Bonnie and Clyde is an exciting movie about two unlikely partners. Bonnie first meets Clyde when she catches him eyeballing her mother’s car. She confronts him and he plays it off stating that he was just looking to buy a new car. This subtle response shows how Clyde is a sly fellow and can talk his way out of sticky situations. This first meeting tells us a lot about Clyde and his personality. Bonnie starts walking with Clyde and trying to figure out what his deal is. He seems to love saying that he cut off his two toes in prison to get off work detail. He repeats it a few times throughout the film. As Bonnie and Clyde are talking it seems like Bonnie thinks he’s full of himself and doesn’t really believe much of what he is saying. Clyde precedes to rob a store to prove a point and Bonnie runs off with him in his car. One odd thing about the film to me was Clyde’s relationship with Bonnie. They were obviously in love, but Clyde would often reject Bonnie’s sexual moves on him. The scene where they drove off after their first “heist” is a great example. Bonnie was trying to make out with Clyde and he was telling her to slow down and stop. Then he explained how he “isn’t much of a ladies’ man”. This was odd to me because he was clearly charming her and trying to impress her and then doesn’t want to do anything sexual with her.
After the first robbery, Bonnie was hooked and wanted to enjoy an exciting life of mischief and crime with Clyde. When they come across C.W. Moss, it seems like they are shopping for a new member to add to their “Barrow Gang”. Moss seems like a goofy, gullible kid. Another interesting thing to me was how Clyde actually cared about some people, even the people he was robbing. When he robbed that grocery store and the butcher tried killing him with the cleaver he seemed shocked. He was asking Bonnie why that guy was trying to kill him when he clearly just robbed his store. It was like in his mind he was saying that he wasn’t actually a bad person. Another instance was at that farmhouse that the bankers owned. He shot up the sign and let the farmers who’s farm it had been shoot the windows. It seemed that from this point on in the film, Clyde had a vendetta against banks.
Jump to later in the film when Bonnie, Clyde and Moss meet Clyde’s brother Buck and his wife. Clyde seems very close with his brother. When we find out that Buck had broken out of jail, we knew that the “Barrow Gang” was about to get two new members. The gang goes to a house in Missouri which they had paid for to hideout in for a while. The police eventually show up and things get very intense. They kill a few cops and get away. Buck’s wife Blanche was freaking out the whole time and screaming at the top of her lungs. We find out pretty quickly that Bonnie hates everything about Blanche. Also, now that they have killed a couple of people there is no way they can stop running. As the robbery and crime continue, things keep getting more and more intense for the gang. It becomes obvious that they most likely won’t make it out of this mess alive. Throughout all of this, Clyde is the main person holding the group together and defusing fights and arguments.
The gang eventually finds themselves in a small hotel. Bonnie starts sassing Blanche again and she starts yelling at Bonnie. Clearly a lot of tension. Clyde once again defuses the situation bye having Blanche go get chicken and ice cream with C.W. Moss. At the store, a bystander spots a gun and tips off the police. Blanche and C.W. get back to the hotel and an insane amount of cops show up. They also have an armored vehicle. A firefight commences and explosives are thrown at the cops. Buck gets shot in the head but is still alive and Blanche gets hit in the eye with class from the window or something. They somehow make it out alive but are then attacked the next morning in the field where they stayed. Buck and Blanche are left behind and Clyde gets shot in the arm, Bonnie gets shot in the shoulder when they are wading through a river. Eventually, they go to C.W.’s house and we meet his dad. He acts very hospitable but is actually pissed at C.W. for running with them(and getting his ridiculous tattoo). His dad makes a deal with the police to save C.W. from being killed. While C.W. goes into town with Bonnie and Clyde, he stays in the hardware store and smiles as Bonnie and Clyde drive back to his house because they were spooked from the police. As they are driving back and sharing an apple, they spot C.W.’s dad fixing his truck. Clyde gets out and sees C.W.’s dad dive and crawl under the truck. The police hose down Bonnie and Clyde in an overwhelming and gruesome manner. The End.
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