Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Unforgiven

So this is the first western movie iv'e ever watched and i can honestly say i'm pretty impressed. What i was most impressed with was todays part of the movie when we saw actual gunfights. This movie sticks to reality instead of adding in hollywood fluff to appease viewers. Seeing the Schofield Kid's reaction to killing one of the cowboys was surprisingly touching, you don't expect to see a sensitive side of this character because he supposedly killed 5 guys. This is when the reality sets in, that killing a man has an affect on you, one that you cannot explain until you do it yourself. Unforgiven shows us that killing a man is a traumatizing experience and that the west wasn't all fun and games back then The harsh exterior of the kid is taken off when he breaks down after killing the cowboy, and i have a feeling he won't be doing anymore killing in the rest of the movie.

Movie Cover, id say its pretty symbolic of what the movie is all about

1 comment:

  1. How is it symbolic? The gun hidden behind his back? The way he dominates over the others, including himself?

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