Spoiler-filled thoughts while watching “Midnight Cowboy”

I can’t remember when we watched “Midnight Cowboy.” Sometime in 2013. I just found this in my Unscheduled Drafts, and I thought, “Hey, let’s just go ahead and make that a scheduled draft.”

midnight_cowboyBeware: This contains lots of spoilers.

  • That’s a sweet suitcase.

  • Jon Voigt really knows his way around a piece of gum.

  • Wait, so his whole plan from the start was to be a male prostitute. I thought he went to New York and things went bad and then he had to become a prostitute. This is a weird movie.

  • Listening to your transistor radio on the bus? Not cool, Joe Buck.

  • Me: This guy looks like a total creep.
    Rockford: What?! He’s just a guy who thinks he’s pretty great and has a plan.
    Me: Jon Voigt always looks like a creep.

  • This movie’s weird.

  • But at least there’s Nilsson.

  • I had no idea “I’m looking for the Statue of Liberty” was code. Also, tongues in ears are gross.

  • I love Dustin Hoffman. Joe Buck is a moron.
  • “I ain’t a real cowboy, but I sure am a stud!” This is a creepy creeperton of a movie.
  • That radio has unbelievable battery life.
  • Joe Buck is not a savvy businessman.
  • Fact: “The two items necessary to sustain life are sunshine and coconut milk.”

  • 4 thoughts on “Spoiler-filled thoughts while watching “Midnight Cowboy””

    1. This might have been a classic movie, but rarely do these type of movies hold up after 43 years! Kent and I rented French Connection years ago after seeing it listed on the top 100 Movies of all Time. Being that it had won a ton of academy awards we sat down to watch, preparing to be enthralled and impressed. We were neither. I thought it was boring and stupid, and I was especially let down by the “dramatic and ground breaking” car chase scene. Yawn. I don’t think you can view old movies without comparing it to the cinematic advances made by technology today. Midnight Cowboy was made in 1969. French Connection in 1971. Maybe it was just the 70’s. Ugh.

    2. Never watched the movie but I love Dustin Hoffman, the man can really act so I’m just going to say good bye and go look for this movie 🙂
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