Gene Hackman didn't want to do the film. He was tired of being typecast in violent roles. Eastwood asked him to reconsider, telling him that the script was about the effects of violence rather than the thrill. Hackman won best supporting actor for the role.

@dallesamllhals9161

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah! L. Bill was 'nice' ..when house...porch 'n all!!

@ariochiv

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, and the Oscar was well-deserved. Hackman made Little Bill both terrifying and compelling.

@Vlasko60

2 жыл бұрын

It wouldn't be the same without Hackman. He is unique. Thanks for the insight.

@jmolony31

2 жыл бұрын

I was going to make this same comment. This and Grand Torino take the archetypal characters that Clint made famous and turned them upside down.

@Vlasko60

2 жыл бұрын

@@jmolony31 Yes, both characters were more human and more humane.

"Well he should have armed himself, if he's gonna decorate his saloon with my friend." So many great lines in this movie. One of the best westerns ever made.

@reneerocha1796

3 ай бұрын

Great line, Yes!!

@spiveym

3 ай бұрын

THE best western ever made!

My favorite small detail in this movie is that through the entire film, any time someone asks Will a question, he always answers it with something like "Maybe," "I guess," "I reckon," etc. But then at the end, at the last moment with Little Bill, when Little Bill says, "I'll see you in hell, William Munney," there is absolutely no equivocation whatsoever with his answer, when he just says "Yeah" before firing that last shot. He expresses some doubt over literally everything else, but on whether or not he's damned? He has no doubts whatsoever.

@grinningchicken

2 жыл бұрын

Did you notice his horses color. I never thought about it until he was leaving the town

@darrensmith6408

2 жыл бұрын

@@grinningchicken You see Clint on a pale horse? Go the other way!

@OgreProgrammer

2 жыл бұрын

Mine are the little jokes(from the audience's perspective) that don't hardly get a laugh, swamped immediately by the gravity of the situation, like "Letters and such?" Little details that nevertheless colour the world; the gunfighters are not learned men, and don't have world views much bigger than their lives.

@willesnille

2 жыл бұрын

Love this movie but never noticed. Thanks for that observation.

@pancakebreakfast3188

2 жыл бұрын

Will was indecisive because he was suffering from hypogonadism due to years of alcohol abuse, which led to testicular damage. Later on, Will was more decisive with his answers because he was back to drinking whiskey. Alcohol increases dopamine, and dopamine increases testosterone.

"Deserves got nothing to do with it" "we all got it coming kid" "it's a hell of a thing taking a man's life you take all he's got and all he's ever going to have". The quotes in this movie are legendary.

@cjwright79

10 ай бұрын

written by David Webb Peoples, also responsible for the re-write, the second revision, on the legendary Blade Runner. Considering these have pretty much the finest dialog, most authentic back-and-forths in any movie, in any catalog, I gotta hand it to him and say he's the finest screenwriter to ever sit at a typewriter in Hollywood.

@30noir

7 ай бұрын

deserve's*

@Astronurd

Ай бұрын

​@@30noirWhat? Deserve is?? It's deserves!

"It's a hell of a thing killing a man, you take away all he's got... And all he's ever gonna have." -One of the greatest lines ever written. Gives me chills every time.

@YoureMrLebowski

2 жыл бұрын

Chills every time

@vpreggie

2 жыл бұрын

I get goosebumps when William Munny says, “We all got it coming, kid.” And even more so when in response to “You just killed an unarmed man.” He says “Well he shoulda armed himself if he’s gunna decorate his saloon with my friend.”

@jimmykarlsson2567

2 жыл бұрын

@@vpreggie "whos the fella who owns this shithole " One of the most badass movies of all time

@jasonme3557

2 жыл бұрын

Yea it is.

@gabrielplattes6253

2 жыл бұрын

@@jimmykarlsson2567 Totes! It is the line I remember foremost. ✌😄

I've seen Unforgiven about 25, or 30 times, but never get tired of it. Classic Eastwood.

@PaulSchober

2 жыл бұрын

Me too. My favorite western.

@MrRondonmon

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, its a great movie, but not the kind of Western she should have started off with. I think "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance" with James Stewart and the Duke or even Cat Ballou would have been a better choice, I don't think Maverick as it was made was really a western, it is, but it isn't if you know what I mean. Unforgiven is a little to harsh to start down the trail. Josey Wales would have been better. The Mag. 7 etc. I love Unforgiven, but my wife hates it. But then again I love every Clint movie, LOL.

@fredfredburger5150

2 жыл бұрын

It's been over 30 years since I first saw this movie. Seems like every decade I watch it there's a different story being told.

@etpelle72

2 жыл бұрын

The scene at the tree was incredible.

@calchambers605

2 жыл бұрын

@@MrRondonmon You're absolutely right. At the intro when she said she's never watched a Clint Eastwood film but has seen his son in stuff... I instantly realized that it wasn't going to be a great experience for her. I think... McLintock (which has weird spelling that I had to google) or El Dorado or Rio Bravo would have been a good start. The fun westerns with a happy ending. That being said, The Outlaw Josey Wales is hands down my favorite western ever. Magnificent Seven is 2nd. Not the new one. It was ok. But Steve and Yul were better.

Unforgiven is, imo, the greatest western made (and there is some serious contenders for sure). I remember reading Eastwood waited 10 years to make the film so that he could be nearer the age of his character. Absolute classic movie, with an amazing cast and performances.

@billr3724

Жыл бұрын

It might be Eastwood’s best western. Another western contender is “High Noon” starring Gary Cooper. Like “Unforgiven”, it’s a slow building movie where the tension escalates towards the big shootout at the end. Cooper is excellent in it.

@cheezemonkeyeater

Жыл бұрын

There's a reason why Westerns declined after this. It's hard for a genre to keep going once you've made the perfect film.

@rollomaughfling380

Жыл бұрын

". . . when I got (the script for) "Unforgiven" in the early '80s I put it in a drawer for 10 years, I'd done a bunch of Westerns, I thought I should do some other things first. Then 10 years later I picked it up and re-read it and it felt fresh." David Webb Peoples had written it off as a failure. What Clint did (which is remarkable) was make the film without changing a single line from People's original screenplay, which almost never happens in filmmaking.

@yeomantrader9505

Жыл бұрын

@@billr3724 High Noon doesn't hold a candle to Unforgiven. Cooper doesn't hold a candle to the Duke. He is a 1960s coward. There is only contrast.

@cjwright79

10 ай бұрын

​​@@billr3724y'all seen Pale Rider? highest grossing western of the eighties, and in my view the only one that deserves to be mentioned in the same breath as Unforgiven. Also starring Clint Eastwood, this time as a preacher.

"The sheriff was like this really mean man, but he wanted to build a porch." I freaking died. I love your commentary, it's precious.

@theevilascotcompany9255

11 ай бұрын

It was going to be an evil porch though.

@MaineLandReviews

9 ай бұрын

She's got a big heart you can tell lol bless her

@OgreProgrammer

Ай бұрын

@@theevilascotcompany9255 What porch isn't, really?

