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The Something Awful Forums > The Finer Arts > Cinema Discusso > June Movie of the Month: The Wild Bunch
 
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Aug 21, 2002

Un malheur ne vient jamais seul.
I just watched this film for the first time and I have to say that I really liked it.

Personally, I absolutely loved the buildup to the final battle, with the snare drum pounding against the traditional mariachi music. You could feel that the protagonists knew what they planned to walk into.

TrixRabbi posted:

I have this theory that the extras are more important characters than the main gang. I feel like Peckinpah has a lot of sympathy for these innocent people constantly caught in the crossfire of these ruthless men.
The film strikes me as almost pacifistic in its message, since the beginning and ending shootouts have the rapic-fire cuts, but half of them involve the horrified reactions of women and children caught in the crossfire. I've never seen any of Peckinpah's imitators shine a light on the collateral damage like he did.

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