Saw The Wild Bunch today (8/22) as part of the continuing Robert Ryan retrospective at Film Forum. It's a famous movie, right? Ari and I had definitely heard of the title before. And it got a starred review in TimeOut, so I figured it'd be a safe bet.
Unfortunately, this movie did not hold up so well for me (or Ari). Unless we were missing something. 134 minutes long...lots of shoot outs with lots of ridiculously red fake blood, and lots of people behaving badly. I can only guess perhaps this film was reflective of the uncertain times, with the government, the bounty hunters, and the outlaws all looking pretty bad all the way through. Not really any protagonist to relate to.
So... let's see. 2.5/4 stars.
