Trying to watch, it's horrible so far
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InherentlyYours — 11 years ago(March 08, 2015 04:05 PM)
' also asked if you needed to be a New Yorker as well. Gawd'
you know, now I see why you couldn't get into the film. You are not mature enough; your comment above shows that (with your "gawd" and asking if you need to be a New Yorker). No, I am from MASS and I liked the film. It's not about demographics. -
somesunnyday — 9 years ago(June 21, 2016 04:59 AM)
I also asked if you needed to be a New Yorker as well. Gawd
I'm a female from Melbourne Australia and think this is one of the greatest films of all time. You either fall in love with it or not. Simple. In danger of sounding like a wanker, it's a character study. You either get enveloped in the characters or not. I can't understand people who don't though -
catdaddyd — 11 years ago(March 08, 2015 04:11 PM)
I did finish the movie, but still didn't care for it. Avatar is the highest grossing movie of all time, I've watched it once and dont care to see it again. Now Shawshank, Gump, Pulp Fiction and a few others I can watched almost anytime.
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ThereWillBeBeer — 11 years ago(February 17, 2015 05:34 AM)
Around 8 years ago a 25 year old female co-worker and I were discussing movies and I asked her if she had seen MC. She had never heard of it. I brought the DVD (25th Anniversery edition) to work the next day for her to take home and watch. I asked her daily if she had watched it, and after a week or so she said that she started to watch it but got bored after about 10 minutes and didn't watch any more. Some time later, she told me that her older brother was at her place and had seen the DVD and decided to watch it, and later told her it was 'the most stupid movie he had ever seen.' I think this guy was 27 or 28. No hope for these kids these days.
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InherentlyYours — 11 years ago(March 08, 2015 04:23 PM)
'I think this guy was 27 or 28. No hope for these kids these days.'
and 28 isn't even a kid.
This 28 yr man may have been put off by the male bonding and characterization. Then again, when we were 20-28, did we feel the same indifference about the films that preceded us by 40 yrs also? Tough call. -
janet-conant — 11 years ago(March 16, 2015 05:12 PM)
It still remains one of the finest films about human loneliness. I mean you find yourself laughing at Hoffman's antics and then almost weeping as he tells Voight "I can't walk anymore." I think we should find someone under 30 who actually likes this film. Maybe it's because this was amazing stuff in 1969 when we watched. My son who saw parts of this at 15 still recalls it. Like when Joe sits at a table in a cafeteria and a drugged woman is moving a fake mouse on a boy's head.
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rick3262 — 10 years ago(April 18, 2015 07:33 AM)
It's just a product of its time, cutting edge at the time, controversial enough to receive an "X" rating. Think "French Connection" showed New York detectives and realism for the first time that are now echoed daily in any "Law and Order" episode. "Midnight Cowboy" plunged even further into the depths of despair in New York and created characters probably not seen at that time.
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StrandedinLaLaLand — 10 years ago(April 21, 2015 11:41 PM)
It's a product of the film's time. Much of it is simply outdated now. I finished the film and appreciated it (I'm 38 by the way). I rated it a 7. I grew up with this film hyped up for all hell. But, you know, I it's okay, but not the best of that era. The most memorable aspect of the film for me is the soundtrack. I can't get enough of it.
(But, I do love The Graduate.)
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darthleather2011 — 10 years ago(June 17, 2015 07:57 AM)
I don't get why people feel the need to come online and announce that they don't even have the patience/attention span to sit through an entire movie before complaining about it.
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