Something about this scene is that Willard is consistently right. He’s been in the war too long to know better. He told them to let them go, and the boat crew guns down 3-4 innocent people, but acts like it’s a horrible crime when Willard mercy kills 1 of them. They play around with the smoke and get clean killed. Willard is in a completely different league and that’s why he survives.

@matthewriley7826

Жыл бұрын

Lance too, despite being a jackass for about 75% of the film.

@mantia39

Жыл бұрын

@@matthewriley7826..right, but I think Lance survived because of his "ignorance is bliss" type of accidental philosophy. He was too innocent to be killed, if that makes sense. He was innocent in the heart,so he had a guardian angel of sorts.

@imrankh68

Жыл бұрын

Right, after massacring the whole boat, they pretend to be all shocked and surprised when Willard kills the woman who will not gonna survive anyway and will be a drag on the mission.

@Boxingbear

Жыл бұрын

@@mantia39 Watched an interview with Lance and he explains that is precisely why he survives. His innocence sees him through the madness.

@rdjhardy

Жыл бұрын

Willard didn't act out of 'mercy'. The Chief was about to seriously obstruct his mission. The shock is he can coolly kill whereas the others killed through panic and fear.

People say Clean was "just an innocent boy" but he lit up an innocent woman for not standing still. Nah man.

@HW.0029

3 ай бұрын

Innocent? Nah they’re all just very well disciplined VC.

@billybrand9976

3 ай бұрын

Ya but that’s the point. He’s only seventeen, been out in the shit not even a year and he’s jumpy as hell. I mean how would you feel if you’re seventeen and dropped in a warzone and all you want to do is survive to go home.

@hmr1122

3 ай бұрын

@@billybrand9976 Doesn't justify what he did in any way shape or form, only incriminates the morons who put him there.

@nvmfirezactaylor6035

3 ай бұрын

Yeah, almost like...that's the point

@dhollsynthmusic

2 ай бұрын

doesn't justify it, but the earlier scene where a native lady hides grenade under a hat before blowing up a helicopter is probably something Clean has also witnessed. War is hell.

Chef is so distraught by the murder and mayhem around him. Great acting by Frederic Forrest.

@tonym994

2 жыл бұрын

Forrest delivers some of the best lines in the film. Chef: "never get off the boat! never get off the boat!" Willard: (in his head) "never get off the boat. absolutely goddam right".and Forrest's crazy yelling goes on ,like he's got to get it out. even though he's not in the foreground, it still has a compelling power. the scene is saying to us, "what a fuckin' mess".then he finds out from Willard what the mission is. it's a miracle he doesn't explode like a grenade." we're here to kill one of our own guys?!! don't worry, I'll go . but on THE BOAT! ON THE BOAT!"

@Bialy_1

2 жыл бұрын

@@tonym994 He was acting like a prima donna and the whole mess was in huge part his fault. But maybe that is why he have this nickname? "the chief female singer in an opera or opera company."->prima donna...

@yourwelcome9336

2 жыл бұрын

"Don't touch..get atta here"

@David-wk6md

2 жыл бұрын

As soon as he saw the puppy. He new he fucked up. The look on his face. A Thespian. PS Chief

@crazyralph6386

Жыл бұрын

When he’s rummaging through the boat and finds Mangos, I nearly pissed myself lol!!

Willard's narration right after this: "It's a way we had over here for living with ourselves. We cut 'em in half with a machine gun and give 'em a Band-Aid. It was a lie. And the more I saw them, the more I hated lies."

@gixxerfixxer4159

8 жыл бұрын

+kaguth There's so much truth in that statement.

@davidayarra3129

8 жыл бұрын

thank you, I came to this video just to find that quote

@followingtheroe1952

5 жыл бұрын

The fact Willard hates the "lies" reminds me of a Norm Macdonald joke: People say the worst part about what happened with Bill Cosby was the hypocrisy. I think it was the raping. Then you got the scheming, the drugging, a whole bunch of stuff, maybe on page five: the hypocrisy.

@TyphonBaalHammon

5 жыл бұрын

@@followingtheroe1952 In principle I agree with you, but in the context of the scene, Willard kind of has a point. Basically all of the rest of the crew acts in a completely irresponsible way. Chief's zeal is ridiculous, Clean overreacts, they're killing without even thinking about it because they're big dumb idiots who should never handle guns and immediately regret it. So Willard kills the girl deliberately. We in the audience can say "this man's action is evil, this man is evil", but we more or less know that from the start : Willard's a professional assassin from the US special forces. What can the rest of the crew tell him ? "It's wrong to kill this woman whom we have mortally wounded for no reason and whose family we have just murdered for no reason" ? The better option was given at the start : not stop the boat. Not get involved. And this is probably applicable to the entire Vietnam situation. The best thing the US could have done was not to get involved.

@DrCruel

5 жыл бұрын

It is amazing to me that artists would rise to such incredible levels of skill, all to justify abandoning our friends to a Bolshevik-run conquest and genocide. Such artistry must come from those who are both incredibly talented and without a shred of scruples.

The way Martin Sheen delivers the line "I told you not to stop, now let's go" is incredibly chilling. He sounds so calm and detached but there's also an unmistakable coldness in his voice. It perfectly conveys how far gone Willard is, and how much further he's willing to go in order to complete his mission. What a masterpiece of a film.

@terrybaird3122

2 жыл бұрын

How far is Willard willing to go? All the way to the end.

