As always, whenever I am about to be shown a new movie I’ve never seen, I am always bitter and pouting, thinking ‘there is no way this will be better than MY favorite movies’. Rarely I am wrong (tough critic), but this time I will happily admit that I was. Midnight Cowboy was utterly incredible in every way possible. The best part, I think is Dustin Hoffman. He is really great all the time but he was especially good at playing Ratso (also he was quite attractive in his younger years, much more so than John Voight who I hear was quite the heartbreaker back in ‘69). Ratso is the kind of character who you get stuck to. Despite his seedy exploitations and being a total con man and thief he is likable (lovable, even). This could be due to a number of reasons; he is sickly and subsequently vulnerable, he is a con man so he has the power to trick others into seeing what he wants them to see, he is played by Dustin Hoffman (how could you not like any character played by him?). His character is so fully developed that the way he talks, facial expressions, how he dresses, and where he lives fit the image perfectly. The same goes for Joe Buck, the clothes, the naivete, the accent, the politeness.
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