12.3.09
One more on Midnight Cowboy
So today we finished Midnight Cowboy and to my own surprise I quite enjoyed the film. It held a certain power that drags you to the screen and you want to know whats going on at all times. If you miss a part or don't understand the symbolism, you can easily get lost. I personally got lost a first with all of the flashbacks and random images with Ratso in a phone booth after he ripped off Joe Buck. [Does Ratso have a first name? I feel like in the first scene where Joe meets Ratso at the bar and the waitress calls him Ratso and he rebukes that its Rizzo, his name was mentioned fully but I don't recall.] to be continued...
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Ratso's actual name was Enrico Rizzo, that why he kept telling Joe to call him Rico instead of Ratso.
ReplyDeleteI also felt a little lost in the beginning of the movie and wasn't sure if I liked it, but Dustin Hoffman's performance kept me going and I ended up liking it very much.
I wondered over how long it might have taken us to figure out that they were indeed flashbacks and not actual occurrences if Mr. Bennett had not informed us during the movie.
ReplyDeleteShiran, I agree completely about Dustin Hoffman's performance. It was absolutely spectacular. Even after we finished watching the movie, I still had a difficult time placing him in my head after I had originally remembered him from Meet the Fockers, which is much later in his career. It's sad when you think of all the wonderful actors that are simply lost and forgotten as the generations go by. But had I been alive when he was popular, I have no doubt that I would have admired him as an actor with more reverence than many present day A-listers.
Both Dustin Hoffman and Jon Voigt have basically fizzled out over the years. Dustin Hoffman recently starred in Mr Magorium's Wonder Emporium, which serves as a healthy substitute to taking acid, because it was so wacked out and zany and all other synonyms of the word. Voigt has become an ancillary actor who appears in the National Treasure franchise, Transoformers franchise, Baby Geniuses, and Bratz. They both gave good performances here, especially Hoffman, but evidently all good things must come to and end.
ReplyDeleteEh. Dustin Hoffman has been in some good stuff this past decade, like Stranger than Fiction and Last Chance Harvey and Perfume. Not really epic, great movies, but their better than most of the stuff I see nowadays and he's still a wonderful actor. He just doesn't get as many great roles and he did when he was in his 30s-40s, but that's to be expected I guess. He's still better than, like, Al Pacino, you know?
ReplyDeleteI strongly disagree with you there Shiran, I think Al Pacino is a much better actor than Hoffman and it's reflected in his career. Granted he may not be as versatile an actor (especially in his older years) but I think he tops Hoffman easily.
ReplyDeleteAl Pacino's one of my favorite actors! I didn't mean to insult his acting, I'm sorry if it came off that way. I meant that his choice in roles in the past decade or two has been disappointing considering how great of an actor he is, while Dustin Hoffman still somewhat tries to find versatile roles. They're both great actors either way, in my opinion.
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