@tonym994

Жыл бұрын

when you stop , shit happens. and he's on a mission where only his orders can happen.

@erictrenbeath9680

Жыл бұрын

He's a soldier, and he's got a job to do.

@alexpowers5117

Жыл бұрын

Isn’t he a assassin

@danielevans9379

Жыл бұрын

Greatest American film ever in my opinion.

Iconic film line. "I told you not to stop, now let's go." Love it!

@mrnukes797

4 жыл бұрын

Willard got tired of everyone ignoring him and they learned a valuable lesson DO WHAT YOU'RE TOLD AND IF YOU DISOBEY THE FIRST TIME PUNISHMENT IS DEATH

@justmeeagainn

3 жыл бұрын

Translation: “Their blood is on YOUR hands, Chief.”

@estranged12

Жыл бұрын

For reals..next time my girl wants to pee on a road trip..

@DrCruel

Жыл бұрын

@@mrnukes797 That's not the lesson. This man is from the corporate office. He's very good at what he does. He'll do whatever corporate told him to do, and if that involves efficiently disposing of the crew and driving the boat himself, it'll be too fast for them to do anything about it. The lesson is, they just went from being in the shit to being in serious shit. That's why they go quiet.

@rikomagicmk3842

Жыл бұрын

Yep, simple and clear.

Until then, the crew treated Willard with a benign neglect, taking his silent demeanor as a weakness. Willard's true nature was revealed with this act of clinical brutality

@weirdshibainu

7 жыл бұрын

GROVETOWN BEAST exactly...they were shocked by his lack of humanity, even against the backdrop of an inhumane war

@FBlackRules

7 жыл бұрын

Clean f'd up maybe. Don't get off the boat. Willard was the cleaner.

@feliscatchaus

7 жыл бұрын

I believe Willard didn't shoot her out of a lack of humanity. I believe he knew his mission was ultimate priority, to kill Kurtz ASAP. Good chance that woman was not going to survive the boat ride to the friendlies anyway. Hence "I told you not to stop".

@weirdshibainu

7 жыл бұрын

feliscatchaus correct. his singular goal was to kill kurtz. the crew didn't know that until try arrived at the compound. Willards statement that they shouldn't have stopped was based on his statement of this isn't part of the mission and the crew chiefs insistence to do so. Willard shot her because he simply wasn't going to get delayed. the crew chief was operating under different orders, part of the confusion of wat.it also a parallel that speaks to the larger narrative of kurtz not playing by the rules and the hypocrisy of the mission. Willards shooting of her clearly was punishable by court martial, yet he's on a mission to kill kurtz who had done the same act

@smokew33d4lyfe420xx

6 жыл бұрын

Going on that, the overarching theme of this scene is that court-martials and war crimes are non-existent if you've got something important enough to do.

Fascinating that Coppola wrote this scene at the request of the cast members on the boat. They said that they wanted to give a more intimate impression of the craziness and confusion of the Vietnam war by recreating their own Mỹ Lai massacre.

@souloftheage

4 жыл бұрын

I thought this scene was 100% ab libed-at least Martin Sheen's part. I remember Sheen in an interview said that the script read "Patrol Boat encounters local boat on river."(maybe even just "SCENE: RIVER") And that was all. When Sheen asked what do I say? What do I do?", to Coppola. Copolla said "Marty, YOU'RE Captain Willard." And motioned to just proceed as Sheen thought Willard would. In fact, I think that's on the documentary of Apocolypse Now; called Hearts of Darkness. "Hearts" might even be even better than "Apocolypse". Hearts was directed by Coppola's wife.

@geordiejones5618

2 жыл бұрын

Thats amazing! It really is such a great distillation of how impossible this war was to fight. In the end all you see are possible enemies instead of humans.

@thorinteague989

Жыл бұрын

Wow, great factoid. Didn't even know that!

@wespenn7243

11 ай бұрын

You know this how?

@draganostojic6297

9 ай бұрын

Calling utter disregard for human life craziness and confusion is greatly untrue

"never get out of the boat." absolutely goddamn right!

@gastonbell108

5 жыл бұрын

I prefer TR's "Speak softly and carry a big stick." Fear is pathological in war, so is lack of command authority. Both can lead to terror and random violence. If Willard had felt a need to interdict that boat, he would have either killed all the occupants without giving them a chance, or he would have killed none of them. Either they're the enemy and they die, or they're not and you don't shoot them. The problem becomes when draftee soldiers can't deal with the grey areas. Willard knows them well, and advises the Chief not to stress his crew that way. The ridiculous panic-driven massacre that is the Chief's making is exemplary of many similar incidents throughout the war, I'm sure. It happens in EVERY war when foreign soldiers interact with locals with insufficient intelligence data and too little leadership.

@patwiggins6969

5 жыл бұрын

Damn tigers

@HighSpeedNoDrag

4 жыл бұрын

Always get out of the boat @ every given opportunity.

@carlav8529

4 жыл бұрын

Kurtz got off the boat..

@HighSpeedNoDrag

4 жыл бұрын

@@carlav8529 Yeah and designed his own Kingdom, Amen.

Lance grabbing the puppy trying to maintain a sense of sanity.

@silversnail1413

5 жыл бұрын

Lance was so far gone that he was probably a Section 8 by this point. He was one of the only ones that survived but I doubt he was ever sane again after this experience.

@DetectiveH.

2 жыл бұрын

@@silversnail1413 yep, acid and war doesn’t mix well.

@speedking7224

Жыл бұрын

And people say psychedelics are good....

