stuff about Vietnam since you know about it first hand and correct the pronunciation as well as translating sometimes keep it up good stuff.
Coby
2024-11-23 06:10:25 +0000 UTCWere do you think the north Vietnamese got their Russian made weapons from? It’s a well know fact that the Russian were directly involved in the war. I saw an interview from an America fighter pilots that fought in the Vietnam war. He said that when they got into dog fights with enemy fighters. Every once in a while, their radios would bleed over into their, and they could hear the pilots speaking Russian.
bill
2024-11-23 01:02:55 +0000 UTCThe difficulty of making this movie is legendary. Martin Sheen was so stressed out he suffered a heart attack. They talk about it in a documentary called Heart of Darkness.
Evilsponge
2024-11-22 20:08:43 +0000 UTCGirls the United States fought alongside the south Vietnamese against the north Vietnamese
jscott
2024-11-21 21:47:57 +0000 UTCTypical...you can't respond to what I said because you have no response... crying while laughing emoji
Alex Anderson
2024-11-21 01:41:09 +0000 UTCYou have the mind of a child.
Manospondylus
2024-11-20 18:36:02 +0000 UTCVexyis it's okay to be insecure. You don't need to show it in this little corner of the internet. You can do it alone in your mom's basement where you don't effect others. Thank you. Try to enjoy the rest of your life lil pup. 😂😂
N2Joker
2024-11-18 22:09:43 +0000 UTClol good riddance then, asshole
vexyis
2024-11-18 22:01:55 +0000 UTCI unsubscribed...... immediately. I'm not gonna sit here and watch them cheer on Americans dying. You can all go live in Vietnam or China if you wanna cry about living in a free country.
N2Joker
2024-11-18 21:46:35 +0000 UTC@N2Joker The movie has absolutely nothing to do with capitalism or communism. You have a serious comprehension deficit if that's what you took away from it. Why are you subscribed to their Patreon to just laugh at and insult them?
Henry N.
2024-11-18 21:18:19 +0000 UTCI think yall have seen Graveyard of Fire Flies. Das Boot is a good war movie from a different point of view. Barefoot Jen is a good one too. You may have already seen them but some of my favorites. Yall have fun. Take care.
bernard henderson
2024-11-18 02:51:02 +0000 UTCYes letting billionaires run everything without paying their fair share of taxes, while everyone else struggles paycheck to paycheck is truly the better option.
Alex Anderson
2024-11-17 15:54:07 +0000 UTCThanks! 👍🏻 I’m only 43 and I can no longer respond to the correct comment. This is the end, isn’t it! 😂
Duncan
2024-11-17 10:53:16 +0000 UTCi can't imagine paying for a patreon just to be rude in the comments. you truly see something new every day.
vexyis
2024-11-17 09:02:58 +0000 UTCAmerica
N2Joker
2024-11-17 06:22:48 +0000 UTCPeople who do things different from you scare you?
Imperial Mort
2024-11-17 06:06:08 +0000 UTCAnother vote for labyrinth here.
Joe Stüll
2024-11-17 05:48:35 +0000 UTCGrow up
Joe Stüll
2024-11-17 05:44:26 +0000 UTCWe all were inoculated for Covid. in·oc·u·late means to get a vaccine. So... The Americans were giving Vietnamese a vaccine so they dont get sick and die. But the Vietnamese people cut off their own arms because they didnt know what it was and Hate Americans. Kurtz realized he needed to be just as crazy and stubborn so he went insane killing everyone. But this war is pointless because you guys love communism and still had it starting in 1975. So you can't own your own land or your own business. Hahahahahahahahaha
N2Joker
2024-11-17 04:34:20 +0000 UTCThis film is a retelling of HEART OF DARKNESS, a novella by Joseph Conrad from 1899. The original book is set in Africa and is a critique of European colonial rule in Africa. Though Coppola changes the setting to the war in Vietnam, the themes between the movie and the book are very similar. If you studied English Literature in the US, you are probably very familiar with the book.
Steven Roy
2024-11-17 04:06:13 +0000 UTCi wish i could be there to explain some of the dialogue. the part at 35:07 is a bunch of surfing words and can be so confusing for anyone who isn't american
Johnny Boro
2024-11-17 02:40:30 +0000 UTCI went to Hoa Lo prison museum in HaNoi last month. It was such a great visit, but there was not enough time to get through all of it before they closed. I suggest everyone who goes to HaNoi to make a trip there, but I am not so sure about getting the audio recording with it because it takes a long time to go through it all when you can just read most of it.
Frozen Yak
2024-11-17 02:04:55 +0000 UTC@Duncan Just fyi you submitted your reply to the wrong parent comment
fan
2024-11-17 01:10:20 +0000 UTCI’m going full Paul Hardcastle on this 👏🏻 https://youtu.be/0sajngb0W6I?si=5qX4ph_5K0xWfNkJ Not that I don’t take your comments seriously. I do. Donald Trump: “I prefer people who didn’t get captured.” Scumbag.