Unforgiven is the "anti-western", the end of the genres. The film is brilliant, it spends it's whole long run time telling you the myth of the gun slinger and of William Money in particular, meanwhile it spends that whole run time showing you that it's all fiction, that there is no glory in that, that it's uglier then the stories make out, that it isn't brave and noble, it's horrible and mean. We see William as a washed up recovering drunk, in mourning, hardly able to look after his kids, bad at farming, hardly able to ride a horse, suffering from PTSD and he can't even shoot straight. He is so obviously not the guy they're mythologizing from the past. But that last scene, when the camera pulls back and you see his shotgun... William Money is every inch the monster they made him out to be, and he isn't the good guy that rides off on his white steed into the sun set (although he is on a white steed), he is terrifying and ruthless, not a hero. I really love this film.

@yaimavol

2 жыл бұрын

Yep, there were no real gunfights in the streets to see who was the fastest draw. That was all invented by Hollywood, and it really is interesting how obsessed they were with Westerns in the 50's.

@sup9542

2 жыл бұрын

It was so easy to shoot people in the old Westerns, but Unforgiven changes that perception, shows how ugly and complicated it is.

@grf73tube

2 жыл бұрын

Perfect description! I loved this movie from the first time I saw it, back in the early 90’s, but I could never put into words exactly why, in order to tell others why they should watch it. It always seemed to me that most westerns up until this one, were a bit cartoonish in the way they depicted the characters and story.

@yaimavol

2 жыл бұрын

@@sup9542 We are not made to kill each other, which is why war is so unnatural and really forced on us by elites. Let Putin and Biden fight over Ukraine. Leave us out of it

@73jefft

2 жыл бұрын

Very well said

"You just shot an unarmed man!" "Well he should've armed himself." I love that scene so much.

@averagesavage4728

2 жыл бұрын

Little Bill Daggett: Well, sir, you are a cowardly son of a bitch! You just shot an unarmed man! Will Munny: Well, he should have armed himself if he's going to decorate his saloon with my friend. Greatest scene in cinema history imo. Most iconic dialog ever and quotable. "Who's the fella owns this shit hole? You fat man. Speak up." LittleBill: I'll see you in hell William Munny. Will: Yeah.

This movie, in my opinion, contains a highly realistic analysis of an actual gun fight, when Little Bill discusses the merits of being a successful gunfighter with W.W. Beauchamp at the jail… and it perfectly translated to the climax and ending scene where William Munny was calm, cool, and collected with a bottle of Whiskey running through his veins during the end gunfight. His opponents, including Little Bill, were not calm, rushed their shots and missed, and they all paid for it dearly.

@jmweed1861

2 жыл бұрын

That is totally correct, I do living history at Tombstone and it is not the fastest who can draw, but the steadiness nerves. And be0 able to actually kill another person, as that young kid found out.

@TheReaper236

Жыл бұрын

Slow is smooth, smooth is fast.

@sonofvideo4696

Жыл бұрын

@@TheReaper236 this

I saw this movie in the theatre when it was released. I had no idea what I was in for. The theatre was SOOO quiet after that final scene, it was magical the impact it had on everyone. This movie just gets better and better with age.

@jollyjohnthepirate3168

11 ай бұрын

I agree. I saw this in theatrical release. It was a hard film to watch but the ending was horrific. The audience just sat there in stunned silence. They foreshadowed the ending when Bill said in his delirium that he saw the angle of death. He was the angle of death in the end.

Clint Eastwood, Morgan Freeman, Richard Harris, and Gene Hackman: tough to beat a cast of legends.

@cobbler88

2 жыл бұрын

Michael Cera, Brie Larson, Chris Evans, Aubrey Plaza, Anna Kendrick, Mary Elizabeth Winstead. Kieran Culkin, Brandon Routh, Jason Schwartzman. Check. Mate. Just fucking with you. :)

@stvdagger8074

2 жыл бұрын

@@cobbler88 Scott Pilgrim fan?

@cobbler88

2 жыл бұрын

@@stvdagger8074 There are just some movies that just kind of stumbled into having eveyone in them. Only a few of them were really well known at the time, although almost none would have been unknown.

@windandcloudshadow158

2 жыл бұрын

@@cobbler88 You are hilarious XD.

@joshythehand2960

2 жыл бұрын

Hackman stole the movie. One of his best performances.. although seen as the antagonist.. in reality the sheriff was right. Doing what he thought was right in a tough world. The first cowboy killed did nothing.. nothing. All he did was give the ladies his best horse. He never hurt a girl..

You recognized the priest in Count of Monte Cristo as Dumbledore, but you missed him here as English Bob. Richard Harris was an amazing actor, RIP.

@mkward19

2 жыл бұрын

And Emperor from Gladiator

@cinemaniac78

2 жыл бұрын

Also, she will have seen him as Marcus Aurelius in Gladiator. To be honest, while I knew he was English Bob, I still had a slight doubt while watching and looked it up again to confirm as he looks and feels so different to those performances a decade later. Of course, that's also Arthur in Camelot (1967), and even though there are several other films I have seen him in, there are so many I have yet to see. He had quite a career!

@petersvillage7447

2 жыл бұрын

There's a lovely detail to his performance that may be lost on some non-UK viewers: when he's being kicked out of town, he's shouting in a recognisably lower-class accent, different to the fake-aristocratic voice he'd been using up to that point. One more layer of fraudulence to the man...

@cinemaniac78

2 жыл бұрын

@@petersvillage7447 Thanks for that information; I really do love how there are so many layers to quite a few characters in this film!

@etpelle72

2 жыл бұрын

He also had some of the greatest drunk stories with peter o’toole

Most underrated scene when one of the women is telling William what Ned said to the sheriff about all the stuff William did and Schofield kid started to see who he really was. One of the best westerns and Clint’s best performance

Tombstone is good, but The Unforgiven is in a class all its own. Untouchable masterpiece.

@stevem2323

9 ай бұрын

Different movies, both great tho, Unforgiven is in the class with the Searchers.

@just-a-fella3212

5 ай бұрын

Unforgiven is my favourite western because it is well made and so thought provoking, then True Grit (the second making), then Tombstone.

The fact that you didn't know who to root for is the point. The line "we all have it coming" and "deserves got nothing to do with it" sum up the fact that all of us have our faults, our dark places. It's a heavy movie for sure. If you want a fun western with clearer good and bad guys check out Silverado. I think you'd really like that one. Plus a young Kevin Costner is in it.

@vodengc520

2 жыл бұрын

And if she wants even MORE Western Costner, she can also check out Wyatt Earp.

@mgabbard

2 жыл бұрын

Yes - She will really like Silverado. Unforgiven is one of the best westerns ever.

@wolfofthewest8019

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, if there was one Western I could pick for Cassie to watch, it would be Silverado. It's one of the best introductions to the genre ever.

@crypastesomemore8348

2 жыл бұрын

The reason it is difficult to know who to root for is the film’s narrative, which makes you sympathize with the protagonist. If you analyze the plot and characters, Little Bill is more or less the good guy.

@pressman1788

2 жыл бұрын

Crossfire Trail with Tom Selleck is also a great western in my opinion.

This movie was the best slant on a Western I've ever seen. It's goal was to take away any glamour associated with being a gun fighter and show the realistic human side of it. Eastwood is amazing.

@Zenbuck2

2 жыл бұрын

It was really a deconstruction of classic westerns. It had been done before, with films that played with the old tropes such as High Noon in 1952, but none as explicitly as this film. The fact that Eastwood had been in the New Wave of westerns in the 60s and 70s meant that he was uniquely qualified to direct and star in Unforgiven.

