Chappy Watched
I've known some details about the history of Bonnie & Clyde but I have never watched any docos or movies on the pair.The story was really entertaining and has a pretty good cast. Bonnie was starting to annoy me towards the end, her need to be famous nearly getting them caught and getting people hurt.I found the end, where the car they were in is riddled with bullets and I mean RIDDLED, to be very over dramatic and almost like the scene in Predator where Arnie and his men are wasting half their ammo on an invisible enemy. It was a good watch but it won't be something I would probably watch again.
daydriver2010
I missed this mini-series when it was originally aired a couple of years ago and now just watched most of it on the History Channel. I can not recommend this program on this cable station at all for the reasons mentioned below.Sorry to say this but as a four-hour presentation it has what I believe to be nearly 90 minutes of commercials! Not just ads but AWFUL, long station breaks! I do not know who made the mini series or who broadcast it originally a couple of years ago. If it was an original HBO or Showtime production that would partially explain why it was so damn long on the History Channel.If it was made for premium pay cable then it should have stayed there and not have been cut to pieces by advertisers! I'm 62 years old and I've have already viewed two LIFETIMES of terrible prescription drug and car insurance commercials and resent having my intelligence so rudely insulted by advertisers. I do not need any help whatsoever in deciding what drugs to ask my doctor to prescribe OR who to pay to insure my damn car!Not to mention the constant self-promotion programming during breaks by The History Channel. I miss being able to record something like this on VCR and then later wear out the machine fast-forwarding the ads.
Hel_Bent
Having been seduced by her performance in The Borgias, I watched this purely because I spotted Holliday Grainger in the cast list. While she's no Lucrezia in this, she holds her own with a charismatic performance and believable accent. Emile as Clyde was a pleasant surprise; likable and authentic. However, liberties have clearly been taken with the interpretation of true events. Take it with a pinch of salt and enjoy it for what it is - an indulgent retelling of an iconic piece of American history which infuses fact with fiction for impact. There's eye candy aplenty with props and casting, and the music adds atmosphere. It's easy to get a sense of the period and it left me feeling vaguely nostalgic and inspired to find out more about the reality behind the story.
bob-larrance
This is a very pretty television drama. When you watch it you will see the greens just jump out of your screen! And, the actors are very pretty too. But you know, you can step outside right now to your yard and if you are lucky enough to have a blooming plant this time of the year you can hoist up your IPhone and shoot a picture of it and that will be pretty, too.Too bad, but your flower is insignificant compared to the first of it's species, kind of like this made-for-TV-movie.Note to the youngsters: Once upon a time Dunaway, Beatty and Penn made a movie that was an outrage versus any other crime movie that had ever been made. So many things about it, including the performances, the editing and the cinematography are so unique-first-time-ever I can't actually believe that I am really seeing this that there can't be any sequel. There can't be any retelling. There can't be this television thing.So, while I can give it a 5.5 rating I am more into wondering why it wss even made. Hurt and Hunter needed work? Same with Hirsch? Who knows, and more importantly who cares.