The Wild One
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Movie Reviews of The Wild One
Movie Review: Beautiful Brando
Summary: 5 Stars
I can forgive any of the flaws in this film just for the presence of the inimitable Brando, in his prime. He is gorgous, so tough and yet tender, so bad and yet terribly sweet. No wonder women all over the world fell in love with him.
The story is good, apparently based on a true event. The cinematography is good---I loved the scene where Brando and Mary Murphy as Kathy ride out of town on his bike. Their relationship is perfectly told...it's very realistic, not overly romanticized. She is very good, too, as the sweet girl who feels trapped in her small town life and naturally falls in love with bad boy who represents freedom to her. She's smart, too, and sees through his act, even as she falls for him. The final scene where he shyly gives her the stolen trophy is perfect.
Yes, obviously it's dated but it very aptly shows the ethos of the time. And look what it set in motion: I live in a town where guys still come, dressed in black leather on their bikes, pretending to be tough--over fifty years after this film was made. The glamorous myth of freedom-through-Harleys lives on.
Lee Marvin was hilarious as a rival gang leader. Mary Murphy was wonderful. What ever happened to her?
I definitely recommend this film.
Movie Review: irritatable
Summary: 5 Stars
after reading the reviews of other viewers i had to respond. both marlon brando and lee marvin were great but to cut into it saying it came short of reality or truly portraying it, think when this film was made. im sure in the twenty first century the movie would be very different. anyone thats read hunter thompsons 'hells angels' or has other knowledge of bike gangs knows too well of its truth-inspired influences of hollister. but in 1953 film makers as well as anyone else including the literary crowd had its limits even if limitary. i think alot of those who reviewed it did so forgetting this fact. no its not the best film made but for what its worth it was a great performance by both marvin and brando and served as a pretty entertaining picture on all fronts. i believe this was the intention of the director. it doesnt claim anywhere to be a documentary or anything close so dont interpret it as so. i got the feeling from reading the reviews that the viewers were taking this picture into comparison with contemporary films which it is certainly not one nor is it as one review suggested a film to be viewed for those in a "classic film phase". its beyond that. perhaps im out of line but these are my thoughts at the moment.Movie Review: SUPERB !!! RIVITING 50'S BIKER FILM !!!
Summary: 5 Stars
I strongly disagree with the previous negative reviews of "The Wild One".
I suppose if films were made during the pre-Victorian era, we would have reviews bashing them because most (any?) of the current reviewers did not live during those times and are unlikely to understand the dialog from those times!!!
I do agree the dialog will seem a bit "corny" when viewed in 2007, however
having lived through the 1950's, "Hipsters" or "Beatniks" were some of the only "cool" people around and they DID speak this way!
Please don't confuse this film with the actual "corny" "B" sci-fi junk films released in the 50"s
This film is the definitive landmark biker film of the 1950's era.
As high tech as possible using 50's tech.
Superb costumes, music, acting, dialog, editing!! Supreme crisp black & white filming!!
If you are a collector of biker/cult films, as I am, you collection IS NOT complete WITHOUT this movie!!!
Movie Review: Cute Bikes and Cute Kids in 1950's Inland California
Summary: 5 Stars
Contrary to what is seen in the "clips", the film does contain
The Best Line in Film.
The old guy asks Brando "Where are you kids going, anyway?"
Brando: "You don't go anywhere, dad. You just go."
A lot of the film may appear quaint in a world where images of extreme violence, and unchecked self-interest are pervasive - I haven't seen it in well, something like 40 years. I remember it as being a bit dated even in the 60's. But, as a social document, I have a hard time believing that the gulf between what one reviewer here calls "the cast of the Blob" (a good and probably literally accurate ascription) or "Middle America" (as in What's Wrong with Kansas? or Schwarzeneggerville? - Hollister, CA, et al.) and those who seek the "open road", beats, bikers, and other souls who are able to recognize the source human freedom, is any closer to being bridged than it was back in those good ol' days, when we were more innocent and no less benighted.
Movie Review: Social Engineering To Increase Box Office
Summary: 5 Stars
While it's true that the film was not intended to be a documentary, and therefore not to be taken as an historical account of the Hollister '47 events, it did, for the sake of box office, exaggerate and distort the facts, at least in all "objective" reports I've read. LIFE magazine did, as well, while purporting to be on a higher intellectual plane than the movies.There's nothing at all wrong with Hollywood glamorization, it happens all the time, and it should, but the problem comes in when the viewer fails to make the distinction between Hollywood hype and reality.
And that is exactly what happened with "The Wild One." The public, by and large, believed that Hollister came down like the movie depicted, and the public image of an "Outlaw" biker persists to this day.
If you're looking for an actual event that defined the Hunter S. Thompson Outlaw Biker, look at the 1969 Rolling Stones concert.