This Post WILL CONTAIN SPOILERS.
Today I will be reviewing a movie. It's name? (In case you didn't read the title...)
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Epic Medium Shot:
This movie was originally screened in 1969. 1969!
But don't just push aside this old movie for its age, It may be old, but its gold~.
It had action, it had laughs, It had explosions and it had llamas.
(They should probably lock this movie up in a safe because Butch and Sundance would probably steal it!)
For a Movie, It does the irregular; It makes you falling love with The bad guys.
They Give a Good amount of humanly traits such as Socialable, Humorous , cleverness That just make them so Likable.
And a Lot of these traits can be portrayed via the cinematography.
One example is an over the shoulder shot Shows Etta Watching Butch Riding his Mechanical Horse.
The Colors are Bright, And give this parts like portray happy good time emotions to the viewers.
Butch and Sundance Aren't The sheriffs of this western flick, They are the robbers, The Bandits, The Bandidos Yanquis.
They make a good point of their nefarious deeds this throughout the movie.
Close up shots of wanted posters (They got one in Spanish too!) Show That other people really don't like These bandits as much as you would have.
(Close up of Wanted poster shows lots of details. Gives slight comedic effect due to how the main characters are portrayed in the picture)
They seem to be above the law, they pretty much have control over the last town they resided in. Even during shots of The sheriff trying to rally up a riot against them, the Bandits felt to be "above the law".
this Medium Shot(angled downwards) portrays it almost literally. Big Sundance Looks down upon tiny little Sheriff off in the distance.
All of their heists have been pretty successful, Until E. H. Harriman Hire up a Special hitman Team to track them down. Even though they had a names, and they were Clearly human, They didn't really feel Human. They were portrayed only in the distance, and The view Never really get to see their faces.
They were the unstoppable force, The Terminators of the old west. I Felt That portraying them as non-human Super force Really did Make them Fiercer, Scarier, and it helps build the tense situation.
Just think about it. Most of the time, They are portrayed as a Galloping cloud of dust in the distance.... Always on your tracks... Never giving up.....
(long shot Showing The Hitman team's approach. The Dark setting helps put emphasis on the hit-men)
Which eventually Causes Them Flee to Bolivia. Where they Steal more stuff.
Where The color was dull and drab back in a America, the color's got a brighter hue, and much more vibrant while in Bolivia (probably to show Bolivia as a place of opportunity to the main characters.)
The movie was an excellent movie, and I would definitely Watch again another day.
It uses lots of pretty Modern Camera techniques, And scene portrayals That you still see to this day, along with a lot of cliches(such as montages) that people still love.
(ie: Long shots to show big Explosions)
Although the Ending Seems Pretty unlikely they won the fire fight, It Never Really showed Them dying either. So I believe after this fight, They went to Australia, And are currently robbing banks while riding kangaroos.
So Here's the price I would Give this movie:
A BAG OF BOLIVIAN GOLD COINS
(Assuming that it's all solid gold coins*)
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance kid have what makes a good movie: Good story, good camera work, good post editing. If someone watched this movie today, I'm pretty sure it would still hold up to today's films. (some might mistake it for a modern film that's trying to emulate older films!)
This Movie Is good at portraying emotions to the audience, And it should deserve many rewards.
(Edit: They did win a lot of rewards)
Sources:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butch_Cassidy_and_the_Sundance_Kid
-http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/42nd-winners.html
A Lot of the Pictures were pulled from a dvd copy of the movie.
dvd version: 20th century fox, 2006, widescreen Release
And The drawings were drawn by me Based from the screen shots.
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