Easy Rider
Why in the name of Jeff is this movie considered a classic? It is slow, boring and the characters are only moderately likable. Nothing really happens and (SPOILER ALERT) when our main characters are murdered in the end it is simultaneously out of the blue, and not at all surprising, it carries no real meaning, and you kind of really don't care, because they were hard to identify with anyway.
Sure, it has something to say. The 1960's counterculture biker guy was a free spirit, and in the deep south they see that as something to be feared and hated.
Okay, so what?
I will say that Jack Nicholson's small role is great, but it's Jack, isn't it? There's no small roles where he's concerned. And the crazy-as-hell montage when they drop acid near the end is what I've always imagined acid must be like. That was fun.
But why why why would you want to make sequals/prequals out of this? There are no unanswered questions. I couldn't care less what kind of families these guys grew up in, or what wars they fought in. And, by the way, even if you haven't heard of them yet, the movie is being franchised. I should know, I'm in the prequal.
Why?
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