tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13372093.post7298473401609244963..comments2024-03-28T12:04:55.333-04:00Comments on my new plaid pants: Thursday's Ways Not To DieJason Adamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18254334131909339157noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13372093.post-12619494832841670302010-05-06T20:08:25.497-04:002010-05-06T20:08:25.497-04:00I'll second, third or whatever the consensus o...I'll second, third or whatever the consensus of the board - just because current film-makers can top this in terms of gory detail doesn't mean they know how to use it to make the same kind of impact. The way Bonnie can't fall forward, held up as she is by the impact of the bullets, really communicates getting shot as a physical, bodily experience to the audience. I feel shaken after watching it.Laikahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06440073181249211138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13372093.post-38917616658817738892010-05-06T18:17:02.726-04:002010-05-06T18:17:02.726-04:00Ballet is exactly the word. The kinetics of this ...Ballet is exactly the word. The kinetics of this scene just amaze me. Penn, the late, great Dede Allen and Beatty and Dunaway make this scene endlessly fascinating. So many details to fixate on. The way Dunaway's body falls in that totally unnatural position...Michael Shetinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04111501657467094312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13372093.post-20226653529554028132010-05-06T12:56:46.885-04:002010-05-06T12:56:46.885-04:00Oh Christ I meant Penn of course, GAH. I fixed it,...Oh Christ I meant Penn of course, GAH. I fixed it, I'm a moron. I wrote this up really quick just as I was heading out to lunch is my only excuse, and visions of pizza pies were dancing in my head and distracting me and I was confused. Forgive me!!!Jason Adamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18254334131909339157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13372093.post-7895509086473796792010-05-06T12:45:56.962-04:002010-05-06T12:45:56.962-04:00I'd contend that this scene still has the powe...I'd contend that this scene still has the power to shock contemporary audiences--I recently showed it to my brother (21 yrs. old) and it had a distinctly profound impact on him. I would think that the violence, though less graphic than its modern counterparts, can attain the same effect because of the audience's attachment to the characters (in most cases). The same can't be said for most characters you meet in, say, Saw VI.Joe Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08290373919018115443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13372093.post-80976558240819642302010-05-06T12:22:33.902-04:002010-05-06T12:22:33.902-04:00"Peckinpah"? JA, shame on you...
Person..."Peckinpah"? JA, shame on you...<br /><br />Personally, I love this ending because, and I'm a minority here, I hate the characters of Bonnie & Clyde. Just in the same way I couldn't watch Seinfeld until after the last episode (oh thank goodness, those horrible people are going to jail), I can only watch B&C with any enjoyment because I know these monsters are going to get what's coming to them.Ivanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16443946766217092846noreply@blogger.com