Bonnie and Clyde (1967)

Fantastic!

Bad Acting and worse Bad Screenplay

The biggest problem with this movie is it’s a little better than you think it might be, which somehow makes it worse. As in, it takes itself a bit too seriously, which makes most of the movie feel kind of dull.

Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.

Many couples throughout movies, history, and even current day follow in the footsteps of a famous "Bonnie & Clyde" relationship. This movie set the standard for new Hollywood. This action packed movie is a must see. The never ending adventures of these two characters, Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker, draws the viewer in to their illegal escapade. They make you love them even against all better judgement as they become enemies of the law.

This movie when it first came to theaters in 1967 must have broken so much new ground I could only imagine. It showed more violence and lyrical intensity then so many movies especially other gangster movies and opened the doors for many other films to come. The first time this basic concept of a boy and a girl running away together from the cops was seen in the movies and it has been used countless times and again opened up so many doors for the crime genre that would produce so many more great and action backed films. This film has been one of the more influential films I've seen on its genre and the movie industry as a whole. Such as in the movie "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" "Bonnie and Clyde" showed viewers just how much more could be shown in Hollywood films.

BONNIE AND CLYDE is an action crime drama film about a pair of notorious robbers who have robbed banks during the Great Depression. It's a ruthless and cruel story that looks nice, touchy and fresh in small sequences. This movie is not a faithful representation of the desperado careers of Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker, a notorious team of bank robbers and killers who roamed Texas and Oklahoma in the post-Depression years. I think that is the best, otherwise, in some more realistic view, all the charm and humor of this movie would be lost.In the middle of the Great Depression, Clyde and Bonnie meet when Clyde tries to steal Bonnie's mother's car. Bonnie is excited by Clyde's outlaw demeanor, and he further stimulates her by robbing a store in her presence. Clyde steals a car, with Bonnie in tow, and their legendary crime spree begins. The duo's crime spree shifts into high gear once they hook up with a dim-witted gas station attendant, C.W. Moss, then with Clyde's older brother Buck and his wife, Blanche, a preacher's daughter...The biggest controversy of this film is through the fact that the young audience likes classic anti-heroic characters. However, those characters are people who love, suffer, and have quite ordinary life problems and dilemmas. They simply run away from themselves. Ultimately, they die in one of the most spectacular and the most horrible scenes in cinematic history. This movie has hit a taste of a subculture just like "The Graduate". I think this story does not bring a nostalgic charm, but it fits in a rebellious nature of the 1960s.The characterization could be better, however a scenery and atmosphere are great.Warren Beatty as Clyde Barrow is sympathetically unhappy and stubborn. He is trying to be faced with life problems in an inherent way. Mr. Beatty has offered a solid performance. Faye Dunaway as Bonnie Parker is a young woman who wants a kind of change and excitement in her life. It may be just a flight from ordinary suffering or love for rebellion. Regardless of all a beautiful Miss Dunaway has stolen this show.Their support are Gene Hackman(Buck Barrow) with his bad jokes, Estelle Parsons (Blanche Barrow) as an irritating wife and Michael J. Pollard (C.W. Moss) as a faithful companion and seems, the greatest fan.These bullets kill actually.

Who says older films can't be absolutely amazing?The age old story of Bonnie and Clyde, heard many different times in many different ways, but this film version is as true to life as any you'll find, sure it's tarted up for screen presence, but isn't everything?What I really liked about the film is is jumps straight into the action, there's very little backstory, only detailed briefly, Clyde Barrow meets Bonnie Parker at the start of the film and away we go. The whole film draws on some of the notorious duos most celebrated capers, piecing together the story from when they first met, to the moment they are shot dead by the police. Faye Dunaway, in her first major role, electrifies as the somewhat erotic Bonnie Parker, she's a villain you just can't bring yourself to hate, she's pretty, she's charming, she has some serious sex appeal..., and as for Warren Beatty, his portrayal of Clyde Barrow is as realistic as it gets, a charming swindler that will melt you with a grin as much as he'll shoot you with a gun.The supporting cast were somewhat passive, but that doesn't matter, as all eyes are on the titular duo..., the Barrow gang as they were called were cool before cool was a thing, could you really call them villains? To me I'm more inclined to consider them anti-heroes; Bonnie and Clyde was one of the first films in my opinion to usher in the New Hollywood era.Things were changing around the mid-late 60's, gone was the Hayes Code, the Golden era had long since past, and Hollywood was looking for something new and exciting, younger talent, younger directors were taking the forefront and ageing stars like John Wayne and James Stewart were being phased out, Bonnie and Clyde along with several other films of the time were breaking the cycle, step forward New Hollywood, and the land of film was going to change forever. Bonnie and Clyde did everything right, and I can't find a thing to fault, so it naturally gets top marks and a round of applause from me, if you haven't seen it, what's wrong with you, I insist you watch.