He tried to use Born in the USA as a campaign song. Media literacy isn’t MAGA’s strongest suit.
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ch00f@lemmy.world 2 days ago
I’ve never seen Apocalypse Now, but I get the feeling Trump has never seen Apocalypse Now.
magic_lobster_party@fedia.io 2 days ago
kamenlady@lemmy.world 2 days ago
This would be hilarious, weren’t this all hell
NABDad@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Literacy isn’t Trump’s.
resipsaloquitur@lemmy.world 2 days ago
He plays the mainstream media like a fiddle.
aesthelete@lemmy.world 2 days ago
It’s not that difficult now after multiple decades of decay for media organizations caused by “this quarter is all that matters” business idiot administration.
robocall@lemmy.world 2 days ago
One time there was a heat wave in my city, and I don’t have air conditioning at home. The movie theater was playing apocalypse now, I think it was the directors cut. It was 3 hours long so I bought a ticket because I wanted 3 hours of air conditioning. I had no idea what a great movie I was stumbling into! It was about war and how horrific it is.
BackgrndNoize@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Going in neutral without expectations is the best way to enjoy a movie in my opinion, there’s a indie theatre near my home that mostly plays older classics from US and around the world. I’ve had my mind blown by movies that came out decades ago, good movies age very well
rc__buggy@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
That’s an interesting way to discover that film. You must have gone on one hell of a ride that afternoon.
ch00f@lemmy.world 2 days ago
We just got it on DVD. It’s the “Redux” edition. 3 hours 22 mins. It’s the 6th longest movie in our collection behind LoTR extendeds, Beh-Hur, and Lawrence of Arabia.
onlyhalfminotaur@lemmy.world 2 days ago
I had the redux years ago. I’ve come around to the theatrical being the best though.
mushroommunk@lemmy.today 2 days ago
I dunno, his government tracks so far with what I remember of the film.
- Feeling of Endless Hell
- Waiting for it to be over
- Everyone dying or in pain, in some cases at the hands of their own stupidity
- Pretty much the only person who gets what they want is the one main character leading the thing
- Swamp
Arcanepotato@crazypeople.online 2 days ago
I could believe it, but my pessimistic interpretation is that whoever made this meme has seen it and doesn’t think Kilgore is a monster.
rc__buggy@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
Probably thinks Lt Col Kilgore is the protagonist.
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 2 days ago
He was killing all those filthy evil Communists. Only a tankie would suggest he wasn’t an epic super dude.
outhouseperilous@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 days ago
Every single character in that movie is a piece of shit. That one’s a vainglorious piece of shit.
interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml 2 days ago
What about them ? Jay “Chef” Hicks
Lance B. Johnson
Roxanne SarraultI asked the machine, here is what it said
Jay "Chef" Hicks Cowardice, instability, disloyalty, inability to cope with war. Lance B. Johnson Emotional detachment, negligence, descent into madness. Roxanne Sarrault Colonial arrogance, moral ambiguity, emotional manipulation.
I have a hard time calling them pieces of shit for that. Seems normal to me to refuse to play the game of war and recognizing military duty as the infectious spook that it is.
Gates9@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
See the directors cut or don’t bother
ch00f@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Is that “Redux?” We just picked it up, but haven’t watched it.
umbraroze@slrpnk.net 22 hours ago
“Redux” is the extended cut, which has ~45 extra minutes of stuff that was cut from the original theatrical release. Some of the scenes are great, but some could have been left on the cutting room floor. “The Final Cut” is basically the definitive extended version.
aeronmelon@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Trump can’t surf!
salty_chief@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Great War movie by the way. That guy is a surfer fanatic and basically requested a famous surfer to surf in a hot zone. Dude was crazy just waking on beach with bullets landing around him.
Denjin@feddit.uk 2 days ago
Like pretty much every character in the film, the character Trump is cosplaying as has been driven insane by an insane war.