Excellent. But do the kid a favor and have him watch Shane first. That way he can see a rare example of two excellent versions of the same basic theme.
Loved it so much we are gonna watch it again this weekend!
I tried Shane with him a couple of years ago and I almost lost my movie-choosing priviledges.
Westerns are tough sell generally. I’d like to think we could ease our way into it via Dirty Harry -> Good bad and ugly. Or maybe, via a western with a sense of humour. Haven’t found the right candidate yet.
About now someone will suggest Blazzing Saddles but that one is gonna have to overcome my bias. I can’t stand Mel Brooks movies.
I can tell you what was great about Bonnie and Clyde in two words and an ampersand:
Flatt & Scruggs
Family trivia: my paternal grandfather’s first cousin was the real life undertaker abducted by B&C and played by Gene Wilder in the movie. IRL it didn’t end with Bonnie getting freaked out and dumping him by the roadside but laughing and saying something like “Won’t be long before you get to see us again probably!” and returning him and his girlfriend to the boarding house they’d abducted them from.
The real Blanche Barrow was the only one of the principals to live to see the movie. She liked it okay though she said it wasn’t historical of course and she hated her own character, saying (exact quote) “That movie made me look like a screamin’ horse’s ass!”
Support Your Local Sheriff!
The Apple Dumpling Gang might be of interest. Tim Conway & Don Knotts rob a bank, with predictable results.
Support Your Local Gunfighter is funnier. 
Maybe, but I think Sheriff would be an easier sell.
I guess Garner is Rockford in Sheriff and Maverick in Gunfighter.
Which makes me think of Skin Game.
I read somewhere that Clyde probably went both ways, and probably preferred boys.
Proof? Hmmmm…not that I have. I haven’t read, ummm, what’s his name? Methvin? The guy before him? Jones? WD Jones, maybe. I forget. but he had a long confession, or something similar, and he said that Clyde and Bonnie used him like a woman. Or something. You get the idea. Somebody said something about somebody.
Best wishes,
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One of the best westerns with a humorous bent: Silverado. “Today, my jurisdiction ends here. Pick up my hat.”
Well, which came first?
One book I read pointed out that Bonnie’s line “I once knew Clyde when he was honest, upright and clean” in 'The Story of Bonnie and Clyde" was dramatic license (a lie), because nobody ever knew Clyde when he wasn’t a crook. He may have been small potatoes, but it seems that he started out as a real punk and thief, and then graduated to become what he did.
Best wishes,
hh
The Fellowship of the Ring - Classic fantasy epic brought to vibrant life.
The Untouchables - The Feds take on Al Capone in Twenties Chicago.
Any of the Bourne movies, but especially the first.
The Matrix - Just the first. Amazing stuff in its day, and still very good.
Gettysburg - A little on the talky side, but the scenes with Jeff Daniels as Col. Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain are Oscar-caliber.
Dave - Funny, wry political comedy about a Presidential lookalike.
Mission: Impossible - Spy flick. Ridiculously over-the-top but good fun.
Mr. and Mrs. Smith - A funny action-packed comedy about assassins who happen to be married to each other. You might know the stars.
It’s dopey, but my kids(teens) really enjoyed The Boy in the Plastic Bubble. He might get a kick out of seeing a very young John Travolta.
Interesting thread. Us old timers don’t realize just how OLD these movies are-especially to a young boy. I’d be interested to know his reaction to something really old-like “The Maltese Falcon”. My daughter (23) cannot belive that movies were made in B&W!
As for “Bonny and Clyde”-yes it is a very violent movie. I think the directing was very good, and they did not glorify them (B&C) in any way…which is good. personally, I think that Clyde was borderline retarded, and Bonnie wasn’t all that bright. There were pretty stupid to think that they would stay alive very long-and their biggest haul was about $700? Not much to show for months of driving around and committing robberies.
The scene I remember was when Bonnie met her mother in that rendevous in the country-and ma reminded Bonnie that she wasn’t going to be alive for long (f she stayed with Clyde). Suppose Bonnie had turned herself in? The law probably would have gone easy on her-and she probably would have become a minor celebrity of sorts.
How about:
The Rock
Alongside True Lies, probably one of the greatest popcorn action flicks ever made for all-around enjoyability.
This evening we watched a double feature of bill and ted and time bandits.
Most excellent.
Nope, not a chance.
Blanch Barrow got 10 years, and Blache never did anything other than just ride along in the car.
Just dropping back in to say that we watched 12 Angry Men last night.
I was squirming in my seat at first because the movie is so slow to get started. The prospect of watching two hours of 12 guys sitting around a table exchanging meaningful “noire” looks and stilted “noire” dialog seemed too much even for me. And it’s in black and white! But…
He loved it! He was transfixed for the whole time so
high five
again!
We even talked about the motivations of the various characters. The one thing that detracted from the movie for me was that all the “guilty” hold outs (except one) were all bigots or stupid. The deck was stacked in Fonda’s favour. It would’ve been a better movie IMO if his adversaries had stronger arguments.
I assume, from the spartan scenery that it was originally a play?