@andrewthompson5728

Жыл бұрын

@@silversnail1413 Lance was Section 8 before he met Willard. Everything else after that sealed his ability to recover.

@thorinteague989

Жыл бұрын

@@speedking7224 Yeah sure the acid is the problem with this situation... 🙄

Imagine seeing this scene with the language set to one you don't understand. Seeing the actions, hearing the voices, you'd assume some less than ideal motives for the boat crew involved. That's the perspective from the people that were on that boat they searched.

@abnerdoon4902

2 жыл бұрын

That was a good one.

@1101millie97

Жыл бұрын

The soldiers basically acted like pirates.

@andryuu_2000

11 ай бұрын

Feels like something nazis would do

@NormAppleton

7 ай бұрын

It's like watching Aguirre Wrath of God without subtitles, which I've done. Klaus and the monkeys!

@seankelly9610

5 ай бұрын

​@@1101millie97pirates are cool

The only shot Captain Willard fires in the entire film.

@rick777888

5 жыл бұрын

nah dude, when they're doing the helicopter attack, he takes a few shots with his M16, while sitting behind Col Kilgore. Watch when Kilgore says he wants "A 20 Mike Mike Vulcan right along those tree lines."

@jamesbaka1206

5 жыл бұрын

Brian Sheehan didn’t he shoot a tiger

@briansheehan3430

5 жыл бұрын

@@rick777888 Ah ok, yeah you're right.

@briansheehan3430

5 жыл бұрын

@@jamesbaka1206 Nah, Chef shot at the tiger.

@yvesdesbois8865

4 жыл бұрын

But thé best !

The irony in this scene is so typical of war. "Clean" is freaked out like "I can't believe he was so cold when Wilard killed the young girl that Clean just mowed down along with the rest of her family. Saw this one in 79 when it came out. When it started with The Doors song "the end" I knew it was going to be good. Over the years probably saw it 6 or 8 times.

@lestoil

5 жыл бұрын

Clean reacted to the girl running towards the soldier--and Clean automatically assumed the other members of the boat would attack. EVERYone was keyed up to the max. War is fucking hell.

@cervezadog6957

4 жыл бұрын

@wavygr Me too. My dad picked the movie apart because of the level of bullshit. He was stationed at SFG camp A325 Duc Hue for his last 2 tours and said that Vietnam was nothing like this movie portrayed it to be. I still think it's a great movie. The Flight of the Valkyrie Huey attack chopper scene is my favorite part.

@cervezadog6957

4 жыл бұрын

@wavygr no. He was in SF. 5th group. He knew that it wasn't a fucking documentary.

@starwarsroo2448

4 жыл бұрын

@wavygr even Coppola said it's not an anti war movie

@emileroberge9459

4 жыл бұрын

The Roo He said it wasn’t anti war, because for him an anti-war is a movie where love triumph over violence, and because Apocalypse Now has moment that glorify war like the helicopter scene.

Getting another human to listen to reason is the hardest thing ever in life.

@imrankh68

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely

@marknewton6984

Жыл бұрын

Especially when you are right and they have left the Boat.

@bobbalouie9941

Ай бұрын

Yup, like trying to talk to a democrat

@elongated_musket6353

27 күн бұрын

​@@bobbalouie9941Or a republican

1:59 Clean calls them a racial slur 2:24 Clean massacres them with a smile on his face 4:02 Clean: (gasps) you killed ONE innocent woman? You monster WTF!?

@peternehemiah1606

Жыл бұрын

Like Willard said later "we mow them down and put band aid" It all makes sense of the hero mentality in war

@brotherimzee

Жыл бұрын

It's easy to hate the enemy. it's easy to see people as 'the enemy' when you fear them. willard had no reason to fear a dying woman and she was therefore not the enemy. However, willard shot her. It was 'murder.' Clean looks at willard in shock and horror. But Clean is not necessarily looking at Willard, Clean is looking at a mirror of himself.

@imrankh68

Жыл бұрын

Clean is the buggest idiot. Glad he got killed.

@marknewton6984

Жыл бұрын

Clean is a nonthinking kid.

@devintariel3769

Жыл бұрын

Duality of Man

2:45 the face you make when you realize you just committed serious war crimes.

@willywanker1906

2 жыл бұрын

It isn't a war crime if there is no one left to report it

@bigc1202

2 жыл бұрын

@@willywanker1906 this saying is as played out as “still a better movie then twilight” and it’s officially cringe. Come up with something original.

@willywanker1906

2 жыл бұрын

@@bigc1202 the word cringe is officially embarrassing, come up with something original

@bigc1202

2 жыл бұрын

@@willywanker1906 the only thing embarrassing is what you said. It’s absolute bullshit. But judging by your name your isis friends probably committed many.

@abnerdoon4902

2 жыл бұрын

@@willywanker1906 cringe.

Willards patience grew thinner as the journey dragged on and this hit was limit.

@detrogamus2619

4 жыл бұрын

That and getting the woman to a medic is just time consuming. Kurtz is a much more of a priority.

@Alex-sc2mr

3 жыл бұрын

He's thinking "God I'm surrounded by idiots."

When lightly trained young adults are given automatic weapons and authorization to perform patrols however they see fit, there will be blood whether it was warranted or not.

@crystalship9900

5 жыл бұрын

Nick Cara All's fair in love and war.

@nickcara97

5 жыл бұрын

Big Bamboo but when does war become madness?

