UNFORGIVEN - Full Length Reaction!
Added 2024-08-05 16:00:09 +0000 UTCHere's the full length reaction to Unforgiven! Okay, you all clearly want me to watch more Clint Eastwood movies! I'm going to go ahead and plan to watch Dirty Harry and Gran Torino soon. Enjoy!
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My other 2 favorite Clint Eastwood westerns are The Outlaw Josey Wales and Pale Rider.
Richard Higgs
2024-08-18 09:11:15 +0000 UTCIt should be noted that the concept of the 'Man with No Name' trilogy was largely a marketing scheme done by United Artists to sell the films here in America; there's no real concrete evidence that Eastwood plays the exact same character in all 3 films. That said, it could be passed off as a conceptual trilogy (à la the Cornetto trilogy) -- or conceptual *tetralogy,* if you add "Once Upon a Time in the West" to the mix (though Eastwood isn't in that one; you have Charles Bronson as the main protagonist instead).
Byrd N. Hand
2024-08-07 16:13:51 +0000 UTCI bet that she'll spread them out within a couple of months, while balancing them out with some horror/thrillers and/or not-so-scary Halloween movies in October. Don't worry, she should be able to get to all of the Dirty Harry sequels when she gets closer to finishing one of the franchises that she's currently involved with.
Alex Tan
2024-08-07 04:19:53 +0000 UTCI'm mostly concerned with her getting involved with all these franchises right now and ending up leaving some of them behind... and I imagine this would be the most likely one. I mean, she's got 4 more M:I movies, 3 more "Planet of the Apes" movies (assuming she doesn't also do the 4 sequels for the original), 2 more "Naked Gun" and "Ocean's" movies, and 2 (or 3?) more "Karate Kid" movies as well.
Byrd N. Hand
2024-08-07 04:13:43 +0000 UTCI'm going to have to check out "This Sporting Life" - thanks!
Luis Fernandez
2024-08-07 02:32:42 +0000 UTCClint Eastwood made his name with the western. "The Man With No Name" trilogy made him famous. Yes, 'The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly" is a cinematic masterpiece but 'For a Fistful of Dollars More' is my favorite. He also did a few westerns outside of that too. I love the 'Dirty Harry' series although, the last one is the weakest in my opinion. During filming of 'Dirty Harry' Clint Eastwood did a dangerous stunt himself involving a bus and a bridge. The film was inspired by the real life Zodiac Killer that was happening in San Francisco at the time.
Kyle Brandon Sanger
2024-08-07 00:54:07 +0000 UTCI'd highly recommend "This Sporting Life," featuring Harris as a star rugby player. It's sort of a British "Raging Bull" -- 17 years before said film.
Byrd N. Hand
2024-08-06 14:47:11 +0000 UTCEh, I’m not as much a fan of Superman II as the first one. It’s better than Superman III and IV, though, I’ll give you that! Really my main point is Gene Hackman was probably the best part of both of the first two movies.
Doug
2024-08-06 14:01:27 +0000 UTCYep. It's a package deal here. #DirtyHarryFilmSeriesForAddieCounts
Alex Tan
2024-08-06 13:59:28 +0000 UTCThough it's a long shot, hopefully she does all 5 Harry Callahan movies (TBR Schmitt is the only reactor who has done so so far). 🙏
Byrd N. Hand
2024-08-06 13:49:03 +0000 UTCCome now, even in spite of all the interference from the Salkinds, "Superman II" is still nearly on par with the first one, as far as I'm concerned. 🤷♂️ (Though, yes, it likely would've been even better had Richard Donner been allowed to finish it.) Of course, my Top 3 Hackman performances would be "The French Connection," "The Conversation," and "The Royal Tenenbaums."
Byrd N. Hand
2024-08-06 13:46:07 +0000 UTC...and he was also in Patriot Games (1992).
Alex Tan
2024-08-06 11:56:06 +0000 UTCOh, and this reminds me (I say casually as I remember hours later)... Michael Gambon, who plays Dumbledore in the remaining HP films, also has a turn as a Western baddie, in Open Range (2003). That one has a little romance going on so you may enjoy that aspect of it. (It also has a packed cast so it is worth checking out for that reason too)
Luis Fernandez
2024-08-06 06:18:26 +0000 UTCDefinitely not your standard Western both because there is not a clear hero but more importantly because killing has true weight in this film, indeed it is portrayed as bad. Don't take me wrong, I love the standard shoot'em ups as much as the next person so I am not putting down the standard western but this one is special. Can't wait for Gran Torino, my favorite Eastwood film and yes he directed that one as well.
