ReaderKenka Let's be realistic.

Glucedee It's hard to see any effort in the film. There's no comedy to speak of, no real drama and, worst of all.

Lollivan It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

Marva It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,

loisloon Typical Hollywood trash. Nothing clever, original or entertaining here. I feel sorry for anyone who paid money and wasted their time watching this. I am amazed that this movie made money. Further proof America is completely lacking in intelligence, culture, taste, and can be so easily entertained. Even sadder is the fact this probably made money in Europe. I can only imagine real Hell's Angels watching this farce. A short film of them watching this mess might actually be entertaining.

daviddaveinternational I own this movie on VHS. I collect "cheap biker movies" and this is one of the cheapest. The bikes are wild and vintage. Classic. Real "choppers" not Hondas with a Harley primary cover and such. It's not too bad until the party scene at Losers wake. Mr. Blues, Peter Fonda, apparently raped, is it Loser's old lady, but after he's done, he gets up...fully dressed. I mean 1% outlaw bikers at LEAST drop their drawers and take out their schlong if they are going to rape. Maybe it was a dry hump rape, I don't know. Heavenly's final comments are not what a President would say. When asked if he had anything to say over Loser's coffin, he simply says, "There's nothing to say." Not much of a caring, loving Prez! Then, when told, "Let's GO!" "There's nowhere to go..." You would think he would be deep, but he is shallow to the point of being...well, stupid! Also, Outlaw Bikers were not so clean cut. Just riding these chops is enough to show some grime and dirt. But, it's Peter Fonda and he didn't want to look filthy. He was almost a star and all. Maybe he should have used the name: "Peter Fondue". Worth watching just to see Derns great performance and the great bikes. Where's all the tattoos? Oh, Peter Fonda was sorely miscast for this and any other biker movie such as Easy Rider. He's about a convincing 1% outlaw biker as the late Mister Rogers.

jeremy3 The ideals of the 40s and 50s are collapsing in 1966. "Misfits" join biker gangs, because they are bored with society. This movie couldn't be made today. The swastika is fully displayed, not necessarily for "white supremacists", but as a message to the older generation that they may have fought in a war but the younger generation doesn't feel that it has anything to do with their realities.Peter Fonda stars as the leader of a biker gang, who is shrewd, but having trouble accepting the death of his best friend, Loser (Bruce Dern), whom he feels to blame for his death. However, as gang leader he can't show any doubt or weakness. In the end, he mourns for his friend in his own way. The movie was interesting, because it showed that a lot of people were "lost", and looking for anything to identify with and belong to that was different from what they were raised to. In the end, the movie is inconsistent. The bikers become totally out of control, and persecute a preacher for trying to say words at the funeral of Loser. Fonda's character basically shows that he is a coward by selling out to the mob over reason. Then, we are supposed to believe that he would rather go to jail than not bury his friend. 1966 was a very interesting time. It was probably the last time in American history anyone could react with pure angst and rage at what was happening. Today, people are too divide and too propagandized to really believe in anything real. It reminds me that the 1960s was probably the last time people could really be enraged and protest in a way that wasn't completely marred by self-interest, cynicism, and parochialism.What I liked best about this movie, being born after this film was made, is that these bikers were the original punk rockers but with more of a clear cause. The Dern character showed how sick the younger generation at the time was of these World War Two movies, which glorified the war and distorted the reality of World War Two. The younger generation was bored, jealous, and alienated by the Post War Years that they grew up in. Yes, the Baby Boomers were often spoiled, but also grew up in a conformist time when their parents just worked all the time. In the Depression, there were real challenges to survive. In the 50s it was still a time when racism was all around. Dern's character wears a Nazi helmet to the constirnation of a middle aged oil rig worker who was a WWII Vet. It as if Dern's character cannot explain why he is being this provocative, but it is apparent he is alienated. Some people may not like the provocativeness of this movie, but 1966 was a time when there was still honesty left. As time went by, the late 60s and onward, the reactions by younger people became harder to figure out and to follow. This movie does a good job explaining how many young people felt at the time.

kuciak At the beginning of the film, we are told that Hells Angels had participated in the making of the film. This is a surprise, as the film seems to be a denouncement of this kind of lifestyle. This was a surprise to me, as I was thinking that we would be rooting for the motorcycle people against "the man". Perhaps however, 1966, when the film was made, would be different from 1968.The first time we should realize that we should not be for Heavenly Blues (Peter Fonda) and his gang is when they attack some Mexican youths in a garage. Roger Coorman emphasizes the size differences between the two groups, the all white gang being much bigger than the Mexicans, with Heavenly Blues using racially derogatory comments towards the Mexicans. Later, one of his gang members will try to rape an African American nurse, with Heaveny Blues intervening not out of honorable reasons, but just to get the hell out of the hospital and not get caught.The police in the film are portrayed rather decently. In the hospital, the officer guarding the Loser (Played by Bruce Dern) is portrayed as a caring person, polite to the African American nurse, and concerned about the so called Sister of the Loser (Played by Nancy Sinatra). The police are never shown as being brutal authority figures, but just as people trying to keep things in a peaceful way.Bruce Derns name in the film (The loser) is apt for the whole group. They are in fact portrayed as losers. They're only goal In life is to ride free, and get stoned. They are shown to be able to be exploited by unscrupulous people, such as the Funeral arranger. When at the end the police are on the way, Nancy Sinatra tells Fonda's character, lets get away, He responds for the first time with any real sense of his own life, "there is no where to go". They all leave, but he continues to dig the grave for "The loser", he could be actually digging his own grave.It is during the church scene, where the audience will find these characters repugnant. You don't have to be religious to do so. At the end of the film, you are going to be rooting for the townspeople, watching the ridiculous funeral procession, to attack the motor cycle gang. Coorman bookends the film interesting here. At the beginning, we saw a young boy on a tricycle. At the end of the film, as I recall, it is a young boy who throws an object at the motor cycle gang in the cemetery.I happened to watch the film by chance, on one of those on demand free cable stations. I can't say I was totally entertained by the film. It seems somewhat dated now. But it did surprise me, and I would have to suggest that their was a message in the film, and a rather strong one.