@crystalship9900

5 жыл бұрын

Nick Cara It’s always madness, and there will always be war. Very unfortunate, but that’s the nature of the beast and mankind.

@nickcara97

5 жыл бұрын

Big Bamboo I’m not so sure. It’s the incentive that brings about war in the first place, but if war is untenable and unrewarding, then mankind may search for purpose in other ways.

@crystalship9900

5 жыл бұрын

Nick Cara Read the Bible: There will always be war.

They murder an entire boat family but think willards cold?

@marknewton6984

Жыл бұрын

Yes weird thinking. But look at the brain power on board.

@Skank_and_Gutterboy

2 ай бұрын

Ironic, isn't it?

This is the scene where Willard acted on Kurtz’ teachings. Right after this scene, Willard says the following: “It’s a way we had over here for living with ourselves. We cut ‘em in half with a machine gun and give ‘em a band-aid. It was a lie. And the more I saw them, the more I hated lies.” This happened during the village raid too. Killgore and his crew bombed the shit out of that village, but when the mother and her baby came to Killgore for help, Killgore put the both of them on a helicopter to bring them to a hospital. What’s the point of killing all of them when you still save two of them? Kurtz hated this. He believed that to win war, you will have to let go of moral values and judgment and be able to kill without those. He all said it in his monologue. Apocalypse Now is a story that will last for centuries. There’s a lot of depth about the human mind and what it is able to do. It freaks me out.

@tonym994

2 жыл бұрын

yeah. Brando may have been arrogant (suggesting a change in his character's name), 'cause he knows he can get away w/ it. Coppola and everyone in 'the GODFATHER' worshipped him .but he is brilliant when he lectures Willard ,someone he knows has seen ''the horrors'',and says so. he knows they wouldn't send anyone but a true killer to take him out. when he finds out the Capt. is from Ohio, he asks, "are you far from the river"? Willard: "the Ohio river sir?" gotta love it. people complained that he was a has been raking in more cash, but his scenes can't be done by anyone else. this is where you have to give it up to Coppola. he knows the good will far outweigh the bad, in hiring Brando. he gives an intense effort worthy of anything he ever did in his career.

@canobenitez

2 жыл бұрын

also, Killgore found a wounded vietnamese and he gave his own water, until he started talking about surf and totally forgot about the wonded solder.

@BADMONTESS

Жыл бұрын

@@canobenitez LOL, he never even got one sip of water, even after Kilgore made a big deal of "he can drink from my canteen anyday". Then is interupted by Lance Johnson being there, so toss the canteen and move onto something he deemed more important. I always wondered how many people notice this detail. Like your catch...

@BADMONTESS

Жыл бұрын

@@tonym994 He was questioning Willard and learned he could trust him as Willard had the correct answers for obscure questions only a native Ohioan may know. Thats my take on it, I have listened to this move over 500 times on my iPod while working. And thus that is my thought about this scene. Can I trust this guy or do I kill him.

@tonym994

Жыл бұрын

"I..wanted to tear my teeth out,.. I didn't know what I wanted to do..".

lawrence fishburne revealing his crazed eyes then putting the shades back "Im good". that scene sticks out to me the most out of the whole film. Too fucking real...

I’ve always thought this was the most disturbing scene in the entire film. It really just illustrates the utter chaotic senseless insanity, cluelessness and brutality of what happens in war.

@Skank_and_Gutterboy

9 ай бұрын

It really fits with Willard's voice-over where he says, "We cut ‘em in half with a machine gun and give ‘em a band-aid."

@NormAppleton

7 ай бұрын

Yeah, disturbing but why? It starts, Willard says to ignore them! Chief, either trying to get out of the mission OR just being an Officious jerk Insists that they board it. Ultimately It's Chief that does it all.

@Skank_and_Gutterboy

7 ай бұрын

@@NormAppleton Yep. Chief's zoo-crew completely screwed this up and yes, this is on chief. His guys were so undisciplined that they all fired until they were out of ammo, they're actually lucky that no American got hit, especially spray-and-pray Lance. By some miracle he didn't take out Clean at the knees.

@Homelessman45678

7 ай бұрын

Nah the cult scenes are worse but this is also deeply disturbing

@Skank_and_Gutterboy

7 ай бұрын

@@Homelessman45678 Yeah, this is kind of a different brand of disturbing. It has a weird duality in that it's a beautiful sunny day, pretty green backdrop, golden light near sunset, and yet some REALLY dark things are happening. That can actually be more disturbing that weird dark imagery of the cult scenes, where it's all right in your face.

"I m beyond their timid lies of morality, and so I m beyond caring" - Benjamin Willard

"Take a mango too..."

@justmeeagainn

3 жыл бұрын

Chef and those mangos...

“What’s in the rice bag?” “FUCKIN RICE” Always cracks me up

The captain is _Special Forces_ .. they have a sense for situations like that, otherwise they don't complete the training. The chief is just a sailor in over his head. He never should have stopped the boat.

@the18handsteam70

7 жыл бұрын

Well said.

@dieselscience

7 жыл бұрын

^ ;)

@HighSpeedNoDrag

7 жыл бұрын

Ranger not SF. Slight DiForence.

@docz2010

6 жыл бұрын

Not - slight

@Gieves244

6 жыл бұрын

It's also just a movie.

