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Summary: Unlike any other western
Review: Unforgiven is one of the rare westerns in that it doesn't have somebody shooting at someone else every five minutes. Instead, Unforgiven takes time to tell its story and it saves the gunfighting until later. This movie has to be one of the most realistic westerns that have ever been made. It isn't like the westerns that come out today that have cowboys who look like they could be super-models, the movie actually tells and shows the viewer how the west really was, it was a struggle for suvival and it was a sad, ugly place. The movie is about how a town prostitute is cut-up by a cowboy and how the other prostitutes hire Clint Eastwood, Morgan Freeman, and Jaimz Woolvett to go and murder the two men who commited the crime. What follows is a look at the strong human emotion to be apprehensive at taking a person's life and the characteristic of some who have no emotion when it comes to taking a life. This deservedly won the Oscars it received.
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Summary: Unforgiven
Review: Clint Eastwood's "Unforgiven" is one of the darkest Westerns ever made. It is a rebuke to the old cinematic depictions of the West (including Eastwoods's early acting jobs) and a powerful examination of the effects of killing.
Eastwood plays William Munny, a hog farmer who used to be a cold, heartess murderer with "intemperate disposition". "I've probably killed just about every living thing that walked on this Earth," he says, and he's not proud of it. Throughout the whole film he insists that he isn't like that anymore. His late wife, a victim of smallpox, reformed him, and he now lives poorly with his two young children. Times aren't good for them, and when a young hotshot who calls himself the "Scofield Kid" rides up with news of a bounty, he sees it as a way out.
He recruits his old partner, played by Morgan Freeman, and the three go off to find and kill two cowboys who have cut up the face of a prostitute in a small town of Big Whiskey. The brutal sheriff of the town is played by Gene Hackman, who won an Oscar for this.
Munny and the Scofield Kid are complete contrasts--one a self-mythologizing young man, the other a worn down old man who lives with the burden of his violent past. By the end, they are still completely different from one another, but have practically switched places.
With "Unforgiven," Eastwood comments on many things, including glamorization of violence (as represented by a naive young biographer) and how the want for revenge surfaces when those you know are murdered. The blood-soaked ending of the film is an appropriate finish, as Munny's old ways resurface in shocking fashion. Those who regard this scene as a typical Eastwood "shoot-out" are missing the point--he is saying how hypocritical that childish term really is.
"Unforgiven" opens and closes with short statements that scroll across the screen, written in the fashion of an old Western novel. By the end, we realize how those novels mask the true, terrifying, brutal, and sad nature of that place in that time, and how that life really isn't like a novel--or, perhaps, a Western movie.
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Summary: Simply the BEST western ever made!
Review: A lot has already been written about this movie. I'll simply add that although it draggs slightly in the middle, this is simply the best western ever made, and Eastwood's best picture ever. A must have.
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Summary: Simply the Best
Review: I grew up the son of a man who adored Westerns. Nothing in my father's personality seemed to jive with Westerns, but he loved them. I was caught in the grip of this passion, and became a fanatic lover of the Western genre. I can't think of a Western I haven't seen. After seeing "Unforgiven" for the first time, I was staggered by the quality of the movie. I have seen it numerous times now and have come to the conclusion that it is the greatest Western movie of all time. The visual quality, the script,and the acting come together to make a superior movie. No one should miss this movie.
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Summary: Interesting Western.
Review: I'm a pretty big fan of Clint Eastwood, hence I had to buy this DVD. Clint does a great job acting and directing this gem, although some viewers may be marred by its apparent slowness. Unforgiven is unlike many of Clint's other westerns in that it explores the pain and anguish of death, and the audience is also exposed. Younger and squemish viewers may not find the violoence appropriate, but it certainly is vital to the theme of the picture. For those who are interested in Eastwood's action (as seen in Dirty Harry et al), the ending with the big "shoot out," where he declares he'll hunt down and kill any man's family, friends, and dog, if he tries to kill him may please, but overall the film is very melancholy, and certainly oscar material.
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Summary: Eastwood's best Western, he went out on top !
Review: This film is Eastwood's best Western. This is so because the film is very realistic. The gunfighting is believable (as opposed to The Good, The Bad and The Ugly were Eastwood managed to shoot a rope from 1,000 yards away), the acting is superb, and the writing is excellent as well. The film is a little gruesome, a "man's movie" so to speak, but I found it very entertaining. As well as having awesome gunfights and some blood and gore the film had a little comedy relief at times. Eastwood, Hackman, and Freeman did an excellent job acting in the film. I would recommend it to anyones DVD collection as a great Western.
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Summary: Unforgiven review
Review: I watched this movie in my anylysis of media class and enjoyed it. I"ve never seen a full western movie, but this one made me want to watch more. It had all the aspects of a typical western. The climax was the shooting seen in the saloon where Munney(Eastwood) defeats all the gunmen. Unforgiven overturned the genre of the western in this cowboy movie.
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Summary: Unworthy
Review: For some reason the Academy felt that a "Lifetime Achievement" award for Clint Eastwood was not sufficient, so they gave this horrible movie a "Best Picture" award. Watch this before you ever consider buying it ! ! !
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Summary: "It's a helluva thing killin' a man"
Review: This is a remarkable film. I admit that I am not a huge fan of westerns, but this is not your average western. Eastwood does an excellent job of redefining this genre and proves himself to be a terrific director. The acting is also exceptional. I particularly enjoy Gene Hackman's "Little Bill," and Richard Harris' "English Bob" performances. In no small part due to the acting, the characters in this film envoke a great deal of emotion, and I found myself relating to the inner struggles that each of the bounty hunters face (each of whom respond in different, yet certainly identifiable ways). The DVD doesn't include a great deal of extras, but without a doubt this film is a must to own. You'll watch it again and again.
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Summary: great modern Western
Review: Clint Eastwood's only Oscar is his greatest achievment since "Dirty Harry". this is perhaps the finest Western in cinema history - and it's not from the 60's. released in 1992, it won 4 Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Director (Eastwood), Supporting Actor, and Film Editing.
Eastwood is William Munny, a retired gunfighter who accpets a job to kill two men who raped a prostitute. Morgan Freeman is Ned Logan, his old partner who accompanies Munny and young killer Scofield Kid to the small town of Big Whiskey, where the targets are hiding.
Richard Harris gives a small but memorable performance as a cocky, over-confident shooter who thinks he can out-fox the law. but the best performance may be Gene Hackman, who portrays Little Bill, the town's corrupt sherrif who rules the area with an iron fist.
Munny and friends do succeed in slaying the two rapiers, but not before Little Bill captures and kills Ned. an outraged Munny and the Schofield Kid eventually pay Little Bill a visit. the last sequence is bone-shattering.
all the actors in here are good, but Hackman's Oscar-winning performace is believable and ice cold. this is one movie that is destined to become a classic.
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