@darthsaren6519

2 жыл бұрын

@@Zenbuck2 yep well said. And if you think about it his movie is probably much closer to reality than other westerns- glamour type.

@WrestlingErnestHemingway

2 жыл бұрын

HBO's Deadwood, all 3 seasons (not the movie) was probably the most realistic western ever imo. I think Unforgiven was made as a semi-tribute to John Wayne's opinion that Eastwood westerns portrayed violent murderous thugs.

Cassie about to start Unforgiven after watching Maverick: “I think we’re gonna have fun!” Me: “Oh no…”

Westerns are at their heart morality tales and Unforgiven takes that to the next level. The reality is that sometimes there is no clear right and wrong like there are is in most classic westerns.

"I didn't know who to root for." Exactly. This movie is about life. The vast majority of the real conflicts in life, there isn't a clear good guy or bad guy.

@4EyedAnimation

2 жыл бұрын

And the lack of glamour or honor in killing.

@tennseven999

2 жыл бұрын

Like when that kid says about the guy they killed, "he had it coming!" "We all have it coming, kid."

@crypastesomemore8348

2 жыл бұрын

The reason it is difficult to know who to root for is the film’s narrative, which makes you sympathize with the protagonist. If you analyze the plot and characters, Little Bill is more or less the good guy.

@MarcosElMalo2

2 жыл бұрын

The only good characters? The children, the girl that got cut up. Maybe Ned because he wasn’t able to go through with killing the cowboy after shooting the horse.

@cobbler88

2 жыл бұрын

It was pretty easy to know who to root for. And while people like to pretend that in the "vast majority" of conflicts there is a large grey area, that's not any more true than the idea that it's tough to know what the right thing to do is. It's almost always easy to know the right thing. Actually DOING it is the tough part. Most conflicts don't have a good or bad guy. They're just conflicts.

"Would you like a free one?" When I was young and saw this movie, that scene did not mean much to me. But watching that scene again, I almost cried, in that now I am older I feel I understand the sadness behind not being wanted anymore and the more I think about this movie, I feel more and more sorry for Delilah, not that I did not before for what happened to her. But in that everyone, even her friends no longer really cares what she thinks about or this or how she feels. The scene where she was offered a horse was also sad in that, perhaps she wanted something beautiful to be offered to her for what happened and not all this death. I just think the way she delivered her line and how sad and lonely the actress played that role, broke my heart.

@raelshark

2 жыл бұрын

She was really amazing. And even more heartbreaking to think how she probably didn't have any other options out there. It's a great point that even her friends/coworkers were wrapped up in the mystique of violent revenge.

@KevyNova

2 жыл бұрын

I always imagine that when she’s being offered the horse, she’s thinking about riding it in the open and feeling happy again but then her “friends” chase them away.

@gutz1981

2 жыл бұрын

@@raelshark There is a massive sadness for such a person. She most likely grew up poor and uneducated or perhaps even abandoned. Her "Last" option in what she did, is no longer the option it once was. I would like to think somehow, she was able to go find happiness. One could argue, that 1000 could have been better spent for this woman to be given to her directly to start a new life. Perhaps open a store or start a ranch. But instead, it went to a murder. This is such a sad movie the more I think about it.

@gutz1981

2 жыл бұрын

@@KevyNova True. I can imagine as a little girl she dreamed of one day owning such a lovely horse. It was definitely no replacement for what happened to her, but at least some joy should have come her way. I don't think she will ever come close to that sort of happiness again. This movie hurts. Well done to the actress. Wish she had a better career.

@PaulGuy

2 жыл бұрын

@@raelshark It's super smart, because it shows how everyone gets caught up in things around them. The other women wanted "revenge", but not for anything that happened to them. What they really wanted was punishment enough that no one would think about hurting THEM later. Little Bill and the brothel owner thought about the financial implications of it. No one bothered to think about the girl who actually got hurt, and what she wanted.

Unforgiven was nominated for 11 Oscars, won 4, including Best Picture. It's one of the few times the Academy got it right.

@wellington66440

18 күн бұрын

not one of the few. there are plenty of deserving movies that actually got it.

Clint Eastwood wrote the music played at the end of the movie. He wasn't planning on killing these people, but they killed his oldest friend Ned, and he went to the bottle, which was his demon. This is a powerful movie, and there are no heroes. The title says it all. You have a great channel, and your reactions are pure. You'll get 500k subscribers, i guarantee it.

This won the Oscar. A true classic. It was a movie clint purposely left for his last western to make us question who was the good guy or the bad guy. In real life the lines are blurred.

@drimastermaster1911

2 жыл бұрын

and who the ugly :-P

@stuartwait

2 жыл бұрын

All the cowboys characters he ever played rolled into one

The part where the kid starts crying realizing the reality of taking human life is one of my favorite parts of any movie. I've never seen any other movie capture that kind of realization as well.

@Johnny_Socko

2 жыл бұрын

In a movie with many brilliant scenes and passages, that is the one I think of the most. I honestly thought Jaimz Woolvett was going to have a huge career based on his performance in this movie. It takes a lot of skill to hold your own among a cast of legends like this.

@lauce3998

2 жыл бұрын

Idem. This is what makes it special about others.

@jameshitt3263

2 жыл бұрын

@@Johnny_Socko No kidding. Even if his career didn't take off, that was a performance even the most seasoned actor would be proud to make.

@WrestlingErnestHemingway

2 жыл бұрын

Jaimz Woolvett should have got an Academy Award for his acting of The 'Schofield Kid'. Outstanding acting.

This was the ultimate western. One of the best ever made and one of Clint Eastwood’s best. I saw it the first time 32 years ago when it came out and I still ponder its meaning. My favorite part of your review was when you said “he ain’t like that no more.”

This feels like the most realistic western I’ve ever seen. Killing is made to have a price attached. The fear and regret are palpable. My second favorite western is True Grit, with John Wayne if course! A true classic 👍🏼

@GUNNER67akaKelt

2 жыл бұрын

I like the sequel 'Rooster Cogburn' just a bit more.

@WrestlingErnestHemingway

2 жыл бұрын

HBO's Deadwood & Once Upon A Time IN The West are the most realistic also imo. The new "1883" Paramount+ show also is very realistic.

That scene in the salon by itself was better than most entire movies.

@SliderFury1

2 жыл бұрын

Correct.

@absolutezero6423

2 жыл бұрын

@@asperhes I think some places do both . Now if they had drinking and gambling I might think about getting a haircut there.

“I ain’t like you, Will.” Such a great scene, especially where you see the young woman get scared while describing Munny’s past, and simultaneously the kid learns how bad of a person Will was.

@whoyoukidding1

2 жыл бұрын

Same scene where the kid says "Well, I guess they had it coming". And Clint says "We all have it coming Kid".

@actionalex3611

2 жыл бұрын

@@whoyoukidding1 Hell of a thing, killing a man...

@mohammedashian8094

2 жыл бұрын

@@actionalex3611 take away all he’s got and all he’s ever gonna have

@BravoDox

Жыл бұрын

What I love is the subtext behind Munny being terrible at pig-farming and Little Bill being terrible at carpentry. The kid is right that he's not like Will. Will's a killer. He's great at it. But he's useless at everything else. These two men, Munny and Little Bill, are BOTH clearly killers to the point where no matter how they try, they don't really "fit" with normal law-abiding life.