Man Morpheus was insanely trigger happy, funny that Neo would sorta kinda repeat the same thing to save him from that building

What I love about this scene-even beyond the incredible performances given by everyone, even beyond the phenomenal direction and writing, even beyond just the masterwork that this entire film is-is that nearly everyone commenting on it has a different perspective or opinion. That’s something I’ve seen few other movies accomplish, and even fewer accomplish for good reasons, and perhaps the most baffling part about it all is that practically any other sequence in Apocalypse Now would have the exact same effect on the audience.

@NormAppleton

7 ай бұрын

You are right, it leaves itself open to interpretation. It tells you NOTHING

@retiredsoon1365

7 ай бұрын

I don't think you understand the scene, the battle is between civilization and chaos. The Americans were supposed to bring civilization and culture to a primitive people this was the confirmation that the Americans brought anarchy to the region. the puppy was a metaphor for civilization and consideration. shooting the girl was Americas decent into savagery. Look at the situation today in Gaza.

Why did the boat captain want to jeopardize the mission knowing how off hinge the entire crew was is beyond me.

There's no heroes in this movie, that's why i like it so much....True reality of War!

this scene threw me waaaaaaay off when the puppy came out the basket........

@tiger_844

4 жыл бұрын

Ik!!! Same!!!!

After this scene, the crew didn't look at Willard the same as before, told you not to stop showed regret over what he had to do to accomplish his mission, gave me chills

@LoneLee2022

Жыл бұрын

My favorite movie ever!🤩

@Skank_and_Gutterboy

9 ай бұрын

Willard was like, "OK, I gave chief the chance to handle this and it became a hot mess. Now he wants to take this basically dead woman to an ARVN outfit, which will probably get us all court-martialed. Chef, step aside." BOOM!!

I watched this SIX times one weekend many years back...at a little theater.

A perfect depiction of the Vietnam War’s grim reality. And another very impactful scene in making this movie unforgettable.

@markkane8261

10 ай бұрын

Nah, when Donald Trump, tom hanks talked into microphone, just minute of silence

@Negan-lo7yr

6 ай бұрын

@@markkane8261 You nutjob democrats always find a way to make Trump the enemy out of nothing that relates to him. TDS much kiddo?

Surprised Chef didn’t get hit with all that close firing.

One of the most harrowing scenes in film history. It was this scene that always stuck with me since the 1970’s.

@ray.shoesmith

Жыл бұрын

You're lucky to have seen it in the 70's, since it premiered mid November 1979, and even then as a very limited release. The rest of the world didn't get to see it until the '80's

I think this entire event is Chefs fault. as the kids say."he don't know how to act." he raised the anxiety level by being really uncool. panic is contagious.

@zigzagbigbag

7 жыл бұрын

True but they were there for Willard. The captain was being an ass following protocol.

@dieselscience

7 жыл бұрын

The 'captain' said 'Don't stop the boat.' The chief (skipper) fucked up.

@rickyray2794

6 жыл бұрын

Chef was too high strung for Vietnam, hell probably too high strung for new oreans

@TheBalls55

6 жыл бұрын

Ricky Ray Wrapped too tight.

@UnderAlog572

5 жыл бұрын

Yup I see it know after watching this seen manga times its really on chef, as a marine he should keep his cool people's lives deep and o that.. let's say it was a hostile boat they probably of started shooting first. War is brutal and the death of a civilian is more heroic than a service man or woman, they're just trying to survive, in the wrong place at the wrong time is one horrible way to die..

When I watched this before in my late teens it upset me. Now watching it again 40 years later it is still disturbing. Very sad and inhumane. No reason at all for it. Yeah.. just a movie. But, it happens a lot in war.

The chief's boat crew is such an undisciplined bunch of amateurs.

@thatnewpimptrickgangstacli8922

6 жыл бұрын

Clean was 17, chef was 20, lance was 19,

@smokew33d4lyfe420xx

6 жыл бұрын

The Vietnam war called for anyone and everyone who could operate a gun. Even the highly trained soldiers had no idea how to effectively fight in a dense jungle, even with air and naval support. They just needed numbers so they could keep that border up North.

@mista_fur3346

5 жыл бұрын

Like every team I get matched up with on COD.

@machia0705

5 жыл бұрын

Young and burnt out. That was a reality for men with long tours in a war without front lines.

@rick777888

5 жыл бұрын

I was just thinking that, bunch of young undisciplined amateurs, usually wacked out on drugs. Made for a type of dark comedy, parts anyway.

Very disturbing and upsetting scene but it made perfect sense they'd do this after seeing the woman blow up the helicopter earlier with a satchel charge. When it was revealed it was a dog in the can it really humanized the people to me. Like 'hey they just want to protect their beloved pet like any American would'. Great example of the chaos and horrors of war.

@Tmp866

5 жыл бұрын

They were gonna eat that dog

@CJCCBoi

5 жыл бұрын

ACTUALLY... This movies producers reached out to the military to use helicopters and what-not and the military said if youre going to depict the united states as committing war crimes then NO.. Thats why this movie looks so shitty because the events in this movie never really happened and the military WILL NOT fund anything thats not historically accurate.

@CJCCBoi

5 жыл бұрын

@BossHossGT500 that it may be, but the events in the movie literally never happened in real life nor where they close.. The closest thing to the events in this movie is when roughly 500 unarmed people were killed by the U.S. Army soldiers from C Company, 1st Battalion, 20th Infantry. Reginemt, where ordered by their lieutenant to kill everyone in the My Lai Village in Vietnam because the Americans kept encountering enemy forces who would ambush them and then flee into the My Lai village and hide their weapons as if they where civilians.. When in fact it WAS the civilian population which decided they would form a resistance and harass the Americans as much as possible.. The army eventually grew tired of having to lose men on every single mission _(because they where constantly misled and setup by those villagers)_ because the villagers gave them false info which constantly lead them into ambushes set by those same villagers. However, The only person to be criminally charged with killing those people was the lieutenant who ordered the killing.

