Is Unforgiven the all time best??? | Thread profile

I would tell you to go and lick your own balls mississippi but that would require you to get your head out of your own ass first, a physical impossibility.

I sincerely feel it is the best, very different from any western and one of the most powerful films of all time..

As the film's cinematic carol singers sing it's praise, I'm left standing with the minority opinion (I'll certainly admit that) scratching my head as I don't see much greatness in Unforgiven . One thing about that is always great to see is the cinematography found throughout the western genre, but the cinematography in Unforgiven is uninspired. It captures the scenery real well, but adds little uniqueness and character...

Come to think of it action flicks have upsurped the SW formula using explosions instead of gunfights & without the style, but with cheesy one liners, lol . Like that thought. Reminds me on the following lines in Die Hard (1988) from Bruce Willis: "Yippee-ki-yay, ... ". "Well, nobody's perfect."

All of us Eastwood fans knew that sooner or later mudd encrusted pig farmer Clint was going to go into Man With No Name mode and clean clock, it was a given. Take Eastwood out of the film and repalce him with any other actor and it just won't work. Eastwood has made a career with variations, riffs if you will on the Man With No Name persona. Please do not call yourself an Eastwood fan, because anyone who spends a little time on the...

No "Life is never interesting enough somehow. You people who come to the movies know that."

For the purpose of teaching them the fundamentals of analysis, if not literature, fifteen years ago I had a high school class watch "The Unforgiven" while they read SHANE and guided them to compare and contrast the film and book. "What do you mean by 'compare'?" "Point out what is the same." Both take place in approximately the same geographical area: Wyoming Both take place at...