Dog Day Afternoon

Dog Day Afternoon. I am almost positive that this movie wouldn't have been as successful if it didn't 'come out', (excuse the bad pun), during the hub of the gay revolution. I liked learning that it was based on a real story, I had seen it once before and was unaware of that. It appears that this film was really the first film about a 'hold up' situation. It seems as though it had paved the way for every hostage, hold up, bad-guy as a good guy movie that has come out since then. The film says something about the media, and it's not necessarily a good thing that is being said. But it seems that the director feels that the media is a necessary evil, the media was used to exploit the cops and the crowd. I liked how child-like Sal was, and how everyone had to constantly watch him, and keep him calm and happy. He got worked up over little things, child-like things, like the media saying he was a homosexual. He was really the complete opposite of Sonny, and a great plot-mover, as a character.