One of the best westerns. Beautifully shot. Clint Eastwood is just the perfect cowboy. Gene Hackman is fantastic too.

nice west movie

I saw this film when it came out in the theater but hadn't seen it since then. I gave it another look and it was just as good as I remember it, maybe better. I think it meant a little bit more now than it did then because I had become such a big fan of his work with Sergio Leone. In a sense he was putting that character to bed and he did so without glorifying him. I think those that criticized Eastwood's cold and emotionless portrayal of the main character missed the what Eastwood was going for.

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One of the greatest Westerns ever made? Certainly. Although the fact it's a western is really secondary. In truth it's a tale of the nature of evil and the nature of man. Eastwood uses the gap between the western myth and reality as an arena to play out his story and does so with consummate style.

boring movie with trite cliches. Eastwood at his worst.

Quite good, I think this looks great and the acting/characters are impressive and interesting. The story at the heart of it is maybe a bit basic for my liking, I would’ve preferred a more complex, layered conflict. Despite that, they managed to squeeze a good amount of subtext into it. It’s not the masterpiece it’s made out to be, but there are a lot of fantastic scenes here, and it’s certainly an effective mood piece.

7.5/10

Didn't have an enjoyable time with this movie, granted the Western genre has never really been my thing (although I've enjoyed a fair share of Western movies), but this story and characters felt very flat and unexciting. I was waiting for something great to happen but it never really did.

6/10

“It’s a hell of a thing, killing a man.” From Clint Eastwood comes the gritty Academy Award winning western Unforgiven. After a group of prostitutes put out a bounty on a pair of cowboys who cut-up one of them, an eager young gunslinger seeks out a notorious outlaw named William Munny to team up with in order to kill the cowboys and collect on the reward. In addition to directing, Eastwood leads the cast and gives and excellent performance. And, co-stars Gene Hackman and Morgan Freeman are incredibly good as well. The set designs and costumes are especially well-done, and give an authentic feel to the film. The violence also feels remarkably realistic, particularly the extraordinarily thrilling climatic shootout. A well-crafted and compelling revenge film, Unforgiven delivers a daring and provocative vision of the Old West.

Unforgiven

Gene played a convincing despicable antagonist.
Delilah was the only character that I could care about.
Questionable motivations, seemingly pointless characters, poor pacing and some cringy dialogue really mar the experience of this film.

6/10
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Wild hair late night re-watch. An old favorite.

It's good!

I have to say I'm a little surprised to see just how highly regarded this is, given I had - somehow, evidently - never even heard of it until scheduling this Clint Eastwood watchathon of mine - all of the latter's other well received I had/have heard of, but not this. I don't check reviews etc. until after I view films and my jaw kinda dropped when I saw the 4.1 average rating, I won't lie.

That makes it sound like I think 'Unforgiven' is bad, which I absolutely, most definitely do not. I honestly just found it to be a solid but unspectacular western flick from 1992. I really enjoy Eastwood, Morgan Freeman and Gene Hackman as actors and they are all good value in this. There is also some neat cinematography, while the production is well paced.

Happy for all involved that this did do bits with awards et al., even if it is a tad unexpected for me - what do I know!