Another great Western that a lot of people missed is "Open Range," from 2003. Despite having a top-notch cast, it somehow fell through the cracks and got lost. It has Robert Duvall (any time you have a western with Robert Duvall in it, you've won), and ya boy KEVIN COSTNER, and Annette Bening, and it's a great film. Check it out; you won't be sorry.

@rcreynolds6186

2 жыл бұрын

Well said. I love that movie.

@jimmypopt.v.3037

2 жыл бұрын

And the climatic shootout is incredibly good.

@Seven_Leaf

2 жыл бұрын

It's a great film, though I don't understand why they didn't have any scenes with barbed wire, if only for a nod to the subject matter, time period and significance. Perhaps they didn't want to overload the viewer with history, that while important, doesn't impact the pace of the story.

@WrestlingErnestHemingway

2 жыл бұрын

"There is worse things in life that eat at a man more than dying."

@cliftonahn6422

2 жыл бұрын

Loved "Open Range". I worked at a movie theatre here in Hawaii so I got free movies and saw this many times after work. Even that scene right before the final gunfight where Robert Duvall and Kevin Costner are eating that melted chocolate was fun to watch.

6:10 Yes, it was embellishing the story. One of the themes of the movie is how so much was embellished during that time. So many stories about the west and about cowboys were embellished and romanticized and made mythical when the truth was less so.

"well he should have armed himself if he's gonna decorate his saloon with my friend". I love that line, and I gotta admit that I completely agree. That's cold blooded revenge right there, which is basically what this movie was about imo.

@Databyter

2 жыл бұрын

"I am William Munny and I've done that and a lot worse" One of the best "breaking bad" lines ever. He has completely embraced his alternate ego at this point and he is not in a state of mind to be shamed by it.

@aldomeow

2 жыл бұрын

Deserve ain’t got nothin to do with it So many 😂

"he should have armed himself when he decided to decorate his saloon with my friend" the reason clint eastwood remains the most badass actor of all time

"The sheriff was this power hungry, mean guy, but he wanted to build a porch."

"He needs a bed. And some Tylenol" - best critique of a western ever

“An era can be said to end when its basic illusions are exhausted.” -Arthur Miller

@geeebuttersnap2433

2 жыл бұрын

So the superhero era should be coming up soon. At least I hope it is, I don’t think I could stand 50 years of it. The reason why westerns were made for so long is because they had better writing and were just simply better movies.

@corryjamieson3909

2 жыл бұрын

@@geeebuttersnap2433 with the way things are going, I say 1 more decade and then we're through.

"True Grit" (both versions) "Open Range" "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly" "Lonesome Dove" (mini-series)

@cluster_f1575

2 жыл бұрын

Never saw the original True Grit, but I loved the newer version with Jeff Bridges & Hailee Steinfeld. IIRC, I think that was her first film. I was particularly impressed with her outstanding performance given how young she was.

@spackle9999

2 жыл бұрын

@@cluster_f1575 It's completely worth it to watch the original True Grit. It's my second favorite western after Unforgiven. The strong female lead, the accurate dialect, and John Wayne's great performance. It's all great.

@Baneironhand

2 жыл бұрын

Buddy of mine has sworn violence on me if I bring up Jeff Bridges and Rooster Cogburn in the same sentence. I though the movie was fine personally. Open range is the best of the newer westerns imo.

@josephamoraz7990

2 жыл бұрын

Young guns 1 & 2

@telesquirt2007

2 жыл бұрын

I love the movie Open range, I would say it has one of the most realistic old west gun battles ever filmed.

After "Outlaw Josey Wales", this is my favorite Eastwood western. Also, it is my favorite Gene Hackman western. I have watched many music and comedy reactions from many different people, but this was my first movie reaction video. You made this movie feel like I did the first time seeing it when it came out. Thank you!

@robwilkes8436

Жыл бұрын

Josie Wales, Unforgiven, and John Wayne's "Big Jake" are my favorite three. Richard Boone as the leader of the bad guys had a great line. "Mister, I seen something in your eyes I didn't like. I saw a foolish thought. So let me be clear: if anything goes wrong--- anything at all--- my fault, your fault, nobody's fault--- my brother will blow that boy's head clean off. Do you understand me, mister?"

@topherbec7578

Жыл бұрын

@@robwilkes8436 and when John Wayne repeats the line back to him is classic.

@aklimar2208

Жыл бұрын

“Where’s the money, daddy?”

My favorite line in this movie was "It's a hell of a thing, killing a man. You take away everything he's got, and everything he was ever gonna have." Brilliant line, reminds me of being in family court.

Clint Eastwood sat on this project for almost 20 years so he would be old enough to play William Munny. This is one of my favorite movies, because it's so complex. I like how the Schofield Kid is in a way like William Munny, both try to be something they're not. William tries to convince himself he's good now and cured of all the wickedness, but by the end we see the capability and will to commit extreme acts of violence is still there. The Kid is brash and tries to give impression of cold blooded killer, when in truth he's not. Also, I love how this is a deconstruction of the Wild West gunslinger myth. William isn't some proud outlaw who does what he wants. Instead he's a traumatized alcoholic murderer filled with shame and regret of the horrible things he's done, now trying to make amends.

@cobbler88

2 жыл бұрын

I really don't see that. I can play the piano. If I don't do so for the next 10 years, it doesn't mean I'm engaging in some sort of charade that I can't play piano or that that capability is being hidden. I'm just choosing a different path - no pretending necessary.

@Kurdinov83

2 жыл бұрын

@@cobbler88 Of course, cause playing the piano and being a murderer are THE SAME

@cobbler88

2 жыл бұрын

@@Kurdinov83 No gift for consuming analogy, eh? Maybe you should re-read what I wrote until you actually understand it. Hell, I even basically explained it. I'm sure you're not one of those logic/reading-comprehension challenged people who says that if someone doesn't want to wear a facemask they hate old people, or if they want voter ID it's because they're racist, right?

@Kurdinov83

2 жыл бұрын

@@cobbler88 Big brain energy right there! Why don't you try and re-read what PotatoBob wrote... He's not talking about skills, he's talking about the man's heart. At his core Munny knows he's wicked and all he can do is try and hide it. Go and play the piano all you want, or don't, won't change the fact of you being who you are

@cobbler88

2 жыл бұрын

​@@Kurdinov83 Hey, if you insist on not understanding what I was writing about, that's on you. Maybe you tried and are simply not capable. Pity that. But maybe it's true. Maybe you'll still - deep down inside - still be ignorant in your later years despite any efforts to better or enlighten yourself. After all, we're working from a foundation that people don't change, and that it makes perfect sense to use what motivated a person years in the past to explain the things he does next Tuesday. Take care.

This movie was the one that put to bed the idea of good guys and bad guys in the western genre. One you could watch that has a similar character is Open Range with Kevin Costner.

@sjdover69

2 жыл бұрын

But that has a love story and a good guy. Cassie would love it.

I'd imagine the Dollars trilogy has been recommended. At the very least "The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly" is must watch (and can be watched independently of the others) as I'm sure many will attest. Very long movie but it takes one on a journey and has all the elements you're looking for emotionally Cassie :)

@TheAutumnWind_RN4L

2 жыл бұрын

That was my Dad's Intro to the Western genre, right there. I've been hooked ever since. But since she loved Maverick, she might like Terrence Hill in Trinity and Nobody, too.

