Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid Man, do I love the way the movie opens?
Absolutely!!!
The movie frame filtered with the single twilight color and Paul Newman walking into the bank. I immediately assumed that it is going to be a great movie experience. I loved Paul Newman and Robert Redford in the movie, the chemistry between them is awesome, especially when the secrets of either of them are revealed to the other. However the two fail to parallel what was there between Eastwood, Van Cleef and Eli Wallach in ‘The good, the bad and the ugly’. As I mentioned, the movie starts brilliantly but some way between the story line makes you think about the relentlessly extending chase sequence by the police. To be said, the movie is about their flight and finally their fall but it might get into your nerves. Katharine Ross looks beautiful in the movie but does not have much to do as the movie revolves totally around the male protagonists. Both of them are great but for me the best ever performance in any western genre movie would be Eli Wallach as Tuco; no words to describe his brilliance; wickedness is so visible in his face that I doubt if anyone other than him could have portrayed ‘the ugly’ better than he did.
Director George Roy Hill has done a fairly good job for a good script. It is the events in the movie and the actors who make the movie enjoyable. For instance the scene where they learn Spanish to rob the bank made me smile. In fact there are many instances which will make you laugh. Specifically the incidences with the Woodcock did give me a good loud laugh. Overall I should say that it is indeed an enjoyable movie given that you don’t get sick of somewhat slow pace of the movie. If you are used to western movies like ‘The magnificent seven’, ‘For a few dollars more’, ‘A fistful of dollars’ etc it is recommended that you watch this movie. It has the elements of western genre movies with some tinge of comic.My Rating: 8.50/10.00
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