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Pretty shitty movie...

posted 5 years ago by MoviesSuck (964)
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And that’s all I have to say about this overrated pile of hippie-scented celluloid.

I do think that it comes alive when Nicholson enters proceedings - a true star-making performance if ever there was one - but the rest is, for me, the very definition of ‘you had to be there at the tine’ cinema. I appreciate its iconic status, even its historic importance, but I found it a slog to sit through.

[–] PinbackWiggly (375) 5 years ago

I was also confused as to its iconic status. Perhaps it's because I am 40+ watching it for the first time in 2019 instead of being 20 and watching it in 1969. I'm sure there is some missing context.

[–] TheArgentinian (6468) 5 years ago

You sound like the rednecks from the diner

[–] MoviesSuck (964) 5 years ago

I’ll take that as a compliment.

[–] liscarkat (16621) 5 years ago

OP is 100 percent correct.

[–] kwestmo (4130) 4 years ago

It was moment in time. Definitely dated, but iconic and ground breaking at the time. At the very least it relvoluntized how music is used in movies

[–] JosephQCat (706) 9 months ago

I was forced to watch this by a hippy college instructor my freshman year of college back in the early 1980's. Even had to do a report. At least when we had to watch Cool Hand Luke that was tolerable.

[–] Redsfan001 (6016) 9 months ago

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