@hiccup1dt102

2 жыл бұрын

Richard Harris happened to be watching one of those movies when Clint called to ask him if he wanted to be in Unforgiven. Harris thought Clint wasn't really on the phone and thought whoever took the call was messing with him.

@fluffylittlebear

2 жыл бұрын

The Outlaw Josey Wales is the best Clint Eastwood movie.

@GuyFawkes522

2 жыл бұрын

I'd say 'For a Few Dollars More' would be a must see as well.

@HotchkissJoe

2 жыл бұрын

"A fistful of dollars" (Clint Eastwood's first leading roll) and "For a few dollars more", as well as "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly" - Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef, and Eli Wallach respectively.

This film is great. I love many parts and aspects. It's not a fun movie, though. It's not meant to be liked, just experienced. It makes you think and feel, but thoughts that aren't fun and feelings that are to dark to be called good. Excellent film.

This movie had a happy ending. Little Bill didn't have to live with that crappy porch he would have built.

@E_y_a_l

2 жыл бұрын

Yea, it was a danger hazard, with such bad construction it was an accident waiting to happen.

@JimmyG1776

2 жыл бұрын

LOL

@desitterspace2127

2 жыл бұрын

Or the leaky roof!

I had forgotten how good Gene Hackman was in this film. He is a national treasure. Plus, gotta love Dumbledore in a western. Love your channel ✌️

@croftatron

2 жыл бұрын

Richard Harris (dumbledore) also starred in his own western in the 1970’s. The movie is ‘A man called Horse’ and it’s brilliant.

@doghousereilly3795

2 жыл бұрын

Hackman got his second oscar for this, The French Connection (1971) was his first.

@William_Sk

2 жыл бұрын

Richard Harris is so much more than Dumbledore.

@lanwyacaere9274

2 жыл бұрын

@@croftatron another grat western btw.

@Urugami45

2 жыл бұрын

He also played King Arthur

Ms. Popcorn is such a sweet person. William Munny is the hero of the story. He had a dark side. He got it under control and tried to put it behind him but, when he was put in a serious situation, his dark side proved to be alive and well. Even so, he was a good man who returned to his children and started a business with his reward money. He provided a good life for his children and learned his dark side did not have to define him.

Oh my dear Cassie.❤️ It is amazing how passionate who are in every movie you watch. You pay attention closely to all the details that I usually miss the first time I watch a movie. You convey so much emotion with sincerity. You truly are the best reactionist. (If reactionist is a word) 🌹 stay beautiful ❤️

"TOMBSTONE" KURT RUSSELLS RANT AT THE TRAIN STATION STILL GIVES ME GOOSEBUMPS EVERY TIME I WATCH THIS MOVIE!!

@TechnicalBard

2 жыл бұрын

And Hell's comin' with me!

@TeamBonestorm

2 жыл бұрын

I’ll be your huckleberry

@WrestlingErnestHemingway

2 жыл бұрын

Best Eastwood impression character EVER was Timothy Olyphant who played Seth Bullock in HBO's Deadwood. Spot on Eastwood.

@chrismaverick9828

Жыл бұрын

@@TechnicalBard "You Tell'em I'm comin'!!! And Hell's Comin' with me! You hear?... Hell's comin' with me!" Powerful transitional moment. The creek scene after was supposedly scripted to the testimony of those who lived (and survived) it. Wyatt Earp was a man not to be trifled with.

Every western _should_ be a little sad. Because at it's heart, the western is always about the end of an era. The old way fading into history while the new way is just coming over the horizon.

@Vlasko60

2 жыл бұрын

Interesting observation. The more realistic ones also show how difficult life was for average folks.

@William_Sk

2 жыл бұрын

Well put.

This is one of my all time favorites! Best western ever made IMHO. Love the way the characters are all very real and their flaws are laid out for the viewers. Anything Gene Hackman is in is a winner and Clint Eastwood has done nothing but get better with age.

29:46 “…said how you was really William Munny outta Missouri.” The instant she says who he “really is” is when the whiskey touches his lips. Absolutely brilliant.

When I saw this in the theater I was underwhelmed - meh. Then I watched it a few years later at home and it seemed like a different film. It's a beautiful piece, and so deep. It's arguably Eastwood's finest work. And it has one of the best, most meaningful lines in film history - "It's a Hell of a thing, killing a man....you take away all he's got, and all he's ever gonna have".

@lukebunny

2 жыл бұрын

Similar experience, I think I was too young to really appreciate it when it came out. Took a few years and more experience behind me to fully understand it. But once I did...yeah. "We've all got it coming."

@joelwillis2043

2 жыл бұрын

@@lukebunny You probably were amped up from Tombstone -- the Western for the adhd.

@Thane36425

2 жыл бұрын

I was old enough for that to get through when I saw it the first time. Even so, it seems like every time you watch it you notice some other nuance.

@jasonrogers5061

2 жыл бұрын

@@lukebunny My dad loved westerns and Unforgiven was one of his favourites. When he introduced it to me I didn't think much of it tbh, but I was in my mid teens then. Watched it randomly again in my early 20's and it blows me away how powerful it is. Probably my favourite film of all time now and sent me down a rabbit hole exploring Eastwood's work.

@NemeanLion-

2 жыл бұрын

I was underwhelmed in the theater until the ending. It’s an excellent film, but it’s certainly not everyone’s cup of tea.

The last 20 minutes of this movie is some of the best film making ever,I’ve memorized every word of Clint’s speech.Best western ever!!!

What I think is so powerful is the effect of love on the character of Will, and how throughout the drama he is the one whom keeps saying I'm not like that anymore, while everyone else is pretending to be bad men. The real truth is shown at the end when it is revealed that he is still the bad man, but love changed him. Changed when he met his wife, and changed again for the love of his children.

Unforgiven got *9* Academy Awards. After this movie there were several years where literally no one was making westerns anymore. Clint had remade the genre and it took a while before people could figure out how to make the next film. You said it "felt like the end of something." It was the end of the glorification of death in western movies for Clint Eastwood, and for the industry until pretty recently.

One of my all time favorite films. In my top 20. It's ironic because being that this is your first proper western, Unforgiven is seen as the last truly great film of the genre. They kind of died off after this masterpiece. There have been neo-westerns and various other genres that feel like westerns but nothing after 1992 could possible hold a candle to what Clint Eastwood managed to pull off here. I find it symbolic that the end credits are shown with such a beautiful sunset and that perfect arrangement playing. It felt like a chapter was closing in American cinema.

@apotato1228

2 жыл бұрын

I mean Tombstone came out in 1993.

@atticusmcfly

2 жыл бұрын

@@apotato1228 I've always been very 'ehh' with Tombstone.

@jsalvatori

2 жыл бұрын

@@apotato1228 And "The Quick and The Dead" in 1995

@apotato1228

2 жыл бұрын

@@atticusmcfly To be honest, I haven't actually seen Tombstone yet. I just know that a lot if people like that movie.

@TheTigersense

2 жыл бұрын

The 3:10 to Yuma remake was a good one to come after this. It also shares some of the same themes about the inner character of men.

“I've always been lucky when it comes to killin' folks.” Cassie, you kinda swept the two extremes for westerns. 😂

@SuprousOxide

2 жыл бұрын

Because like Bill was explaining with the Two-Gun guy, sometimes it comes down to luck.

