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Yeah, now that it's been mentioned ,it's the best Costner performance can think of; I've thought he was overrated since he made the ever-so-subtle racist epic, "Dances withWolves" . It made a truck load of money, and that gave him the clout to make some quite dreadful films, with one good one: The Untouchables.
This latest spin on Bonnie & Clyde seemed a bit more honest in its portray of the pair of murderous psychos. The feeling of period is terrific.
It also managed to give an oblique look at the Texas Rangers as an organisation. I've long thought that in the early days at least, they were a band of vigilantes with badges, who often didn't bother with the nicety of taking a miscreant in for trial.
From what I could gather, FranK Hammer was a legend because he had killed over 50 men and was still alive.
We were very impressed--enjoyed every minute of that movie. Carefully crafted, great timing, hints underplayed, historically plausible--in other words, a movie for adults. We'll probably watch it again in a few days. Then I read the CNN review, and had to laugh. The reviewer was bored, and complained that
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you didn't get any closeups of Bonnie and Clyde.
Ha--that shows he'd misunderstood the entire angle of the movie. It wasn't a remake of Bonnie and Clyde...
I enjoyed the gritty realism the movie emanates, it felt like I was there. Woody Harrelson is a great actor who played a restrained role this time. The faithfulness to the period, plus effort to be real, earns it high marks.
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