Netflix: The Highwaymen

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I just finished watching “The Highwaymen” on Netflix about the hunt for Bonnie and Clyde.

As far as crime dramas go, I thought it was excellent. It has a good cast and seemed well produced.

Anyone else care to comment on this movie?
 
I watched it last week. I am a Kevin Costner fan. It was well produced.
It still shocks me how many thousands of
people showed up to their funerals.
For people interested in that time in history I would definitely recommend watching this one.
 
Who plays Bonnie and Clyde (or are they not main characters in the show?)?
 
I saw the trailer and intend to watch it. Glad to hear it’s good.
 
Yeah, I don’t get it either.
My only guess is that during the Depression, ordinary folks who lost their money through the banks took glee in seeing somebody else “stick it” to the bank.
 
I enjoyed it. Thanks for the suggestion. Kevin Costner is good, but I’ve always been a Woody Harrelson fan. I always have a easy time relating to almost all the characters he plays including this one (Maney).

I got a kick out of the wiretapping joke. Maney first learns about wiretapping in the 1930’s, and he is utterly amazed. He proceeds to spend the rest of the movie impressing young lawmen about his knowledge of wiretapping. Sounds like something I’d do.
 
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I liked it a lot. A little bit slow at times, but still entertaining.
 
I too liked it a lot. Very well done in my opinion. Rather disturbingly dark all the way around IMO. Certainly not what I normally watch these days. But it was good. Woody Harrelson was really good, as was Costner. Pretty much a two man movie.
 
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Harrelson was great in True Detective.
McConaughey was fantastic. That final scene…the allusion to John 1…
 
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I enjoyed Harrelson and McConaughey in True Detective too. It was kind of “dark” series, but it ended well, like you said. The ending was something like "You ask me, the light’s winning.” Yes it sounded like John 1.
 
I’d bet McConaughey is responsible for that final line. He’s pretty serious about his faith.
 
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Anyone else care to comment on this movie?
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I stayed up super late watching this last night. Excellent. Until now, I never knew Kevin Costner could act! (Says the girl who grew up with his lackluster performances in Robin Hood and The Bodyguard . . . ) But he and Harrelson were a fabulous duo!

I also get sick of Tinseltown romanticizing gangsters, so it was refreshing to see Bonnie and Clyde actually depicted for their brutality.
 
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I thought it was excellent! A few interesting tidbits…

The National Review review argues that the movie effectively rebuts the romanticized version presented in the 1967 Warren Beatty/Faye Dunaway version.

In an example that some people must inject politics into everything, one “critic” gave this movie the most moronic review I’ve ever seen on Rotten Tomatoes:

“In an age when there’s daily discourse on police brutality and mass shootings, the Highwaymen decides that now is the best time to tell the story of a couple of policemen who emptied 130 rounds into two twenty-somethings.”
 
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“In an age when there’s daily discourse on police brutality and mass shootings, the Highwaymen decides that now is the best time to tell the story of a couple of policemen who emptied 130 rounds into two twenty-somethings.”
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Wow… just… wow. It pains me to see how incapable people are making distinctions between incredibly different circumstances.
 
My dad and I love it. Especially since we live in Dallas. I love historical pieces that actually take the time to get as many details correct as possible. This is also one of the reasons why I love Mad Men, because of how accurately it portrays the 60s, even down to the brand of coffee they drink (at least according to my dad who grew up in the late 60s)
 
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