Easy Rider

‘60s counterculture the movie. jack’s ol’ sermons are def prophetic. what new movement in motion pictures initiated with “bonnie and clyde” CEMENTED itself with this movie. i hope i don’t make myself seem pretentious when i say that i just don’t see movies being the way they are if it weren’t for this. new hollywood aside, this movie was an encapsulation of the time. sure, one could argue time hasn’t been kind to it, but one must still recognize that for the time, this movie was a statement. it held a message. it was a representation of the era’s youth culture. it holds a deep resonance that i believe would go on to spark encouragement for young audiences in 1969, and it definitely owns up to its legacy. it has an influence like no other motion picture. when a film marks a milestone in a big movement, either in or out of the movie business, you know you made something truly great.