"Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid"

Next in the Alphabetical Movie Project was "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid". We'd put this off for a while because JP said it was rather long. These days we only really have time to watch DVD's after work. However we then discovered that actually it's only an hour and a half, so we had time to watch it after work in the end.

"Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" is based on the true story  about Butch Cassidy and his partner in crime The Sundance Kid. They were 19th Century train and bank robbers famous in the American Wild West. They annoy one to many bank owners and find themselves being hunted. They decide to take Sundance's girlfriend and flee to Bolivia.

The classically gorgeous Paul Newman and Robert Redford star as the clever and charming duo. They just make you fall in love with them and want them to get away with everything. How can you not? Just look at those rugged good looks and charming smiles!

The story is very well written and well paced. It has the right amount of action along with quiet moments.

One thing I've noticed about these older movies compared to the more modern movies is that they don't rely so heavily on music to portray the emotion they would like you to be feeling. These days it would seem that music is used whenever there is a lull in the conversation, but not so in "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" and it makes for a nice change. The silence makes the conversation more meaningful. This is not to say that there is no music at all. There is a rather soppy scene between Sundance's girlfriend and Butch Cassidy riding around an orchard on a bicycle to the song "Raindrops keep falling on my head . . . "

This is classified as a Western, but it's a lot more fun than a typical 1960's made Western movie. It's definetly worth a watch. You'll also make your man very happy and earn some brownie points.

Next? The last B - "The Butterfly Effect". Then the C's. At last.