This movie sucked, why the hell does it have 8 stars?
Seriously, I turned this crap off within 40 minutes. How the hell could anyone finish this movie?
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It is highly regarded for the same reason many critically acclaimed older movies are highly regarded -- it was innovative at its time. Yes, by modern standards it is fairly poor (I still marvel that Gene Hackman could get a job after his performance in this film). At the time, though, it had revolutionary elements that were highly influential on later films.
Also, especially on IMDB, you get a fair share of people who know they are "supposed to" like certain films and therefore defend them vehemently, often with little more than, "Critics liked it, so you are a dumbass." And I'm sure some of them will respond that I just didn't "get" it (there is some hamfisted sexual imagery! That makes a good movie, right!).
I really find the differences very interesting; there are some critically acclaimed older films that hold up incredibly well (take, for instance, Chinatown), while standards have changed so much that others (Bonnie and Clyde, for example, or The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly) seem almost laughably bad when viewed today. Of course, you will get ardent defenders of most anything, so I am sure some will disagree, but I find the phenomenon very interesting.
You're entitled to your opinion, Grandmaster. Many film lovers, including me, rate it as one of the greatest films ever made.
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I gave this movie 9/10 i hated Estelle Parsons charachter
shareI just saw it and I liked it. I think this movie was probably more of thrill for those who saw it when it first came out but it still holds up well today.
shareFilm had some bonafide cinematography, to confess, and a pretty cool script. Yes, and its innovations.
But my complaint is more directed at how obnoxious Buck and Blanche were in the film. Maybe the scriptwriters deliberately made them that way in order to emphasize the main characters (Bonnie, Clyde, CW) a bit more - but then again, even emphasis gets tiring.
Though this line is now one of my favorites (red this in that screech Gene Hackman does):
NOW GET DEEE KODAK HEEEERE
The basic idea behind "Bonnie and Clyde" wasn't to seriously reconstruct what they did IRL.
It was heavily influenced by the "French New Wave" of the early '60s, particularly by "Breathless" and I believe there was even an attempt to get Jean Luc Goddard to direct it. That film used a lot of hand held camera shots - very radical for that time - and positioned style very prominently with guns, hats, cigarettes and sunglasses typifying "Gangster cool". That image is still very much with us today. The makers of "Bonnie and Clyde" simply used the story as a vehicle to explore these new techniques. Even the last look they give each other has its roots in French New Wave. It should be added that in many ways, this film is a black comedy with many funny sequences, like their first bank jobs.
The film goes some way to explore Clyde's sexual problems and that was in itself, also ground breaking. After their first job together, Clyde is seen limping from the car, probably because he has a huge fat in his pants which he's acutely embarrassed about. Given what is reputed to have happened to him in Eastham Prison, I can imagine that any sexual associations would have brought back some horrific memories.
Much has been made of the violence in the movie and it was indeed a bit of a ground breaker in this area too but Arthur Penn also had some of Kurosawa's "Seven Samurai" in mind when he made it. The film made extensive use of squibs in the final scene and there is even a veiled reference to the Zapruder film with a section of Clyde's skull being blown off. There's a strong streak of anti-establishmentarianism running underneath as well; some people support them, others - particularly the police - are trying to stop them.
I have only just seen it again for the first time in 35 years and I was somewhat stunned at how good it was from that point of view. Even from an entertainment point of view, I found it very enjoyable. I rate it a lot higher than I ever thought I would.
Ha, too funny. Too bad for you, Bonnie & Clyde didn't have a 1969 Charger. Stick to watching Dukes Of Hazzard friend, and nobody will be the wiser.
shareHow can you say this movie sucked? This was a great movie. I'm 20 and I like the old fashion style to this movie. Today, with movies like this you have everything computerized. That to me sucks.
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