Duncan
2024-11-17 00:38:02 +0000 UTCEither way, the US should not have gotten involved in Vietnam. They were trying to fight their own war of independence from their colonizers and we intervened.
Eric Muirhead
2024-11-16 20:55:26 +0000 UTCCurrently all men ages 18-25 are eligible for the draft. So, if you're older than 25 you're "technically" safe (unless it changes of course) I think it was 18-26 during Vietnam. Though in WW2 (perhaps because the stakes were higher or because it was so long ago) it was 18-35, and then it changed to 18-45 when we entered the war. I don't know the history. In my opinion it's crazy sending 18-year-olds to war against their will. I think something closer to 21-35 would actually make more sense. The only time I think a draft was necessary was during WW2, because of the threat of Nazism. Having a draft in a war that we should never have entered like Vietnam almost seems like a cruel joke.
Henry N.
2024-11-16 18:34:51 +0000 UTCMaybe you should watch Schindler's List again. The scene where they massacre the Kraków Ghetto a Nazi Soldier is playing Bach in the background, and two of the Nazis are having a casual argument over whether it's Mozart or Bach as the Jews are being slaughtered. The liquidation of the Ghetto lasts about 25 minutes in the film, with women and children being murdered its entire runtime, so If you're trying to tell me Schindler's list is not an extremely distressing film to for Jews to watch (or anyone really) for the reason you gave, I'm not buying it for a second. In all of the scenes throughout the film the Germans certainly "make light of mowing down Jews". In fact, most of the killings in the film are carried out in the most nonchalant/dehumanizing way possible. Though you are correct, no surfing is involved... I implore you to go back and watch the Liquidation scene, or the burning of bodies at Hujowa Górka, or the children being separated from their mothers at Plaszów to be taken to the extermination camp, or prisoners in the camp being lined up in a row and shot one by one, to name just a few examples of many. Also, although the Valkyrie scene is considered classic, I've always had moral qualms with its addition in the film, so we are slightly in agreement there. It almost veers into being "entertainment", which is never good in a film like this. But the Nazis also played Wagner as they led Jews to the showers, which Coppola was aware of when he chose it for the scene. I sincerely don't think anyone is "getting off" by seeing them upset. It was very distressing to watch even as a viewer, I had to pause it many times. I hope they take a break from films like these for a while. Also, I meant to put that in single quotation marks, not double quotation marks, so my mistake. But if you read the context of the sentence, it's clear I wasn't trying to quote you, though maybe I was being a bit presumptuous. They've reacted to many distressing films since the inception of their channel. This was definitely the worst. I could see they were visibly upset, but history is upsetting, and they handled it in a mature way.
Henry N.
2024-11-16 18:10:26 +0000 UTCHella is right about people in the army who did not want or support the war. In the U.S., they still did the Draft back then, which forced citizens to go to war. I am probably a little wrong on the ages, but I believe any man between the ages of 18-35 could be forced to go to war. Technically the U.S. can still do that, by law all men are required to sign up for “selective service” and can be drafted to war against their will. But fortunately we haven’t had a draft recently.
fan
2024-11-16 17:39:47 +0000 UTCOh no, the USA has been a complete disaster regarding war. It seems to think it can do whatever it wants and that it has to be the world's police. This perspective is misguided; the USA should never involve itself in other people's wars. It's just your premise that China was "saving" North Vietnam and North Korea is hilarious considering they were the aggressors.
Paul De'Armond
2024-11-16 09:56:54 +0000 UTCYou smoking there bud? The red white and blue to stained to hear the truth? You know a country is dying when it lies to itself, good day to you sir.
Imperial Mort
2024-11-16 09:47:20 +0000 UTChahaha You have quite a way of twisting history to a retarded narrative. Think that's all I need to know. Enjoy fantasy land, bud.
Paul De'Armond
2024-11-16 09:44:40 +0000 UTCSaving North Vietnam from invasion just like they defeted the invasion of North Korea and pushed american and South Korean forces back to the 38th. What they didn't do is carpet bomb vietnam killing countless civillains, Like Isreal bombing Gaza to dust and killing endless women and children with american weapons breaking american law, but then again america killed about 1,000,000 Iraqies in a war about weapons of mass destruction that didn't exist oh right they only sent military troops into vietnam after the gulf of tonkin incident where vienamese boat attacked an american ship except only one person on that ship actually said it happened everyone else didn't see it. Then there was the Spanish fleet would you like to know more?
Imperial Mort
2024-11-16 09:43:30 +0000 UTCYeah, what roll did the 320,000 Chinese troops stationed in North Vietnam play in the war?
