Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid - what is it about this????

[Taverner]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butch_Cassidy_and_the_Sundance_Kid

Seriously - I just rewatched this and man, they don't make movies like this anymore

And it's a shame!

This was a perfect American movie

[Tom_Foolery]

1. Agreed! One of the best ever! n/t

[Taverner]

2. Yes - exactly - n/t

[Rex]

3. They made movies of some substance

and not over-the-top sex and violent gore with no plotline in sight or horrible CGI 'candy cardboard' storylines with oversimplified stereotypes and always predictable endings.

[Liberal Veteran]

8. I only go see movies with giant blue people and sparkly vampires.

In migraine inducing 3-D!

[Rex]

16. HA!

I won't watch a new movie unless at least half the budget goes to big ugly CGI robots beating the crap out of builidngs and trees!

[OriginalGeek]

20. EFF those buildings and trees!

they had it comin'.


My co-worker and friend just got a new phone with a 3-d camera and he is so frustrated that I refuse to be impressed by it. I will go out of my way to not look at that crap in 3-d. I refuse to go to 3d movies too. lol. I will admit the tech in Avatar was kinda cool but overall I woulda rather watched Butch and Sundance too.

[Rex]

21. Me too, Butch and Sundance are a classic combo.

Megatron and Hobbits, not so much imo.

[Scuba]

4. One of my all time favorites....

... "You just keep thinking, Butch. That's what you're best at."

[hamsterjill]

22. My personal favorite:

Butch Cassidy: What's the matter with you? Sundance Kid: I can't swim. Butch Cassidy: Are you crazy? The fall will probably kill you. Sundance Kid: Oh, shit. ...

[unionworks]

5. The blues they send to meet me

...won't defeat me!

[Va Lefty]

6. James Caan was originally offered the role of Butch Cassidy

turned it down because "people don't go see Westerns anymore" Laughed about it years later. He also turned down the lead in Kramer vs. Kramer

[Brother Buzz]

7. You just keep thinking, Butch. That's what you're good at.

[Blue_Tires]

9. That movie is in the my top 10 of

"How the HELL did I wait so long before seeing this??"

[MiddleFingerMom]

10. I saw it in a theatre when it first came out and there was a LOUD collective male groan...

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... when Butch kicked the giant in the balls.
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That damned bicycle scene set to "Raindrops Keep Falling on my Head"?
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What the HELL were they thinking?!?!?
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[Lionel Mandrake]

11. A movie without a Mad parody is like a gunslinger without a bicycle.

[Grantuspeace]

18. I vividly remember reading that issue of Mad!

They were so good at lampooning (I know a different mag) all the block buster hits. I remember Jaws, Airport, Posideon Adventure, etc.

[JoePhilly]

24. Wasn't one of those called the Poopsidedown Adventure!!!!

[trof]

12. Newman and Redford were pals in real life.

They met for the first time on the set, and the chemistry between them showed in the flick.
And they loved practical jokes.

From A.E. Hochner's Newman bio "My Pal Paul Newman", which I highly recommend:

"Paul and Robert Redford had a collegial but prickly relationship as illustrated by their exchange of practical jokes. Redford fired the first salvo when, as a birthday present for Paul, he had a junkyard Porsche, sans wheels and fenders, put in Paul’s driveway with a big blue ribbon around it.

Paul showed me the pathetic Porsche and then described his plan of reprisal. He had engaged a compacting company to pick up the Porsche and turn it into a metal lump. Paul had located the real-estate agent who had brokered Redford’s Westport, Connecticut, house. In exchange for an autographed picture, the broker opened Redford’s front door for the compactors, who deposited the Porsche lump in the middle of Redford’s living room with Redford’s blue ribbon securely around it."
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2010/03/19/my-pal-paul-newman.html

[mysuzuki2]

13. Who are those guys?

Seriously, you know you're old when the movies you saw first run in the theater in college are now on Turner Classic Movies.

[nolabear]

14. Quintessential bromance.

Manly men doing manly things in a manly way. And though I like Robert Redford, damn they don't make 'em like Paul Newman any more.

[MilesColtrane]

15. A great screenwriter, a good director, and great actors...

Have you seen The Stepford Wives, All The President's Men, Marathon Man, The Princess Bride, or Misery?

Those were also screenplays by William Goldman.

[Taverner]

17. Well....

The Stepford Wives

OK

All The President's Men

Excellent

Marathon Man

Good

The Princess Bride

Very Good

Misery

OMG CAN'T SLEEP...ANNIE WILKES WILL KILL ME!!!

[Grantuspeace]

19. Hollywood doesn't have a clue.

Last year was a bad year at the box office. We have re-makes (Dirty Dancing) and comic book themes. With Superman and Spiderman already played out we are down to Green Hornet (or Lantern?). It is almost like they have run out of ideas, so they keep making Sandler films.

[riderinthestorm]

23. The Sting just arrived in my mailbox today from NetFlix. I love the combo of Redford and Newman

Can't wait to snuggle down and watch it tonight then I think I'll bump up Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid on the queue....

[LTR]

25. Best explosion ever!

When that train blew up and the wood flew everywhere, I just about jumped out of my seat!

No matter how many trillions of dollars guys like Michael Bay spend, he'll never top it!