Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid…

March 4, 2007 /

Friday night, we watched “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid“. This is a classic in American Film, everyone loves it, best movie ever, blah blah blah. Want my review? Snore. The writing was excellent, actually, and hints at the genius that is William Goldman, he of “The Princess Bride” fame. The acting was great, the actors were all great to look at. Should have been good. But really, what I got from it was that these guys are thieves, who have no problem shooting everything and everyone up to get what they want, which is money. They’re criminals, and we’re supposed to sympathize with them because they are handsome and Robert Redford has a beautiful and smart girlfriend, who may or may not also be involved with Paul Newman, and because they have clever lines. Whatever.

Here’s what I got from the movie: Bang bang bang bang, banter, ‘Raindrops Keep Falling From my Head”, bang bang bang, (I dozed off a bit here) many dead people all over the place, bang bang bang, Oh, I guess they’re dead now, too.

As buddy films go, I’ll take Thelma and Louise any day of the week.

I know, I’m a loser. Everyone else loves this film. Sue me.

6 Comments

  • Amy

    March 4, 2007 at 7:00 pm

    Huh. Well, I LOVED that movie, though it’s been years–YEARS–since I last saw it. My experience with movies is that the more people tell me how much I’m going to love it, the more likely it is that I’ll hate it. (For example, I hated Walk the Line. And the English Patient. ANd practically every other Oscar winning film except E.T.) (Did E.T. win? Was it even nominated?)

  • Py Korry

    March 4, 2007 at 7:52 pm

    I really liked the film,too. However, it did feel a bit disjointed at times. But, I gotta say that I don’t think I’ve ever seen you react this way to highly regarded film.

  • Maya's Granny

    March 4, 2007 at 11:52 pm

    I just saw this for the first time recently, and I have to say I didn’t like it very much, either. I tend not to like movies or TV shows or books that glorify outlaws, particularly outlaws who kill people. It did hold my interest and there was gorgeous photography and handsome actors and good dialog — but, it glorified outlaws.

    It’s like courtly romances (The Bridges of Madison County): I just can’t get over the fact that innocent people are being hurt. And people are behaving in ways that they know better than to do.