EASY RIDER (DVD/SPECIAL EDITION/WS 1.85 ANAMORPHICThis box-office hit from 1969 is an important pioneer of the American independent cinema movement, and a generational touchstone to boot. Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper play hippie motorcyclists crossing the Southwest and encountering a crazy quilt of good and bad people. Jack Nicholson turns up in a significant role as an attorney who joins their quest for awhile and articulates society’s problem with freedom as Fonda’s and Hopper’s characters embody it. Hopper directed, essentially bringing the no-frills filmmaking methods of legendary, drive-in movie producer Roger Corman (The Little Shop of Horrors) to a serious feature for the mainstream. The film can’t help but look a bit dated now (a psychedelic sequence toward the end particularly doesn’t hold up well), but it retains its original power, sense of daring, and epochal impact. –Tom Keogh
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March 4, 2010
#1
From the bizarre editing to the lame dialogue, from the horrible sound track (before my time!) to the glorification of drug use–of which I definitely do not approve–I can easily say that “Easy Rider” is among the five WORST films I have ever seen in my life! The American Film Institute includes this bomb in its list of 100 greatest American films, so I thought I’d check it out. This film is so bad that I can’t even think of four other films to insult by including them in the same list. Sad to say, but by the end of the film, I was actually rooting for the rednecks–and wasn’t disappointed!
March 4, 2010
#2
This movie is offensive in the same way that any movie that is truly about hippies would have to be. What that meens is this movie does not consist of the typical slapstick hippie stereo type that we usually get in stupid cartoons. This shows hippies for what they are, degenerates, and at the same time it demonizes the south. For a hippie, this movie would seem to be a moral statement, but to me it just seems to show how awful people can be. Shame on hippies for being , lazy, pot smoking, anti-establishment degenerates. But shame on the south too, for being filled with such hatred. But while I’m sure there are some people in the south that would have no problem shooting hipppies on spot for no apparent reason other than that they looked funny, I can’t help but feel that the south were exagerated to certain extent. In conclusion though, this movie was enjoyable . I don’t know why, but it was. I guess its just a very amusing look into the late 60s (something thats usually sugarcoated)from the “other side” lol. i would like to rate it higher, but I just can’t bring myself to do it.
P.S. That hippie commune was kind of sad. The adults were running around actin irresponsible while the kids were just generally unhappy without any real parent figures.
March 4, 2010
#3
This is one of those wierd-ass sixties films where you would have had to have been there to really care.
The plot; two guys riding on a motorcyle. Well, whoopty-doodily-ding-dong……
March 4, 2010
#4
The only way this could possibly get a good review is if you smoked pot while watching!
March 4, 2010
#5
This film should be purchased to play in the background at parties. It is a strange fantasy film with some good music. Terrible acting and as far from reality as you could get. But for some reason I like the film.