Unforgiven

Pros: Direction, Eastwood, Hackman, Freeman, Harris, Script, Supporting Cast

Cons: None

The Bottom Line: Actor/Director Clint Eastwood provides a film experience equal to the best of John Ford or Sam Peckinpah. Nuff said!

Review: "It's a hell of a thing to kill a man. You take away everything he's got, and everything he's ever going to have." William Munny Hollywood has produced many Westerns; a few have crossed the line from entertainment to greatness. ...

Pros: Great writing by David Peoples; good directing and acting by Eastwood and cast.

Cons: May be too violent for some viewers

The Bottom Line: Superb acting and nuanced screenplay by David Webb Peoples help Unforgiven rise to the top of Clint Eastwood's list of revenge-driven Westerns.

Review: There is no revenge as sweet as forgiveness - Josh Billings In many movies, particularly in the genres of drama, action/adventure, sci-fi, and even horror, the quest for - and futility of - personal justice or revenge is one of the themes ...

Pros: Literate script. Haunting atmosphere. Masterful performances.

Cons: Someone forgot to turn up the lights for the DVD transfer.

The Bottom Line: Clint Eastwood's moody film is a minor masterpiece which both deconstructs and eulogizes the western mythos.

Review: I was not needed on the set today; the director is filming some clearly inferior scenes with less important performers. I had the chance to see the rushes from the last few days in the editing room this morning. My big tap finale, Happy...

Pros: Harsh look at the highly-romanticized act of killing in the old West

Cons: May scare your kids

The Bottom Line: A western film that's intelligent and amazing? Yep.

Review: This is one of the most amazing films ever made, and is certainly one of the finest westerns. Rank it right up there with High Noon, Clint Eastwoods "Dollar" trilogy directed by Sergio Leone, John Wayne's best stuff or etc., etc.

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Pros: Very good direction, musical score, Gene Hackman's magnificent

Cons: A little slow in spots

The Bottom Line: Eastwood's Oscar winner is a masterpiece, as modern cinema and as an oater.  Brilliant, memorable filmmaking.

Review: Eastwood's brooding, violent western owes more to his early work with Sergio Leone than to the classic westerns made by the likes of John Ford. It's as if the Man With No Name got old and started a pig ranch with his two children. A film full of jarring ...

Pros: Strong characters and excellent performances

Cons: Cruel violence and uncomfortable situations

Review: This movie epitomizes the whole genre of westerns. This film is THE perfect western in my opinion. It is the story of William Munny (Clint Eastwood), a retired and reformed killer with two motherless children to raise on a hog farm in the wild and...

Pros: Masterfully put together, great acting

Cons: None

The Bottom Line: Essential Viewing, arguably one of the best movies and greatest westerns of all time. Clint Eastwood's finest directorial and acting work.

Review: Released in 1992, Unforgiven is essentially a movie of days gone by. Firstly, it’s a western made in the modern day era of action, sci-fi and special effects. It’s somewhat appropriate therefore that producer and director, Clint Eastwood ...

Pros: Direction, screenplay, and the entire cast.

Cons: None.

The Bottom Line: It's a classic.

Review: UNFORGIVEN, as many of you probably already know, is more than just another western. It’s an interesting movie because there is a nice parallel between its main character, William Munny, and the actor playing him, Clint Eastwood. Munny is an old, ...

Pros: A Haunting Script, Fantastic Performances All Around

Cons: A Little On The Long Side

The Bottom Line: If you ever thought westerns were too flat, Unforgiven will pleasantly surprise you.

Review: There is just something about westerns that has never really appealed to me. I don’t know if it’s the all-too-predictable storylines that they typically follow, or if I just don’t see very much depth in your typical “man with the white hat” good cowboy...

Pros: Simple, moving story; incredible performances; memorable characters; superb direction; it's simply a great film

Cons: Perhaps a tad slow at times? Oh, forget I mentioned it. Just watch it.

Review: First, let it be said that I am no aficionado of Western Films. I have never seen any of the old Eastwood spaghetti Westerns, nor any of his American genre films. I was never particularly interested in them.

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