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All that is required is for good people to do nothing...
posted by Daddie0STAFFMOD on April 8, 2019 at 1:24 PM
This film was an interesting study in how passivity (or worse, open support) works against the values of a community. I felt like it did as much to paint the folk-hero culture around B&C as equally villainous as the outlaws themselves. The scenes of sideways glances, open glorification, and media complicity was a timeless tale and warrants further reflection.
Reply by Strange Bedfellows
on April 8, 2019 at 6:00 PM
Nothing changes - brings to mind the O. J. Simpson chase. There's no accounting for the mentality of some people.
Reply by OddRob
on April 8, 2019 at 11:24 PM
I really liked how they didnt show their faces clearly till the end. It brought a certain amount of shock value as to seeing how young and innocent they looked. But how brutal the crimes seemed to be. Really screwed with the audiences minds I think. And I knew about B&C for awhile but didnt really realize just how popular they seemed to be. Not to mention how glorified by the media.
Reply by Daddie0
on April 9, 2019 at 5:42 PM
I actually thought they looked quite evil...which is a credit to what the filmmakers set out to do. (ie de-glorify)
Reply by Daddie0
on April 9, 2019 at 5:50 PM
I thought the film was pretty honest about Hammer's brutality. I also thought it was interesting that he went straight back to retirement. It seemed to me there was plenty of evil in this film to go around...you know: the problem is us.
"One turn on the trail."
Reply by OddRob
on April 9, 2019 at 11:17 PM
Really? Both my wife and I thought they looked so young and innocent. Course we know they are just another pair of psychotic killers.