@macnasty7605

5 жыл бұрын

uhm.. not at all

@davinodf

4 жыл бұрын

@@CJCCBoi Of course the events never happened in this movie...it is a work of fiction. The move's inspiration is Conrad's Heart of Darkness. The movie also has sort of a Huckleberry Finn with a dark twist feel to it too.

The PBR guys shed a lot of their own blood as well. A man from Virginia who worked on them while in Viet Nam (he said he'd always see "the kids" off on patrol; he was 29 at the time so they called him "Pop") said cleaning blood off the decks of returning patrol boats was an almost daily occurrence. Dave Roever, who was on one of these and had a phosphorus grenade explode in his hand while on that duty, runs a Christian camp helping returning severely injured servicemen. He's a fascinating man to listen to if you're ever blessed enough to get the chance to hear him.

"It may have been my mission,but it sure as hell was the chief's boat "

I think this scene is to depict man's hypocrisy when it comes to the ethics of killing during wartime. It starts when Clean, along with some other crew members (it is slightly unclear who participates and who doesn't), waste the people in the boat. It looks like an accident. They are even surprised by it themselves. They wasted three people for no reason at all. Similarly, an audience will feel bewilderment watching this scene. How will an audience judge the crew? Will they think they are monsters? The whole thing looks more like an accident and somehow that softens the way we judge the crew. Then Willard comes along and pulls the trigger on someone who was probably as good as dead, and he does it because he needs to fulfill his mission. The feeling we get from his act is a lot more visceral. We view it as a cold-hearted act. He shows no hesitation, no remorse. Willard would be judged as a monster by many. But what is really happening here? The killing of the three by the crew was completely unnecessary and seemingly unintentional. The killing of the wounded woman was necessary to continue the mission, it was intentional and it could easily be justified as a mercy kill. The first act of killing was a war crime. The second act of killing (arguably) was not. But it's Willards act of INTENTIONAL killing that we (intuitively) condemn the most. It's irrational. People's judgement of war and violence is completely irrational. Yet, with that same irrationality we let people judge wars and judge veterans. With the same irrationality people will support wars or protest against them. To use Kurtz's words: It's judgement that defeats us.

@Hendrixbroncobiz

5 жыл бұрын

Stopping and checking the boat was real crime you should have mentioned

@flawlessduck5244

4 жыл бұрын

No man, they killed them for their own survival. That's it. In war it's your own death or their death. Woman could have tried to attack him or something, which btw that happens earlier in the movie.

@ade6219

4 жыл бұрын

Luke Biz yes, and as well being there in the first place; fighting bankers wars !!!

@timepickle8443

4 жыл бұрын

Wow. Yanks really can't see beyond themselves. Is it THAT hard to see people of other nations as human beings. Switch the parties and you wouldn't post this pseudointellectual word vomit.

@writerconsidered

4 жыл бұрын

I saw the complete opposite. The accident as you call was setup. The inhumanity to man was setup by the wars reckless disregard for the people of Vietnam. This in turn put American soldiers in fear of everyone. The Captain made a big mistake forcing the chef on that boat when we clearly didn't want to go. Mr. Shades was way too trigger happy and afraid as well. Calling it an accident is a huge stretch of reality. I judge them the same as the trigger happy cops in America right now, yes I said that without apology. Willard was just as cold blooded but admittedly his killing had a lot of mercy if only by accidental consequence.#Tulsi2020 Lets get out of the war business once and for all.

The fade to black at the end is Willard’s soul descending further into hell.

@marknewton6984

Жыл бұрын

End of the River?

4:00 Like the way Clean starts and shoots the shit out of everything and then looks stunned beyond words when Willard shoots the injured woman.

Damn, Morpheus was wilding with that MG.

Willard is so focused on the evil ahead that he doesn't allow anything to get into his way. The scene is beyond the brutality of war, it reaches into the sole of man.

The setting sun in this scene is just an added bonus

With one round from his 45 Willard cleaned up the mess the crew made.

I saw the movie the first day it was released. PACKED audience in a old style theater. I'll never forget the audible gasps with that last 'coup de grace'.. 💀

@andryuu_2000

11 ай бұрын

Yet it was the most humane kill in the movie.

TIL 14-year old Laurence Fishburne lied about his age to play a 17 year old soldier in Apocalypse Now. Filming took so long that Fishburne was actually 17 years old when shooting wrapped (Laurence is the boy manning the machine gun starting at 1:25).

@Garyruizjr

9 жыл бұрын

You should've started the sentence with, What if I told you.... XD

@AliceInPantera

7 жыл бұрын

Wow I never knew that shit

@lestoil

5 жыл бұрын

He was playing 18--which is more amazing.

@wheelinthesky300

5 жыл бұрын

Fishburne plays Clean.

@markbravo8904

5 жыл бұрын

He's no Boy , He's Gunners Mate 2ed Class . And they gave there Lives to stem the Red Tide

This movie seems so fresh even 40 years later.

In this scene the captain strips killing/war down to its pure essence - taking life. Clean despite his role in it is shocked by Willard's directness. Amazing scene and movie.

