I don’t know that there’s ever been a more accidental classic than this. Or, more like “cultural milestone by default.”
The truth is they were just very lucky. I could have just as well been another movie that defined the generation – but it went to this one.
A lot of it, though, is good. It’s the editing, really, that does it. And Hopper’s performance. He’s good. Peter Fonda, of course, is a joke, but Nicholson’s a bit of a joke, too.
Call me a snob, but I much prefer The Last Movie, but I’m not gonna’ crap all over this. It may be projection of all our parts, but there is something special about this movie, man.
