Liked this movie more than I was expecting. I assumed this was going to be more fast-paced, because of the theme, but I loved the chosen rhythm. The cinematography was beautiful.
PS: I'm pretty sure I've seen this before when I was a tweenie...
Terrence Malick's first feature, Badlands, already shows off his trademark ability to find the poetry in moments, places, and characters. Though only loosely based on a famous late 1950s killing spree perpetrated by teenage Bonnie and Clyde types, it's so rich in detail as to feel like Malick really is working off the girl's naive, lyrical impressions. I really don't know where reality stops and the movie begins, but what Malick seems to have seized upon is the real-life fact that Starkweather - here, Carruthers - was just the nicest guy... except for the wanton killing. Martin Sheen's portrayal manages to walk that tight rope, and in some ways, he's just as naive and innocent as Sissy Spacek's Holly Sargis (in real life, Caril Ann Fugate). This is a sweet romance, with many images that evoke drifting, following a current rather than following any true motivation, to see where it gets us. A sweet romance... but for the wanton killing. One of the musical cues in the film turns up some decades later in True Romance, which made me go, "ahh, I see what Tony Scott did there". A gorgeous, enigmatic picture about reckless youth, at the border between the western's outlaw hero tradition and the modern crime picture so important in '70s independent cinema.
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»Sir, I guess there’s just a meanness in this world«In my book.
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I just couldn't get past the girl's acting. She is awful.Skyscore
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For such a movie minimal working on the characters. Slightly overrated movie, can be watched for being the director's debut.newvague
I have never cared less about two main characters.BigAwesomeBLT
A great looking film but not much else there otherwise.clarafpicado
Liked this movie more than I was expecting. I assumed this was going to be more fast-paced, because of the theme, but I loved the chosen rhythm. The cinematography was beautiful.PS: I'm pretty sure I've seen this before when I was a tweenie...
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Terrence Malick's first feature, Badlands, already shows off his trademark ability to find the poetry in moments, places, and characters. Though only loosely based on a famous late 1950s killing spree perpetrated by teenage Bonnie and Clyde types, it's so rich in detail as to feel like Malick really is working off the girl's naive, lyrical impressions. I really don't know where reality stops and the movie begins, but what Malick seems to have seized upon is the real-life fact that Starkweather - here, Carruthers - was just the nicest guy... except for the wanton killing. Martin Sheen's portrayal manages to walk that tight rope, and in some ways, he's just as naive and innocent as Sissy Spacek's Holly Sargis (in real life, Caril Ann Fugate). This is a sweet romance, with many images that evoke drifting, following a current rather than following any true motivation, to see where it gets us. A sweet romance... but for the wanton killing. One of the musical cues in the film turns up some decades later in True Romance, which made me go, "ahh, I see what Tony Scott did there". A gorgeous, enigmatic picture about reckless youth, at the border between the western's outlaw hero tradition and the modern crime picture so important in '70s independent cinema.george4mon
very very good!!!Deus
Greatthyron
Like Bonnie & Clyde without the politics.MilenaFlaherty
Somehow this film became unchecked. A stunning film. Malick's first two films are both in my all-time favorites list.samfenn
Very interesting.ClassicLady
A love story for the wild teen in all of us. Great cinematography. Martin Sheen was so cute when he was young!mayumi
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