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Slow Burner about Life During the Depression

posted 5 years ago by jekporkins (1930)
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While a bit slow in parts, I really enjoyed this one. The cast was perfect (especially Woody), and there was some great directing, outfits, and locations. It's not much of a story, especially when you know the ending, but it showed conflicting points of view of the law versus the general public at the time. It also showed a lot of what life was like during the depression, where some people lived in shantytowns and struggled to make ends meet. Personally, I find this era incredibly interesting and it depicted it quite well. For a Netflix movie I thought it was fantastic.

[–] chilone (17364) 5 years ago

I concur, doctor!

[–] LemmyLugosi (411) 5 years ago

Agreed!

[–] FilmBuff (6786) 5 years ago

I agree. I really didn't want it to end.

[–] necramonium (220) 5 years ago

I like how it showed Bonnie and Clyde not as the romanticized "Robin Hood's" of the Depression Era, robbing from the rich (banks) and giving to the poor (them self). But instead we saw the real coldblooded craziness they did in their rampage through many American states. They also did not give the actors portraying them much screen space so you really would not really bond with the characters.

[–] BourbonKing (5675) 5 years ago

I really appreciated the Great Depression aspect and how it didn't sugarcoat it, nor did it beat you over the head over with it. I was reminded of "Oh Brother Where Art Thou?" which in a way parodied Hollywood's romanticizing of that era but with this film it just showed us how depressing it really was and how it fed into the mythos of Bonnie & Clyde's popularity at the time.

[–] HarlemEagle42 (16470) 2 years ago

It's pretty decent. Costner and Harrelson were both good.