Brett Watches

I review movies, rank stuff, and overthink films. If you like sharp takes and the occasional hot one, stick around.

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Jon Bernthal in Sicario before he was Jon Bernthal. Ted messed with the wrong crew

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Brett Watched- Apocalypse Now (1979)

(93/100) The fact that this movie even exists is kind of insane. Coppola went full Kurtz making it—he put up a ton of his own money, risked going completely broke, and later said they were in the jungle with too much money and equipment and just slowly went insane. A typhoon wrecked sets, Martin Sheen had a heart attack on location, and the whole thing ballooned way past schedule. Then Marlon Brando shows up for his massive payday (something like $3 million for a few weeks of weekday work) looking nothing like the lean, malaria-ravaged Kurtz they planned. He was fat, mostly unprepared, and basically made them rewrite the ending around him.They shot him in shadow, dressed him in black, and let him improvise a lot of the dialogue.
It somehow works. Brando is still terrifying and magnetic as this broken god figure. What I love most is how the whole thing feels like a slow, hypnotic slide into something darker and weirder than a normal war movie. The river journey, the sound design, and the way it just keeps escalating until you feel as lost as Willard does—it sticks with you.
Sheen is outstanding as the guy who’s already cracked before he even starts, and the final stretch with Kurtz hits harder because of all the madness that went into making it one of the wildest big-swing movies ever made. Coppola bet everything and mostly pulled it off. It’s messy as hell in places, but that atmosphere and those performances make it one of the ones I keep coming back to.

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Marlon Brando was paid 3.5 million dollars for just 15 days of work on Apocalypse Now (1979). He threatened to quit multiple times and his erratic behavior caused production delays that nearly destroyed the entire film.

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Prime just dumped all of The Terminal List Season 2 and Chris Pratt is still out here looking like he’s personally offended by every bad guy on the planet. Dadcore action that actually moves. Who’s starting it tonight?

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@glitterdohnut You’re exhausting

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My brain totally broke on the Who's on First bit. Was Elizabeth Holmes playing the character or is she that dumb? Had neither of them really seen it before? Does she have zero social skills, or is she smart enough to convince me she didn't know it? I wanna say she's just a moron on top of being a pathological liar

You Can See Everything (2026)

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@Puggysdad Please explain the irony

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Just get me to December 18th

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New teaser for ‘DUNE: PART 3’.

In theaters on December 18.

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@laura_joakimson @indexred A couple people have suggested bad blood. I gotta check it out thanks!

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@rvkugj Jeez ok sorry I asked honey

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@wrexweed Eh I wouldn’t go that far. I’m sure there’s a lot more to know about that loser

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I would like to see a doc focusing on Billy Evans. What if she was really easily manipulated and groomed by Sunny Balwani and Billy just followed the same playbook. She might just be stupid based on the Abott and Costello bit

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A couple days removed from seeing You Can See Everything, I still can’t decide how I feel about Nathan Fielder’s role. Considering he is the director of the documentary, did he take the manipulation too far or did he accurately portray Elizabeth Holmes and her family? No doubt it was brilliantly shot and produced, but now I am thinking if he was the bad guy in any way during the film. Every talking head seems to consistently believe this is the movie of the decade, but I think they need to take a step back a bit. I do appreciate how much it has me thinking. How unreliable of a narrator is he? Did Holmes have him wrapped around her fingers or was he always a step ahead?

Side note- I can’t get The Who’s on first scene out of my head.

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@ATRightMovies Oppenheimer 91/100. The Odyssey 86/100. Come at me

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@CinemaTweets1 Y’all must’ve forgot.

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@PaulTassi How about just be a good person and don’t pay attention to the bots

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@TheCinesthetic The people have moved on from this show. Season one was meh and no one has the patience to wait this long for season two

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Hearing a lot of You Can See Everything and The Odyssey winning best picture. They must’ve forgot about Dune: Part III

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@DiscussingFilm Everyone saying You Can See Everything is going to win best picture. They must’ve forgot about Dune Part 3

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@Blankeyblanket @sternzac Says the guy calling people small brained on the internet

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@ilovethings__ Idk if she’s smart enough to think that way

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@glitterdohnut I’d maybe suggest watching more documentaries

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A couple days removed from seeing You Can See Everything, I still can’t decide how I feel about Nathan Fielder’s role. Considering he is the director of the documentary, did he take the manipulation too far or did he accurately portray Elizabeth Holmes and her family? No doubt it was brilliantly shot and produced, but now I am thinking if he was the bad guy in any way during the film. Every talking head seems to consistently believe this is the movie of the decade, but I think they need to take a step back a bit. I do appreciate how much it has me thinking. How unreliable of a narrator is he? Did Holmes have him wrapped around her fingers or was he always a step ahead?

Side note- I can’t get The Who’s on first scene out of my head.

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Wow they cut the title off so You Can See Everything becomes You Can’t See Everything. Devastating little move. The movie is already winning before the first scene

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@FilmPatton @SheralynLIVE Well the second half is certainly not a documentary. When you realize he is totally manipulating the content to get what he wants, it’s not objective.