@bobbychristensen8887

2 жыл бұрын

Now she needs to watch Rustler’s Rhapsody to get back on the other extreme

35:40 - Loved your reactions and then at the end when you imply you didn’t quite understand it because y’didn’t watch westerns before but then you hit us with the fact that it felt like the Wrap-Up of something bigger is SO right! I really feel this is, unofficially, the last chapter of “the man with no name“ and has to be the last original western movie to be made. After this one everything was, by necessity, variations on a previous theme or just various subplots woven into a film

@shadow7988

Жыл бұрын

This movie is definitely an unofficial epilogue to the man with no name. Every time they elude to stories about Munny's past, my mind always instantly jumps to scenes like the shootouts in A Fistful of Dollars, where he basically kills half a village through extremely dubious circumstances.

@BeesWaxMinder

Жыл бұрын

@@shadow7988 😉👍

Another great reaction really enjoyed it! To my mind, not knowing who to root for was the point that sunk in the most. Most westerns have a defined villain and then defined good guy but real life isn't like that. Everybody has a dark side and the real world lives in those gray areas. It's what we choose to do in our day-to-day lives that separates one from another...

I love this movie, but I feel it was a tad too soon for her to watch this. It's really the thoughts of the genre by a veteran of Westerns on both sides of the camera. The more older westerns you watch, the more you'll understand what Eastwood is trying to say.

@singlechristiancowboy

2 жыл бұрын

Well said.✝️🇺🇸🤠

@josephamoraz7990

2 жыл бұрын

This is exactly what I've been saying since day one. Actually bums me out she watched this so soon. This movie definitely would hit harder if she had watched a few others.

@BanyanTree1

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah and so much of it is commentary on the mythology of the Old West, which has clearly already ended. The men who survived it are old and spend their time telling exaggerated stories to biographers. I mean "The Man Who Killed Liberty Valance" did this topic 30 years previously but Unforgiven takes off all of the blinders. What a crazy introduction to the genre.

@DeltaAssaultGaming

2 жыл бұрын

What he’s trying to say is pretty much summed up by that scene with the writer and Little Bill explaining the real killing of Two Gun Corcoran by the Duck. “This is how it really was. There’s no romance in this.”

"Unforgiven" is, in my opinion, the greatest Western genre movie of all time. It had tremendous emotional depth.

@ewoe21

2 жыл бұрын

I agree.

@JPSE57

2 жыл бұрын

WAAAYYYYY better than Maverick!

@jackasswhiskyandpintobeans9344

2 жыл бұрын

How about "The Wild Bunch." 1969 Dir. Peckinpah.

@louky2228

2 жыл бұрын

This movie is near the top of my list, but everyone has their own opinion and mine is "Tombstone"! Val Kilmer was epic as doc holiday!!!

@joetursi9573

2 жыл бұрын

So true.

Just in regards to the horse scenes... Clint Eastwood used to frequently ride a white speckled horse in a lot of his movies, he was actually allergic to horses and over the years became more and more allergic (Yet still got on them). These scenes were a intentional throw back (a white speckled horse, "i used to be weak and mistreat animals, they're getting back at me"). This film was his bowing out of Cowboy films after a long absence.

This brings back a whole pile of memories. I spent 1 and a half months working with Clint and Morgan on this movie. Both of them were great to work with. Think about them quite often as we had some of the greatest talks. It was Clint that introduced me to sushi. Hilarious!

@aklimar2208

Жыл бұрын

What was your role in the film?

@RaymondDM

Жыл бұрын

@Aklimar220 I was a Park Officer at Dinosaur Provincial Park when they filmed there. Any film crew that came in to do any filming had to get a permit and have a Parks Officer with them at all times to make sure there was no negative impacts to the Park during filming. As I had worked in the industry in the early 70s as an animal handler on set, I had a good understanding of what they could and not do impact wise. When they finished at the park and moved to Nanton to film, I received a call from one of the Directors, that Clint wanted me on set at Little Whiskey. Was there for a week and had a very small part when they had the fist fight in the street under the wagon. Basically a glorified extra...but did make it in the movie, which was okay with me. It was cool getting direction from Clint himself. The other movie I was called on to be a part of was Legends of the Fall, but couldn't get the time off from the Park to go.

@aklimar2208

Жыл бұрын

@@RaymondDM Very cool. Thanks for sharing that

@RaymondDM

Жыл бұрын

@Aklimar220 your welcome ,no problem

Although this is one of the all time great westerns with a legendary cast, watching this as one of your western "introductions" is like watching act 3 of "Serenity" before starting "Firefly". One of my favorite moments is the foreshadowing when Bill Munny learns Ned was killed and grabs the whiskey bottle. That's the moment we know the demon has awoken.

@lapelcelery42

2 жыл бұрын

Being as it's a deconstruction of the classic western genre, it's almost like watching Spaceballs before Star Wars.

@XxXDestroyer

Жыл бұрын

What are some good Western introductions if you don't mind me asking? :)

@dunringill1747

Жыл бұрын

@@XxXDestroyer "Best Intro Western Movies" - That is an awesome question and there are honestly too many greats to argue for. Instead I'd like to try (and probably fail) to narrow it down to a single movie. There are far too many greats I've yet to see. I am no expert on Westerns. Normally, my answer would be dependent on how well I knew someone so I could take a guess at a movie that could really hook them on the genre. To only pick one movie when not knowing someone, I would go with "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance" - (1962) Directed by John Ford starring James Stewart, John Wayne, Vera Miles, & Lee Marvin. "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance" (TMWSLV) doesn't break the western tropes like "Unforgiven" does. Instead it has an indirect focus giving us an overview on the demise of American myths, honor, and heroism of the genre. It also gives us excellent character portrayals of imperfect people going through life rather than "idealistic heroes kicking ass" (which I also enjoy, BTW). To see this demise helps us understand the Western genre itself. TMWSLV may or may not be "the most Western of Western tropes" but I believe it is a must watch movie with something that everyone can appreciate, no matter what their preferred movie genre.

@dunringill1747

Жыл бұрын

@@lapelcelery42 That's for sure. Good analogy! +1 like.

@robwilkes8436

Жыл бұрын

@@XxXDestroyer Any John Wayne westerns are good. Stagecoach, Rio Bravo, True Grit, Big Jake--- any of them will do as a starting point. John Wayne was the Clint Eastwood of the previous generation. He symbolized America to most foreigners for many decades. He still does for many over 60 years old.

Wait, you guys made her watch Unforgiven as her second western ever? What the heck is wrong with you guys? This should have been 20 movies down the road.

@hannaro

2 жыл бұрын

Haha, truth. Make her watch like Rio Bravo or sonething first.

@corryjamieson3909

2 жыл бұрын

I want her to watch the Dollars trilogy.

@lapelcelery42

2 жыл бұрын

Now she never has to watch another one

@richardmcelheney6430

2 жыл бұрын

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid!

@DeltaAssaultGaming

2 жыл бұрын

It’s like making someone read The Dark Knight Returns before they’ve read any Batman comics.

This movie will always be special to me. It is the only movie I ever watched with my dad. I still remember it all perfectly; it was a cinema night. My mom and sister went to go watch something else and my dad and I had resigned ourselves to watching some mediocre show when I spotted the Unforlgiven poster obscurely peeking out behind another; the movie was alternating showtimes with another movie. I pointed it out to my dad and he managed to get the tickets changed. East London, 1992.