Paul De'Armond
2024-11-16 09:30:06 +0000 UTCI never said anyone was "too delicate" not sure why it's in quote marks? Sorry i don't get off on watching people crying and being visibly upset at the sight of war crimes being committed on their people. There isn't a scene in Schindler List that involves a compilation of Germans making light of mowing down Jews to accommodate a surfing trip.
matthew
2024-11-16 08:37:02 +0000 UTCChina militarily supported North Vietnam by providing extensive logistical, training, and material aid, Russia did nothing becase it was the Soviet Union at the time, it supplied North Vietnam with medical supplies, arms, tanks, planes, helicopters, artillery, anti-aircraft missiles and other military equipment. Would you like to know more?
Imperial Mort
2024-11-16 08:02:54 +0000 UTCSo what did China and Russia have to do with this war
Paul De'Armond
2024-11-16 07:35:24 +0000 UTCAll great movies! The Labyrinth has always been a particulate favorite of mine.
Brandon
2024-11-16 07:23:08 +0000 UTCEstimated deaths in the Vietnam war range from 1.5 million to 8 million, right now in Palestine American weapons are killing again so far an estimated 40,000 to over 150,000 out of a population of 2 million 70% women and children, all to support religous nutjobs to take another peoples county.
Imperial Mort
2024-11-16 06:09:22 +0000 UTCThis movie was filmed in the Philippines. In 1974 the Vietnam government still wasn't very friendly with Americans wanting to make war movies. "Charlie" was their nickname for the Viet Cong fighters. No. It is not 100% true. It's not at all true.
Alec Dacyczyn
2024-11-16 04:38:43 +0000 UTC"When the rich wage war, it's the poor who die." ~ Jean-Paul Sartre
Proto Type
2024-11-16 04:31:02 +0000 UTCThis is not an easy movie to watch and I try to avoid watching it. That was a great reaction from you ladies and it was very interesting to hear your views on the movie and the war.💜 Kurtz was crazy and committed unimaginable atrocities with his men. One could perhaps argue that there was an element of truth in his madness. But that is no justification for what he did. I'm looking forward to your reaction to We Were Soldiers. It is one of the last good Mel Gibson movies that I can remember. If you want to watch more war movies I would like to recommend Black Hawk Down. The movie is by Ridley Scott (you have already seen Alien, Gladiator and The Martian by him), is based on a true story and shows an episode from the civil war in Somalia. A movie absolutely worth seeing with a great cast.
Digitalversager
2024-11-16 03:56:58 +0000 UTCI feel bad for the girls watching this movie. It's pretty rough. You would probably like The Godfather better. Same director and some of the same actors, but less violent.
Anthony Simmons
2024-11-16 02:33:03 +0000 UTCThe water buffalo was killed by locals for a festival. They just captured it on film. It was NOT killed for the movie by the film crew. It's all in the documentary "The Heart of Darkness"-- which is a great movie by itself.
Mr. Writhms
2024-11-15 23:06:59 +0000 UTCHeavy stuff again ladies - maybe try something a little more light hearted like "The Goonies" / "Labyrinth (1986)" / Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009) / Ghostbusters (1984) / Cool Runnings (1993). I'll watch anything you do regardless, the best reactors :)
Wayne
2024-11-15 23:03:34 +0000 UTCIf you choose to react to more Vietnam war movies, my top choices would be 'Heaven & Earth' (1993) and 'We Were Soldiers' (2002)
S M
2024-11-15 23:03:15 +0000 UTCThis was a very interesting reaction and I appreciated the ladies point of view. In reference to the scene discussing the polio inoculation. The US military would visit villages and vaccinate children from various diseases - in this case polio administered by a shot in the arm. It was an effort to win the "hearts and minds" of the Vietnamese people. What Col. Kurtz was describing was an atrocity he had witnessed that was committed by the Viet Cong. Those villagers had accepted US military aid and because of that the Viet Cong taught them the lesson of accepting US aid, in any form, would result in severe punishment - in this case chopping their children's vaccinated arms off. He then goes on to discuss that any army that had the resolve to do that to their own people was an army to be feared and respected for that resolve. The horror of war is experienced and perpetrated by both sides and as Chi rightfully observed, eventually destroys a persons soul. Great job ladies. I have seen this movie many times, and it moves me each time.
TippedDuke
2024-11-15 22:58:02 +0000 UTCWell said, Henry N.
Mr. Writhms
2024-11-15 22:57:43 +0000 UTCShould really watch "We were Soldiers" much better Vietnam War movmovie. Also based on actual events. AN, is basically pure fiction
Ryan Alexander
2024-11-15 22:56:00 +0000 UTCSeeing this movie from a Vietnamese perspective was very enlightening and (I think) important. Thank you for this reaction. There were no polls. You were willing to react to this movie out of your own interest and for our viewing. Outstanding job! Hearing your opinions on all types of movies (not just the happy, upbeat stories) is the making of a long-lasting channel. I really appreciate this one. Also, how this movie was made was a huge mark in filmmaking history. All practical effects; everything really shot in camera. No CGI, no visual effects other than the camera lens.
