Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Bonnie and Clyde film review

Arthur Penn's classic movie, Bonnie and Clyde, is based on a story of a couple in love that rob banks in the 1920s. Bonnie Parker is bored with her life and wants a change. She is dreading to go to work one day and looks out her window and sees Clyde about to steal her mama's car. She runs downstairs and meets him and he tells her that he robs banks. His charming good looks and dreams of living carefree in the Great Depression, finalizes Bonnie's decision to join Clyde on his crime spree that extends from Oklahoma to Texas. The two fall in love and begin robbing banks together and forming a gang that becomes disperse once the police are close to catching them, but always seem to get away. They become wanted celebrities known across the country. People who have encounters with Bonnie and Clyde are proud to be interviewed and speak with the press about their experience.
This film is a story about an ongoing car chase and doesn't end until Bonnie and Clyde are defeated. Bonnie writes a poem that Clyde sends to the newspapers to be published that describes their adventure and it foreshadows their future. I enjoyed watching this film because it showed the point of view of being rebels and trying to get away with taking money when everyone else had none at this time. They were breaking free from the chains of society and were ambitious enough to last as long as they did on their long run from the cops. This movie seems a bit too long but the ending made up for it because it got straight to the point and ended abruptly which made up for the dragged on events that happened leading up to the last scene.

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