I did not understand this movie - Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) Discussion

[–] snelling 9 years ago

It's basically "Die Hard" set in the old west, Bruce.

"I will not go down in history as the greatest mass-murderer since Adolf Hitler!" - Merkin Muffley

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[–] b5erik 8 years ago

It's basically "Die Hard" set in the old west, Bruce.

No, it's not.

Die Hard has a VERY strong plot. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid has almost no plot. It's just a montage of scenes showing (almost) random events that happen to them over a period of time.

And the dialogue in Die Hard is much, MUCH better...

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[–] liljebla 9 years ago

Me neither.

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[–] ck1-5 9 years ago

I've looked at your posts; you don't understand much of anything else, either.

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[–] liljebla 9 years ago

Oh you little wonderful troll stalker!

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[–] liljebla 9 years ago

Did you really give a Adam Sandler's movies a 7 on average? That is just wonderful, you're exactly my type. I also love him, and all the Avenger movies - nothing better than these lovely neverending unoriginal movies of men with toys! Oh lord and you haven't rated any international movies? That is just soooo fetch because oh my gosh I just can't stand foreigners and their bad and stuck up movies - like that Bergman fellow, what a bore. I would totaaaally marry you, but you're just too good for me. Bohr and Schrödinger ain't got nothin' on you, smart man!

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[–] ck1-5 9 years ago

I haven't rated any of Adam Sandler's movies, 7 or otherwise...but nice try, psycho.

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[–] liljebla 9 years ago

*beep* loser, haha.

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[–] ScarletPimpernel64 9 years ago

It's about men who fail to realize their time has passed them by.

"Be sure you're right, then go ahead."
Davy Crockett

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[–] Jakezen 9 years ago

sucks to be you.

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[–] asherp 9 years ago

I'll bite....

Its about lots of things...besides just the raw entertainment value of the one liners and shtick.

Its a buddy movie....the Bob Hope road movies may have been first..but this gets credit for the genre

Its the rise of the anti-hero...up until that point Hollywood was pretty much making movies about good guys besting the bad guys

Its the start of the modern movie era well perhaps not the "start" but a sign of it. The studio system was being dismantled and new directors were arriving....better film stock was being used. Hollywood was changing and this is a big graphical representation of that.

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[–] slimone (7996) 5 years ago

I was not impressed with the movie at all. I watched it because I'm a fan of Newman and Redford, but I kept fast forwarding it until the end.

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[–] [deleted] 5 years ago

it's a buddy movie

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[–] liscarkat (18388) 5 years ago

I saw this movie when I was fifteen and got it. It's not complicated in any way.

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[–] ecarle (14979) 4 years ago

SPOILERS

Its a buddy movie with a lot of one liners("The Odd Couple on Horseback") in which, oddly enough, the two buddies get slaughtered at the end.

Made it kinda weird at the time.

It was also "inspired" by the French film "Jules and Jim," in which two men shared one woman.

Mostly the success of the whole thing seemed to depend on how damn handsome Newman and Redford were...together and apart.

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