Andrew Roach
2024-08-06 04:59:58 +0000 UTCSuch a great movie! It's kind of funny that there was another Morgan Freeman film on the channel just before this too. 🙂 My mom also coincidentally just started watching Warehouse 13 which stars Saul Rubinek who played the writer in this. Personally for me though Gene Hackman really steals the movie as the main antagonist. (As Addie mentioned, it feels off to say he's the "villain", all the characters are flawed.) Every scene he's in is gold, it's no wonder he won an Academy Award for Unforgiven. And honestly I think he elevates every film he's in. Even in the not so great films he's been in (e.g. Superman II) he's normally a highlight. I saw another comment or two recommending Gene Hackman films, and I could definitely get behind a Gene Hackman poll even! Just off the top of my head I can think of half a dozen of his films that to me are totally worth rewatching. 😄
Doug
2024-08-06 03:37:09 +0000 UTCobligatory Game of thronessssssss & house of the dragonnnnnnnnnn
Chris
2024-08-06 01:16:32 +0000 UTCI just played Red Dead Redemption 2 recently and found a lot of inspiration that game took from this movie.
Steve
2024-08-05 22:14:56 +0000 UTCFirst Gladiator (2000) and now Unforgiven (1992).
Alex Tan
2024-08-05 20:55:45 +0000 UTCWoah I didn't even recognize him! So cool!
Addie Counts
2024-08-05 20:43:34 +0000 UTCDunno if you recognized him, but Richard Harris (who played English Bob) was also Albus Dumbledore in Harry Potter & The Sorcerer's Stone and The Chamber of Secrets. He's been in a ton of other things but I know you've seen the HP films so I mention those.
Luis Fernandez
2024-08-05 19:26:49 +0000 UTCQuite simply the greatest western movie ever made (he said as if his opinions were somehow fact--that's right! It's the greatest!). I love how this movie debunks the mythology of the Old West, of the hero, of the quick draw gunslinger; but manages to do so within the pure confines of a Western. The villain is the hero (who's also a broken-down pig farmer). The heroes are horrible. The law is in love with its power. And death is indeed a horrible thing, not a romanticized legend. Except it is a legend, or at least a fable. Fucking love this movie.
Steve Mercier
2024-08-05 17:29:32 +0000 UTCMore Hackman: "Bonnie and Clyde," "Scarecrow," "The Conversation," "Night Moves," the first 2 "Superman" movies, and "The Royal Tenenbaums." For more Richard Harris, I'll throw out "This Sporting Life."
Byrd N. Hand
2024-08-05 17:12:59 +0000 UTCSpeaking of Gene Hackman, I also suggest The French Connection (1971), French Connection II (1975), Target (1985), No Way Out (1987), Mississippi Burning (1988), The Chamber (1996), Behind Enemy Lines (2001) and the Tony Scott movies Crimson Tide (1995) & Enemy of the State (1998). #MoreGeneHackmanForAddieCounts
Alex Tan
2024-08-05 16:25:00 +0000 UTCEastwood & Co. - Making Unforgiven: https://youtu.be/qAQytZbV5bA?feature=shared
Alex Tan
2024-08-05 16:22:42 +0000 UTCHappy Monday, Addie. Let the Clint Eastwood trifecta begin with Unforgiven (1992). See you soon for Dirty Harry (1971) & Gran Torino (2008).
Alex Tan
2024-08-05 16:20:39 +0000 UTCHappy Monday, Addie! I hope that you had a great weekend. 😊 I've been looking forward to finding out what ended up winning the 'Clint Eastwood' poll. This is definitely a good one, and with a great cast. Glad that you're still going to check out "Dirty Harry" and Grand Torino" as well. For more Gene Hackman I highly recommend: "The Firm"(1993), the sports movie "Hoosiers"(1986), and "Runaway Jury"(2003). Looking forward to watching this reaction later this evening. Have a great day today! 😊
Randee Carreno
2024-08-05 16:11:42 +0000 UTC