Clint Eastwood is one of the greatest talents in the entertainment industry and this movie is a shining example. Clint not only starred in the movie (which allegedly is his sequel to 1976's "The Outlaw Josey Wales") but also directed, and co-wrote the soundtrack with his son Kyle (co-starred with his dad in a few movies most notably 1982's "Honkytonk Man").

What you said at the end was spot on. A lot of westerns glorify the idea of a "gunslinger" like it would be fun to be one. And Clint Eastwood stared in a lot of the most famous ones. Then he came along with Unforgiven to show it wasn't glamorous at all. It was messy, and ugly, and killing a man was a horrific thing that was hard to move on from. So in that sense Unforgiven is better to watch after having seen some of the more classic westerns. But it is a fantastic movie and you got the main point it was trying to make. Thanks for the awesome reaction as usual.

@bisseefamily9698

2 жыл бұрын

Plus the gorgeous Alberta landscapes as the backdrop to all the messy and ugly, great contradiction. Cassie, it was filmed out by Longview AB in the foothills.

"Deserve's got nothin' to do with it." As Garth Ennis once said, Clint Eastwood as the Angel of Death. Tragic, terrifying, invincible.

Most western movies are good vs evil. Like "Tombstone" or "Silverado" and "The Outlaw Josey Wales". However Eastwood wanted a darker story line in this one. He made a great movie.

"You called down the thunder, well now you got it"! -Wyatt Earp in Tombstone.

You asked what a "drover" was, in the scene where Munny asks Ned if he remembers "that drover I shot; the teeth came out the back of his head." A drover was (and still is) someone who moves cattle or sheep from one place to another, such as on a cattle drive. On such drives, there are specific positions in relation to the herd that the cowboys take up. Essentially "drover" could be just another way of saying "cowboy," but it's inclusive of those who raise and move sheep in herds as well.

@jimmypopt.v.3037

2 жыл бұрын

Good to know, i always presumed he meant a "cattle rustler". Being English and a huge fan of westerns, i love the genre`s vernacular.

@bad-people6510

Жыл бұрын

@@jimmypopt.v.3037 Eastwood spent 8 seasons playing one on Rawhide.

“This is such a mess!” Truer words were never spoken about a film! It’s so scary how vengeance can soon spin completely out of control.

@stingtail9787

2 жыл бұрын

I know right? Ugly scene at my local 7-11 a bearclaw shortage.A .Brawl occurred horrific I tells you.Yes pastry can cause a man to kill.

@cobbler88

2 жыл бұрын

How did vengeance spin out of control? He killed the people who earned it, plus a little self defense peppered in there, and spared a good number of people, allowing them to leave. Then he went home.

Both, they're both in awe of a man that lived up to the hype and in absolute terror of a man that lived up to the hype!

1880s..."he needs a bed and some Tylenol..." I'm cryin' here...

Lonesome Dove should be your next western. Amazing characters! Its the "Firefly" of the western genre.

@bradarmintor

2 жыл бұрын

I couldn't agree more!!! What a series!!

@marthapackard8649

2 жыл бұрын

It's excellent but a substantial commitment for someone who don't really enjoy the genre ...yet. Give her a chance to break in, lol.

@mikemclaughlin3306

2 жыл бұрын

Ooof...... no. A western soap opera. Hard pass...... she needs to watch high noon, or hang em high, or fist full of dollars.

@dalegribble49

2 жыл бұрын

Its must see without a doubt its an epic.

@paulp9274

2 жыл бұрын

Firefly is the Firefly of the western genre 🙂

Don't worry Cassie, this movie caused many people to have mixed emotions. But I think it shows how real life is, how everyone has good and evil in them. Hollywood often shows characters as either totally and always good, or always evil, and that's not what real life is

@twalters8

2 жыл бұрын

Stop watching movies to merely make you feel good. Watch great movies to teach you something about real life. Just as great literature does. I almost had to stop watching because of your naive interpretations.

@4everhealthwellness344

2 жыл бұрын

@@twalters8 are you referring to me or Cassie when you said to watch movies for more than just entertainment? I agree it's good to extract a message or moral of the story from a film. Sometimes it's ok to just be entertained though don't you think? My point was how people expect movies to be clear cut black and white when it comes to the characters being good or evil. I could tell the blurred lines of the characters morality was making our dear Cassie uncomfortable

@cobbler88

2 жыл бұрын

How could anyone have mixed emotions about this one? I'm seeing this a lot and it's just baffling.

@4everhealthwellness344

2 жыл бұрын

@@cobbler88 because Little Bill shows elements of maintaining law and order yet is brutal and sadistic, and Will Munny is a good man now but is out doing a bad thing being a hired assassin, as I said it shows many characters being good and evil and that is contrary to most movie characters especially Westerns. I am sympathetic to Clint Eastwood's character but for a new viewer it's easy for them to feel conflicted

@cobbler88

2 жыл бұрын

@@4everhealthwellness344 What we saw of Little Bill was that he was a sadistic bully who only seemed concerned with his own stranglehold on power - not necessarily order. Concentration camps were orderly as well. Not that it was unusual, but just about the only law he actually was interested in enforcing was the one making sure no one could stand up to him with a firearm. There was no good really demonstrated in the man. And Munny was hired to bring vengeance only when the hookers were denied justice through the legal system. While it diminishes the virtuous life he's trying to lead strictly because of the money, given the opposition, it's still very easy to see defending the defenseless as an honorable purpose. And it's not like Munny's character wasn't written to still be the person bringing justice against the unjust. If we were truly meant to have mixed feelings about him, he'd have been written like Johnny Ringo in "Tombstone," slapped his kids around, not allowed people to flee at the end and would have taken up with multiple whores. Given the actions contained solely in the film, there's little doubt that Bill needs to be dispatched, and that by the end Munny has no recourse. He's already being hunted, and that will eventually find its way onto his land - with his children - unless he uses the only conflict-resolution skills that will work, given the nature of Bill. TODAY we'd frown on how this unfolded. But given the time it was fairly organic.

"It's not like riding a bike then..." - pulled an unreluctant smile from the corners of my mouth.

Maverick was a western in the sense there were dirt roads. Unforgiven is a REAL western!

Clint Eastwood, Gene Hackman and Morgan Freeman. Hollywood Royalty right there. Clint Eastwood is so talented. Actor, Director, Composer. So many films for you to watch with him in them.

@darkwitnesslxx

2 жыл бұрын

Richard Harris deserves some credit here too.

@mart4414

2 жыл бұрын

Richard Harris!!

@stevengartside7257

2 жыл бұрын

@@darkwitnesslxx Quite right.

@stonewall6759

2 жыл бұрын

@@stevengartside7257 I see what you did there... ;)

The problem with watching Unforgiven without having watched years of Weterns beforehand is that you have no basis for comparison, and no way to gague how effective and heartbreaking this movie is. It's a classic Western deconstructed to re-examine morality and good and evil. There were no "good" guys' or "bad" guys. There were just people.

@Kaddywompous

2 жыл бұрын

I disagree. Perhaps I’m a unique case, but I came to it with virtually no experience of westerns and it became one of my favorite movies. Even now, some 30 years later, I’ve seen very few westerns.

