One of my least enjoyable viewings of it.

For some reason I found a lot of elements just rubbing me the wrong way this time. I don't know if the color grading changes (which I previously hadn't cared too much about in regards to this film) made a difference this time, but so much about the film felt horribly dated and off to me (Dramatic entrance- beat, beat, beat- Star delivers big, audience reaction catch phrase. Sooo 80's.)

I used to love the film, but last night all I could see were the plot cheats and a ton of rings false moments (Newt's PTSD adorably clears up in a refreshing relative jiffy). May be time to finally pack this one away for quite a while (even though it's already been almost 7 years since I last watched it).

This one surprised me. I wasn't very impressed when I first saw it on DVD 15 years ago. But in the middle of Trumplandia now, the setting of depression era lost men (and women) having to navigate around thuggish authorities who are more about protecting the oligarchy over the public interest, seemed to have quite a bit more immediacy and relevance than I ever imagined it would.

Unfortunately I was dog tired and couldn't keep my eyes open for a good bit of it. I expect I'll be watching it again sooner rather than later.

For a Scorcese effort, it's very much rough around the edges, but Hershey and Carradine have enough natural charisma to keep your attention (if you're not running on fumes, that is).