Trying to watch, it's horrible so far - Midnight Cowboy (1969) Discussion

Maybe when you're older.

Even the most primitive society has an innate respect for the insane.

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The OP was mad Twilight wasn't on instead...

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[–] catdaddyd 9 years ago

I'm 47, just didn't get it. Do you have to be a New Yorker, or gay? I think "The Graduate" was better than this, but I'm not much on it eifher. I think Samuel L Jackson said he tried to watch The English Patient or The Piano and couldn't get through it. If we all liked fhe same thing it would be a bland world.

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[–] zilla7777 9 years ago

Couldn't agree with you more. I enjoy many types of film, but I found Midnight Cowboy to be a real drag. A boring, nearly non-existent story featuring some weird and/or awful characters. Not my bag at all.

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[–] eelb 9 years ago

It was cutting edge when it was released, but we've seen these sort of characters and scenarios in too many other films since then. The sexual and social themes, were taboo in 1969, but barely turn a head in 2015.

I don't think the film holds up well. It's still a good film though.

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[–] rascal67 8 years ago

I don't think the film holds up well. It's still a good film though.
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I didn't see the film until about 17 yrs after it's release and I thought it was splendid, and it was also considered a splendid film upon release. It is still splendid and beautifully captures the late 60's era and transition into the 70's. Then again, not everyone is going to connect with a very human story about, loneliness, companionship, suffering, humility and caring. These are things most humans are oblivious of, because they feel it doesn't affect them, so then they go into denial. I guess one has to have a more developed soul to connect with this splendid film's themes.

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[–] liscarkat (16602) 3 years ago

You're so right! Most people have never experienced loneliness, companionship, suffering, humility, and caring, and have poorly developed souls. Highly developed intellects such as yours, however, can connect with this film. You are splendid!

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[–] InherentlyYours 8 years ago

'Couldn't agree with you more. I enjoy many types of film, but I found Midnight Cowboy to be a real drag. A boring, nearly non-existent story featuring some weird and/or awful characters. Not my bag at all.'
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Of course it's not your bag. The Midnight Cowboy didn't have an actual gun to play "shoot em' cowboy". You're absolutely right that's it isn't your bag. Do you even experience emotion in real life, or that not your bag also.

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[–] milo44 9 years ago

It's a great movie .. but to each his own I guess .

"A man that wouldn't cheat for a poke don't want one bad enough".

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[–] catdaddyd 9 years ago

Yes, but Lomesome Dove was great, Augustus.

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[–] srklondie 9 years ago

" Too stupid to finish "

No actually, you're too stupid to watch it.

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[–] catdaddyd 9 years ago

Good one.

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[–] srklondie 9 years ago

You're not a total lost cause. At least, you appreciate ' Elvis ' and ' The Andy Griffith Show '.

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[–] ntab13 9 years ago

Only one of the greatest films ever made!47???? wow! you must have been sheltered

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[–] balboa76 9 years ago

The OP doesn't like the Graduate either lol Midnight Cowboy and The Graduate are two of my all time favorite films, classics and I love to do a double dvd feature with them. The fact that he's 47 years old is surprising, I would have expected this kind of opinion from a kid watching Marvel super hero movies, but to each his own.

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[–] InherentlyYours 9 years ago

some men cannot relate the to emotional aspect of it (notice how he asks if you need to be gay to get it)Gawd.

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[–] catdaddyd 9 years ago

I also asked if you needed to be a New Yorker as well. Gawd

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[–] InherentlyYours 9 years ago

' also asked if you needed to be a New Yorker as well. Gawd'
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you know, now I see why you couldn't get into the film. You are not mature enough; your comment above shows that (with your "gawd" and asking if you need to be a New Yorker). No, I am from MASS and I liked the film. It's not about demographics.

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[–] somesunnyday 8 years ago

I also asked if you needed to be a New Yorker as well. Gawd

I'm a female from Melbourne Australia and think this is one of the greatest films of all time. You either fall in love with it or not. Simple. In danger of sounding like a wanker, it's a character study. You either get enveloped in the characters or not. I can't understand people who don't though...

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[–] catdaddyd 9 years ago

I did finish the movie, but still didn't care for it. Avatar is the highest grossing movie of all time, I've watched it once and dont care to see it again. Now Shawshank, Gump, Pulp Fiction and a few others I can watched almost anytime.

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[–] ThereWillBeBeer 9 years ago

Around 8 years ago a 25 year old female co-worker and I were discussing movies and I asked her if she had seen MC. She had never heard of it. I brought the DVD (25th Anniversery edition) to work the next day for her to take home and watch. I asked her daily if she had watched it, and after a week or so she said that she started to watch it but got bored after about 10 minutes and didn't watch any more. Some time later, she told me that her older brother was at her place and had seen the DVD and decided to watch it, and later told her it was 'the most stupid movie he had ever seen.' I think this guy was 27 or 28. No hope for these kids these days.

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[–] Degree7 9 years ago

Wow, that's pathetic.

People don't deserve classic movies.

~ I've been very lonely in my isolated tower of indecipherable speech.

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[–] InherentlyYours 9 years ago

'I think this guy was 27 or 28. No hope for these kids these days.'
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and 28 isn't even a kid.
This 28 yr man may have been put off by the male bonding and characterization. Then again, when we were 20-28, did we feel the same indifference about the films that preceded us by 40 yrs also? Tough call.

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[–] utahman1971 8 years ago

Just because people are young does not mean they are pathetic. Damn some rude asses here.

No more IMDB boards for me!

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[–] Degree7 8 years ago

This is IMDB, better get used to it.

~ I'm a 21st century man and I don't wanna be here.

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[–] pturman-929-979676 9 years ago

Of course they hated it. No superheroes. No car chases. No explosions. No CGI. No 90 minutes of unrelenting sensory overload...

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[–] janet-conant 9 years ago

It still remains one of the finest films about human loneliness. I mean you find yourself laughing at Hoffman's antics and then almost weeping as he tells Voight "I can't walk anymore." I think we should find someone under 30 who actually likes this film. Maybe it's because this was amazing stuff in 1969 when we watched. My son who saw parts of this at 15 still recalls it. Like when Joe sits at a table in a cafeteria and a drugged woman is moving a fake mouse on a boy's head.

Now it would be PG-13.

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[–] pturman-929-979676 9 years ago

Go watch yer AVENGERS 14...

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[–] rick3262 9 years ago

It's just a product of its time, cutting edge at the time, controversial enough to receive an "X" rating. Think "French Connection" showed New York detectives and realism for the first time that are now echoed daily in any "Law and Order" episode. "Midnight Cowboy" plunged even further into the depths of despair in New York and created characters probably not seen at that time.

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[–] StrandedinLaLaLand 9 years ago

It's a product of the film's time. Much of it is simply outdated now. I finished the film and appreciated it (I'm 38 by the way). I rated it a 7. I grew up with this film hyped up for all hell. But, you know, I it's okay, but not the best of that era. The most memorable aspect of the film for me is the soundtrack. I can't get enough of it.

(But, I do love The Graduate.)

Black men and a whole lot of *beep* white men have had plenty fun adoring my ass!

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