This scene is a microcosm of America's involvement in the entire war: the more you interfere the more harm you cause

@andryuu_2000

11 ай бұрын

They all act as heroes

@jakeschwartz2514

4 ай бұрын

@@andryuu_2000not Willard

What a badass yelling "shut up slope!" while manning the m60.

This all could have been avoided if chief would have listened to captain Willard.

@shrimpflea

3 жыл бұрын

But then we wouldn't have such a great and important scene.

@marknewton6984

Жыл бұрын

Chief never should have stopped.

@901Kari

Ай бұрын

i think thats the point

Chief's character is kinda odd. He's so strict about procedure here. But later when the Captain wants to continue upriver on HIS mission, the Chief says, "Think about it, who cares?"

@terrybaird3122

2 жыл бұрын

I think the Chief had an epiphany along the way.

@VersaceJesus

4 ай бұрын

Chief is broken by Clean's death, who he sees as a surrogate son. This is made more obvious in Redux, where he gives Clean a military funeral at the French plantation

Fishburne's character gave em the whole belt, WILD fam!

When you confuse priorities, you get distracted and bad juju happens.

After watching this I can see how clean got what he deserved.

@Enclave_Communications_Officer

3 жыл бұрын

He didn't. They done everything right. You don't know what they was hiding, so you can't be sure if they are unarmed. Clean would have thought that she wanted to attack Chief or do something like that. I guess it's easy to become paranoiac in such conditions.

@nicelooser

2 жыл бұрын

@@Enclave_Communications_Officer they committed a war crime, how’s that not wrong?

@Enclave_Communications_Officer

2 жыл бұрын

@@nicelooser there was a probability of getting shot by this woman or any of these guys, any civilian could have a weapon and be vietcong member. It was a usual situation in vietnam(and afghanistan/iraq) when US soldiers were getting shot by civilians.

@samuelbekele3601

2 жыл бұрын

@@Enclave_Communications_Officer Being a pussy isn't an excuse to commit a war crime. Sheen's character was right, they should have just kept moving and kept an eye on them as they passed. The leadership during this movie was piss poor.

@mrorlov2706

Жыл бұрын

@@Enclave_Communications_Officer Stoping that sampan to inspect was a wrong thing as they were not on a patrol but on a mission to deliver the spec ops operative. So nothing was done right in this scene.

The puppy makes me cry the most

2:21 The man on the M-60 is Laurence Fishburne, 14 at the time. He lied about his age to get on set, just like many WWI and WWII boys lied to join the wars.

@MG007.

3 ай бұрын

Don't forget to mention that most of the young boys never came back from the wars.

Willard displays himself to be a cold blooded killer and the crew are shocked.

See how Willard instinctively drops for cover and methodically pulls his pistol out at the ready.

Chiefs sailors so undisciplined So drugged up Forgotten the basics The Chef at the end of his chain This is a real slap to the military It's not even an organized mob in this scene Very sad poignant scene

@writerconsidered

4 жыл бұрын

@@mock15halo And periods.

@writerconsidered

4 жыл бұрын

@@mock15halo agreed

@mrorlov2706

Жыл бұрын

That is true but it was also completely Chiefs mistake. He shouldn't been even stoping to check up on a random sampan while being on a special mission to deliver a spec ops operative to his destination. It's a typical case when an idiot in comand who is not really in control tries to do all by the book when he shouldn't.

OMG! That M60 that went through a whole belt of ammo without jamming!

@2072gizmo

9 жыл бұрын

movie mistake?

@Agent1W

9 жыл бұрын

kyle sharpe Nah, that weapon's machine spirit was just being generous that day.

@2072gizmo

9 жыл бұрын

Lol

@frankcorral4981

5 жыл бұрын

panzerabwerkanone good observation. In early 80's I was a gunner using the m60. I cant recall going thru a full belt without a jam up. Maintained the weapon but always jammed.

@imperialsecuritybureau6037

5 жыл бұрын

That would’ve been a good detail. Not so much for the accuracy (I don’t get the impression this film was interested in that sort of detail) but for the fact that it would have given them a chance to reconsider, or stop, but if instead Fishburne just cleared the jam and carried on it would have been even more chilling how they were so dead set that they’d just carry on...

WE NEVER OPERATED AS A SINGLE BOAT PATROL. EVEN WHEN WE DID SPECIAL OPS, COVER BOAT WAS ALWAYS THERE.THE ONLY HELO'S THAT COULD MOVE US WERE SKY CRANES AND CHINOOKS. AS FOR CAMBODIA THAT IS IN MOST PART IS STILL CLASSIFIED. RUNNING ONE'S MOUTH EVEN TODAY.COULD HARM THE RIVERINES OF TODAY! WE ALL MISS THE PLASTIC FANTASTIC, CHEERS Pabst Blue Ribbon. PS, WE GOT OUT OF THE BOAT!

I told you not to stop, now lets go. freaking cold.

Just before this scene, Willard examines a photo of Kurtz, seated and backlit to the extent that he’s almost unrecognizable. After Willard shoots the Vietnamese woman he sinks into a crouch, and as the screen fades to black, he becomes a dark figure we cannot know or fathom, just like Kurtz.

I blows my mind how FFC always casted roles so perfectly until Dracula. Crazy.

“You know where we’re going chief?” “No, but one look at you I know it’s gonna be hot.”

That "fade to black' ending was the best part of the whole scene; it really left an impression and made you think.

Frightening, as Coppola showed us then, how it goes on until today....