Mr. Writhms
2024-11-15 22:54:45 +0000 UTCDo you think the three of them are incapable of handling films that are dark and show an awful part of history? And I'm curious why you would think that? I'm not accusing you of being patronizing, but Vietnamese audiences, like any other, are fully equipped to understand and engage with films of this nature. This is evident by their thoughtful commentary after the film was over. I've had over 50 relatives murdered in the Holocaust, and I watched Schindler's list and Night and Fog with my parents when I was very young, because they felt it was important for me to learn about that part of our history. At the end of the day, they are adults, not children. If they have reacted to Schindler's List, Full Metal Jacket, and other films dealing with the horrors of war/genocide, and still chose to watch Apocalypse Now, I'm sure they are more than capable of making that decision. They are intelligent adults, and their perspective/analysis at the end of the film from a Vietnamese point of view is something you rarely get to see as an American. Maybe I am being too harsh, but I get the unfortunate sense that you believe they are "too delicate" to confront a very serious film whose events directly affected their countries past. You say it's "not fun forcing them to watch" the film, but the film isn't supposed to be fun, and no one is forcing them to watch it, clearly.
Henry N.
2024-11-15 22:45:57 +0000 UTCAlso for comedy which usually tends to be Tien and Hela, you should try Will Ferrell or Seth Rogen movies.
Alex Anderson
2024-11-15 22:41:31 +0000 UTCHere's some movies you haven't done yet, that other channels tend to do: Goodfellas, Scarface, Karate Kid Trilogy, Contact, 28 Days Later, Psycho, The Ring, Taxi Driver. You also never went back to Back to the Future, of which there are 3, and yes they're worth watching as it's considered one of the best trilogies of all time. You also have a few Tarantino ones you haven't done: Reservoir Dogs, Jackie Brown, Hateful 8, and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (for this one you should read up on Manson Family and the murders that happened back then)
Alex Anderson
2024-11-15 22:37:08 +0000 UTCI agree Matthew. I love this channel and enjoy the reactions from these lovely young ladies, but this one would be heart-wrenching to watch. I'm not sure I can do it.
Jeffrey Roberts
2024-11-15 22:34:31 +0000 UTCYeah, I'm not really a fan of it either.
Alex Anderson
2024-11-15 22:25:16 +0000 UTCIt's pretty messed up if they are. They just watched Full Metal Jacket on Asian Angels. Not fun forcing them to watch all these traumatic movies.
matthew
2024-11-15 21:43:17 +0000 UTCVC stands for Viet Cong - they were the subversives within South Vietnam that hid among the villagers. The NVA were the North Vietnamese Army. You didn't notice Morphius from "The Matrix". He's the black guy with the radio on the boat. He was only 17 years old when this filmed. The yellow smoke designates a landing zone. This movie is based on the novella "Heart of Darkness" by Joseph Conrad - it was written in 1899 ! Coppola changed the location from the Congo in Africa to Vietnam.
Gregory A Mann
2024-11-15 21:18:39 +0000 UTCI know what you mean. Are people suggesting these movies to them?
Cornelius P. Stranglefart, Attorney at Law D.D.S.
2024-11-15 21:12:49 +0000 UTCOh, boy.
Manospondylus
2024-11-15 21:06:56 +0000 UTCI won't watch this reaction because i know a lot of cruel things happen in this movie. It's a shame most of the time vietnam is used in movies it's always war and death.
matthew
2024-11-15 20:52:09 +0000 UTCFYI it wasn't filmed in Vietnam it was filmed in the Philippines. specifically- Pagsanjan River (Laguna province) Located in the province of Laguna on the island of Luzon, the Pagsanjan River is famous for its rapids and was used extensively for the river journey scenes. Mount Apo (Mindanao) Situated in Mindanao, Mount Apo is the highest peak in the Philippines. It provided dramatic, rugged landscapes for some of the climactic sequences. Zambales This is a province on the western coast of Luzon, known for its dense jungles and mountainous terrain. It was used for jungle settings in the film.
King Bob
2024-11-15 20:19:25 +0000 UTCI think Hella should teach us one Vietnamese curse word with each reaction.
TippedDuke
2024-11-15 20:11:13 +0000 UTCI Have not seen this movie before but i have heard of it. A real water buffalo is killed at the end of the movie, gruesome stuff.... Just a warning for those who like animals and stuff....
King Bob
2024-11-15 20:01:28 +0000 UTCThis is going to be interesting.😏
lee eames
2024-11-15 19:42:42 +0000 UTC
