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Consensus Results: 1969
Topic Started: Dec 6 2016, 09:43 AM (758 Views)
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vornporn,Dec 8 2016
12:38 PM
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Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (George Roy Hill)

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Is it heresy to say I've never quite understood the big deal about this film? I like it. It's fun. It's got big movie stars. I love Westerns. It's a key transitional work from '50s classicism to '70s "New Hollywood." William Goldman's DNA is in just about every mainstream "buddy" film made since. I just don't see anything that special in the script, which I've also read.
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I like it. It's fun. It's got big movie stars. I love Westerns. It's a key transitional work from '50s classicism to '70s "New Hollywood." William Goldman's DNA is in just about every mainstream "buddy" film made since.


Those are all the reasons why it's #11 on my list. Also Conrad Hall's photography. Is it one of the 100 Greatest American Films (per AFI)? No.
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They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (Sydney Pollack)

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Midnight Cowboy (John Schlesinger)

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My Night at Maud's (Eric Rohmer)

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Army of Shadows (Jean-Pierre Melville)

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The Wild Bunch (Sam Peckinpah)

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Is it heresy to say I've never understood the big deal about The Wild Bunch? OK, but just not memorable at all.
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sharon peters,Dec 8 2016
08:33 PM
Is it heresy to say I've never understood the big deal about The Wild Bunch? OK, but just not memorable at all.

Seems like it would be memorable even to one who disliked it, or have the imitators stolen its thunder?
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YancySkancy,Dec 8 2016
08:07 PM
Seems like it would be memorable even to one who disliked it, or have the imitators stolen its thunder?

I didn't even dislike it...seemed enjoyable enough while watching and then immediately evaporated like a mouthful of cotton candy. The only thing memorable was the opening credits. Whatever imitators it had I must've missed or been unaware.
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sharon peters,Dec 9 2016
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YancySkancy,Dec 8 2016
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Seems like it would be memorable even to one who disliked it, or have the imitators stolen its thunder?

I didn't even dislike it...seemed enjoyable enough while watching and then immediately evaporated like a mouthful of cotton candy. The only thing memorable was the opening credits. Whatever imitators it had I must've missed or been unaware.

I just meant how Peckinpah's stylistic signatures, such as slo-mo violence, have been imitated and parodied over the years. Thought that might have made it seem old hat to some at this late date.
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