{"id":387,"date":"2009-03-10T23:53:21","date_gmt":"2009-03-11T07:53:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alyssasatterwhite.wordpress.com\/?p=25"},"modified":"2009-04-29T16:04:51","modified_gmt":"2009-04-30T00:04:51","slug":"the-wild-bunch-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/span404\/2009\/03\/10\/the-wild-bunch-2\/","title":{"rendered":"The Wild Bunch"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"snap_preview\">\n<p>This movie really didn\u2019t sit well with me.\u00a0 It was full of violence, seemingly purely for the sake of violence.\u00a0 People were killed indiscriminantly, despite the allusion to groups such as the main one, the railroad group and the Mepache military.\u00a0 In the beginning we see children enjoying watching a scorpion die, engulfed in a million ants, and then light them on fire.\u00a0 We then see a bunch of gun-happy men on the roof of a building talking about who can shoot a particular person the best.\u00a0 We aren\u2019t told what the premise of the shooting is\u2026 it just begins and the entire town is involved, with women being trampled, children watching, etc.\u00a0 Then, a couple of guys see the dead people as a good thing, since they get their boots, etc. rather than realizing that a life was taken.\u00a0 I understand that one of the main characters shoots their comrade because he is in such bad shape and suffering, but there doesn\u2019t seem to be much real remorse, since they head on their way soon after.\u00a0 The same thing with Angel, they seem disturbed by watching Angel being drug around by Mepache, but then they accept the offer to go sleep with whores, saying \u2018they might as well\u2019.\u00a0 In short, I really didn\u2019t understand the movie.\u00a0 I am not all that familiar with Western films, but the level of violence in this film went above and beyond.\u00a0 It didn\u2019t even seem to matter that it took place in Mexico, the whole film just revolved around killing\u2026 they didn\u2019t appear to go to Mexico with any purpose\u2026 etc.\u00a0 It will be interesting to discuss this film and how it constructs Mexico on Thursday\u2026 personally, I had a hard time seeing past all the unnecessary violence.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/gocomments\/alyssasatterwhite.wordpress.com\/25\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/comments\/alyssasatterwhite.wordpress.com\/25\/\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/godelicious\/alyssasatterwhite.wordpress.com\/25\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/delicious\/alyssasatterwhite.wordpress.com\/25\/\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/gostumble\/alyssasatterwhite.wordpress.com\/25\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/stumble\/alyssasatterwhite.wordpress.com\/25\/\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" 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