# I don't get Midnight Cowboy (spoilers) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 24, 2006, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-get-midnight-cowboy-spoilers/381650 "2006-11-24T16:09:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2006, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-get-midnight-cowboy-spoilers/381650/21 "2006-11-28T00:13:19Z")
[QUOTE=acsenray] I don’t think the claim is that _Platoon_ was the first anti-war movie, but rather it was the first movie to depict war realistically. [/QUOTE] How about [The Boys in Company C](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077270/) (1978)? (fixed link) ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2006, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-get-midnight-cowboy-spoilers/381650/22 "2006-11-28T00:27:32Z")
[QUOTE=kelly5078] Now, can someone explain “Last Tango in Paris” to me? [/QUOTE] Sure. First I’ll need some butter… ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2006, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-get-midnight-cowboy-spoilers/381650/23 "2006-11-28T01:00:09Z")
_Midnight Cowboy_ is a silly mess with a couple of decent performances buried in it. _Apocalypse Now_ is a brilliantly mounted pro-war opera. Both movies have these things in common: overreaching mishmashes with pretensions to artistic grandeur. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-get-midnight-cowboy-spoilers/381650.md?page=1)