Ive seriously tried my ass of to get in to this..but i cant. Its boring as hell and puts me to sleep evrytime. I LOVE Peckinpah, but what the hell was he thinking about with this. Who the hell finds Rodeo films entertaining. And slo-mo bulldozers!? He mustve been really letting the booze and drugs take control around this time.
Psychological drama about a down-on-his-luck rodeo horseman that returns to his hometown to see his folks. A rather quiet flick for Peckinpah but still interesting, especially for it's depiction of the rodeo competition and to top it all : Steve McQueen. Enough said.
This is a disappointing outing from Peckinpah and McQueen, despite the fact that it picks up emotional steam toward its conclusion. There is no reason to get attached to any of the characters until at least the last quarter of the film, and mainly only because McQueen's silence begins to grow on you. Also, Peckinpah's slow-motion, jump-cutting, cross-cutting style of direction just seems out of place in some sequences as this picture is one about ordinary life. It made me want to watch "The Wild Bunch" more than finish the rest of this film. Comparing this to "The Wild Bunch" would be a criminal offence though. I understand the lamentation and longing for the past that the picture frames, but the only interesting person to watch is McQueen.
Am I the only one to enjoy the irony behind the title of this movie?.... Come on!... Junior bonner?!... Wanna bet that the guy who had the idea for this title is somehow linked to the clergy?
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