@anonymes2884

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, totally agree. Clearly you can still get a lot from it because it's a good movie unto itself BUT the experience is much richer if you understand exactly what's being deconstructed (IMO). That said, Westerns have actually been doing this sort of thing for a _long_ time - "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance" is _also_ about the myth of the west and that's from 1962. Arguably one of the most famous Westerns of all time, "The Searchers" (1956), has a _deeply_ ambiguous central character (John Wayne in maybe his best role). So it certainly wasn't a new thing in 1992. (not saying OP didn't know this BTW, just making the case for a genre that's sometimes not given the credit it deserves IMO)

What a lot of people don't realize, and I've never seen mentioned, is both William and Little Bill say "Letters and such" when first meeting Beauchamp. It's a subtle, interesting way of showing how they're both alike.

Eastwood is excellent in this of course, but one of the classic movie scenes of all time is the scene in the jail with Gene Hackman and Richard Harris. Using the writer as a device to get a feel for these two, culminating with the gun scene, and Little Bill saying "You were right not taking it Bob. I woulda killed ya." Brilliant scene.

It's the friendship aspect that gets me. The part where William starts getting so damn mad and snatches the booze out of the kid's hand at the idea of his friend and partner not only dead but trussed up in front of a bar. And then the simple statement later, "Well i figure he shoulda armed himself if he's gonna decorate his saloon with my friend." A true bond like that gets me all misty. There's also the lesson in the movie which the ladies learn the hard way when they start looking to hire killers, "Be careful what you wish for. You might get it." Love the channel!

@grinningchicken

2 жыл бұрын

You might get an arrogant Englishman or an inexperienced kid or you just might get a manic who has killed some of anything that has walked or crawled without remorse who will kill the people you wanted him to, your boss, the sheriff, a few random deputies and if you don't bury his friend right he'll come back and burn the whole town to the ground.

"The sheriff was like this power hungry mean guy, but he also wants to build a porch." Perfect hahaha great reaction!

@cobbler88

2 жыл бұрын

Definitely a woman's reaction. :)

That's the point of the movie, there wasn't anyone to root for, there almost never is.

Hands down the best western I have watched. The shift in the mood the moment Munny takes hold of that bottle is amazing. And it is awesome that all characters got you so invested - this is a true story of greys.

"Anyone takes a shot at me, I won't just kill him, I'll kill his wife and all his friends. Burn his damn house down." Still my favorite line in the movie. 😂

@jimmykarlsson2567

2 жыл бұрын

" whos the fella who owns this shithole "

@donovanmedieval

2 жыл бұрын

@@jimmykarlsson2567 He shoulda armed 'imself, if 'e was gonna decorate his saloon with my friend.

@geeebuttersnap2433

2 жыл бұрын

My favorite line is “we all have it coming kid.”

@bdbdluk954

2 жыл бұрын

that was a great line, I used it once as a joke to a coworker and got fired. some idiot overheard me say it and thought I was serious and reported me to human resources, long story short got fired no biggie went on to bigger and better things

@jimmykarlsson2567

2 жыл бұрын

@@donovanmedieval such an ice cold badass. Love it

If you like Western, I recommend OPEN RANGE. A classic western starring Kevin Costner and Robert Duvall. To me, Duvall is one of the best cowboys on screen (Broken Trail, Lonesome Dove).

@jonc7739

2 жыл бұрын

Dances With Wolves.

@robertbouley7697

2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely! Open Range is my second western. This being my first.

@ecclesrice9789

2 жыл бұрын

I always catch a bad case of nostalgia watching Lonesome Dove. My dad (God rest his soul) and I could never pass it up whenever it was on TV.

@jamesoliver6625

2 жыл бұрын

The Wild Bunch 1969, Unforgiven 1992, Open Range 2003, The Big Country 1958....in that order are my top four.

@jkfozul2316

2 жыл бұрын

Is open range actually any good? I saw it in theaters and a few times at home after but was pretty much way too young toreally understand and thus the movie was boring lol

I truly enjoyed your reaction. The Western genre is one of the best in experiencing true ambiguity: the good guys ain't all good, and the bad guys ain't all bad. The characters are real. They live real lives and make real mistakes. And as you found out, they, more often than not, pay for those mistakes. Unforgiven is as good as it gets.

When William Munny picks up that bottle, you know it's about to get real. This movie has so much emotional depth, I find something new in it every time I watch it.

@technofilejr3401

7 ай бұрын

Yep things were about to get straight up funky in this piece

It's understandable and intended for you to feel conflicted with this movie. This story is a deconstructionist take on the commonly accepted Western ideas, bringing up the emotional and moral consequences of killing, even if you think you're killing "bad guys." It emphasizes moral ambiguity, since just about everyone seems messy and a mix of good and bad rather than several clear cut good people vs. evil people. Little Bill isn't exactly evil and thinks he's the good guy too. But he's also a bully who gets wrathful when you hurt his pride, who enables and protects bad people if he thinks doing otherwise would be inconvenient for his power. He figures it's better to be on the good side of men with money and influence than prostitutes, even when those men did awful things. He's angrier English Bob is making fun of the US on Independence Day than he is that English Bob takes pride in how often he's killed Asian immigrants deemed to be enemies of the railroad companies. And he seemed to take pride in torturing Ned rather than accepting that Ned had given up the mercenary contract and was on his way home. But even Will can't say Bill deserves death for all that, because "deserves got nothing to do with it."

@Thynqikan

2 жыл бұрын

well said!

@crypastesomemore8348

2 жыл бұрын

Pride in torturing Ned? Wtf are you talking about? Ned would've been executed for murder (which he was absolutely guilty of), and Bill was protecting the community by forcing Ned to reveal the whereabouts of his fellow conspirators. Stop evaluating it with modern-day ethics, pal- this film takes place in 1881 on the American Frontier, in an isolated hamlet.

Cassie's reactions are the gold star of youtube reactions. The editing is great as well. All other channels could only hope to be this good. Thanks Cassie for the excellent content.

@jimmypopt.v.3037

2 жыл бұрын

At first i thought she was being ironic but she isn`t is she?

@markbeneventi1972

2 жыл бұрын

The editing has really gotten good over the year and half that I’ve watched. Good call.

There is more redemption in this film than one may realise on first viewing. I don't see Will as falling from grace, but rather finally facing his ugly past with clarity as opposed to being haunted by it. The killings he performs are arguably righteous considering the horrific torture and murder of Ned, and thus he draws upon his violent past and exhibits a fortitude he wouldn't possess without such a past. Bad men can become good men, and good men sometimes do 'bad' things for the right reasons.

THE OUTLAW JOSE WALES is a Clint Eastwood Masterpiece and the first film he directed!

I can't imagine how confusing the western movie genre must seem to someone who's only seen Maverick and The Unforgiven. Two completely different experiences and both are considered modern cornerstones of the genre. Usually there are the good guys in westerns though.

If you watch all of his earlier westerns, you will appreciate Unforgiven a lot more. There are so many great Eastwood westerns. You should try, “The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly.”

@DannyLou03

2 жыл бұрын

My favorite all time film.

@randomaccessfemale

2 жыл бұрын

The whole trilogy.

@WrestlingErnestHemingway

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly. I think the character of William Munney sums up ALL of his Man With No Name characters basically. Check out Scott Eastwood's movie "Diablo". It's William Munney when he was young.

I love how Old Glory is prominent in background as Munny gave those final instructions. :)

It's quite fascinating watching someone trying to understand how a story is meant to flow. The story really isn't _that_ complex.