Unforgiven ... a great movie if ever there was one!

Just watched it last night for the second time on my life. Man, a classic in the most honest form of the word. Acting, story; everything.

I'm sure more than a couple of you llike this movie. DacaZ has to, I'm sure.

Man...I really need to go rent this.

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Originally posted by Mman
Man...I really need to go rent this.

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Rent it? Screw that... get your ass out and buy the special edition DVD. It's only 19.99 at Best Buy and it's a must own. One of the best Westerns ever.

yes, a great movie.

Probably my favorite Clint Eastwood movie.

Er...yeah, buy, sure, why not...got any money I can borrow :P

Just borrow some from Kermit. No way is he getting that rabbit for free.

Agreed, this is a great movie. Clint's done alot of great movies, but this is one of his best. Just a really powerful story.

Also, be sure to check out the Special Edition of Tombstone, starring Kurt Russell and Val Kilmer.

Let me tell you, I hate Val Kilmer. He's only done 3 movies I like; The Doors, Heat and Tombstone. Of the three, Tombstone contains the finest acting he'll ever do. In Life. He outshines Kurt Russell, Bill Paxton, Sam Elliott, even Michael (Corporal Hicks) Biehn.

You've gotta see Tombstone, just for Val Kilmer. And it has some damn fine gunplay.

Unforgiven is still a better movie, and is a must own. But check out Tombstone as well.

I find myself defending this movie all the time, and I don't know why. I think it's one of his best films since The Good, The Bad and the Ugly.

Clint has faced a definite challenge in his career, going from an action hero to finding a place for himself where he could be credible in his old age. He did this partly by getting behind the camera and directing... White Hunter, Black Heart was one of his debut projects and a great movie, I think... but he's also managed to evolve this great intraspective, brooding motif about his newer movies.

I often look at Unforgiven as the bridge between the old Clint and the new. Unforgiven is a western, and it has a good deal of shooting, but it also eases him into his new on-screen personna wonderfully. It also has an interesting message... about killing, and some critics have seen it as a pseudo-apology for all the blood-stained celluloid he's thrown our way in the past. Personally, I don't think any apology is necessary, but it's an interesting idea nonetheless.

There are so many great moments in this movie, although I think the most powerful is when Clint and the "Scofield Kid" are standing up on the hill, right after they gunned down the people who cut up the whore. Clint takes a swig of the bottle, and realizes what he's started. That he's reverting back to his old ways... and then that wonderful line comes...

"It's a hell of a thing killing a man... you take away all he's got, and all he's ever gonna have."

'Bout time you replied, man. I knew you'd like the movie as your avatar just sorta implies that you're a Clint fan.

I sometimes forget this part of the board exists. :(