Somebody I worked with watched this movie and said they thought of me when they saw what Willard did. Nice compliment.

because of this scene I got totally happy when Clean got what he deserved some minutes after

One of the most powerful scenes in any media.

"There's the goat... some fish…" Lmao

I feel sorry for chef. Seems like he wasn't fit for war.

@901Kari

Ай бұрын

He just wanted to cook

@tonym994

19 күн бұрын

one good reason we have a volunteer force now. professional soldiers. instead of kids, scared.

Sheen’s acting was superb. His blank stare and calm demeanor coupled with his remorseless execution would make you believe he was the only one ready to possess the heart of darkness.

This scene was the pivot point of the plot. Up until then,the allusion of the possibility of going back was there,after this,the point of no return was reached. Willard calcified that with his cold hearted act.

Brilliant!!!!

I remember watching this movie when it came out and that was one of the lines that stuck in my mind.

it's no wonder everyone thinks us vietnam vets are crazy after watching this. It's a pretty intense movie. terrible things happen in war.

@joeblow1748

Жыл бұрын

Never ever join an invading force...

There was something always a bit off about how Chef handled the puppy once he picked it up. I think a more natural reaction (especially after people were unjustly killed) was to pick it up with more force while showing rage and animosity. The puppy will be fine. It's a paid actor.

@dcta51

2 жыл бұрын

Lol paid actor.

They kill by accident guided by fear. He kills deliberately with a steady hand.

That's a real Captain America.

That scene kills me every time. And omG do I ❤ Lance.

@marknewton6984

Жыл бұрын

A brainless surfer?

Crazy thing was he was looking out for them by killing her at the end of the day. "We cut them in half with machine guns and then patch them up with a band-aid." He knew there was nothing they could do for her and even if they could have saved her they'd have just created another Charlie.

The dark.side.of war. .Every soldier has a breaking point like with Willard here.

There's only one badass on that boat, and everyone found out who it was.

I am only theorizing here. But I feel the dog was a huge symbolic image in the film. A puppy to me is the ideal image of innocence. I remember when I first saw the film when I was younger and being so bumped out about the dog dying/gone missing. Watching this film again makes me look at the image of the dog more differently, when the dog dies/goes missing I see it as the death of safety of innocence in the film especially since its close to the death of the youngest character. Now I'm not saying my theory is certain but it's definitely something to think about. Let me know what y'all think.

@Hereticked

5 жыл бұрын

That's an interesting observation, but I've always thought it was Lance who embodied innocence best in the movie (which is why he demands the puppy.) We see him having fun, taking drugs, goofing around and otherwise being a big kid. He's the only character other than Willard that survives and I always felt like that innocence is what saw him through the horrors of the film while the other crew members succumb to the insanity.

@spoodurmin9742

4 жыл бұрын

The puppy was on the boat the whole time. We see the puppy pop its head out of Lance’s machine gun seat near the end of the movie

@lelandgaunt9985

4 жыл бұрын

The puppy is also white which can represent “purity” or innocence.

@kowalski3769

Жыл бұрын

@@Hereticked Lance was almost casualty of the Heart of Darkness. Notice his transformation. The camouflage paint is the kicker. Lance wear the same paint. The only other people to wear that paint is Kurtz, when he cuts off Chef's head, and Willard when he kills Kurtz. Lance was going native very quickly. Once Kurtz dies the Heart of Darkness transfers over to Willard. Willard can handle it though. He's conscious of the madness of War. He takes Lance with him and they go home. That's the difference between Kurtz and Willard and in a sense Colby. ( you'd have to watch the 5 and 1/2 hr Rough Cut with the edited scenes with Colby to see that part.)

@Ramzi1944

Жыл бұрын

@@kowalski3769 Who is Colby?

Yup, not all the encounters were like this, but the ones that were really left an impact. Vietnam was hell for both sides.

A PBR with a spec forces man on board would not stop.

It's fascinating how different people interpret this scene.

Describe the Vietnam war in one scene

@philc5499

5 жыл бұрын

All liberal hippies think alike. They believe whatever they see on TV, as long as it fits their narrative. Edit: It is wrong for me to group people into a neat little box (liberals, hippies etc). I am fervently against that way of thinking now. Everyone has different views, and we label them to make us understand and feel better about ourselves, but all of us are guilty of having a twisted view at one point or another.

@iv9545

4 жыл бұрын

@@philc5499 Yeah because the US definitely didn't kill nearly 2 million Vietnamese, and got 58 thousand young men to die for nothing.

@philc5499

4 жыл бұрын

@@iv9545 Doesn't mean all soldiers were incompetent bastards like depicted in this scene. Many died fighting to defend the South, to defend democracy.

@iv9545

4 жыл бұрын

@@philc5499 > South > Democracy Pick one. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arrest_and_assassination_of_Ngo_Dinh_Diem

@philc5499

4 жыл бұрын

@@iv9545. I learned some new things today. We all have to learn. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massacre_at_Hu%E1%BA%BF

I dont't care about the humans. I feel sorry for the puppy.

@dannythomas417

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, I'm glad he ran off.

“I gotcha chief!” I love it!

Lance survived because he was in a different dimension. He dropped acid and surfed the waves of war. That's why he was able to just hang out with Kurtz's people rather than Chef who was all paranoid and unable to adapt.

laurence looked different

@shrimpflea

3 жыл бұрын

he was 14 so...

“Look in that tin can; the rusty can” Lol....

@dannythomas417

Жыл бұрын

JUST FUCKING RICE, THAT'S ALL! AIN'T NOTHING ON IT!