My first Clint Eastwood movie! | UNFORGIVEN | First Time Reaction
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This movie spends the whole time deconstructing the glamorous, intense cowboy myth, and then rebuilds it all back up in one scene.
Actually I think that last scene is consistent with the deglamorised counter-myth established by Hackman's character in the scene in the jailhouse. Munny isn't particularly fast and he is only accurate because he takes his time. The others rush and fumble their shots, partly because they are panicking, having heard all the stories about Munny and are scared of him.
Only Bill remains calm and he very nearly ends up killing Munny. As Bill says to Beauchamp "there's so few dangerous men around like Bob and me". Munny is one of those rare "dangerous" men too.
You're so right about this film. It is the anti western in most parts. I remember seeing this when it came out in the 90's and thinking that it was good, but I didn't love it. I was expecting the Outlaw Josie Whales, or the Good Bad and Ugly, but didn't get it. Now years later this movie grew on me, and I realized what a masterpiece it is. The best movie Eastwood ever made in my opinion.
stanleyetienne8353 That would be _Gran Torino._
Yes and no IMO. Yes it features a shoot-out between a lone gunman and multiple foes BUT Munny explicitly owns the fact that he's no whitehat - he's killed women and children and simply agrees with Little Bill that they're _both_ going to hell. He shoots someone in the back as they're fleeing, he shoots a dying man, he shoots an unarmed man so to me there's nothing glamorous about it (though it's certainly _intense_ in a way that's much more grounded than the "cowboy myth").
Instead i'd say it's the scene that most directly _toys_ with the myth. Munny _almost_ seems tempted to take on the biographer, to buy into the idea that his actions are in any way worth mythologising but ultimately, as does the movies itself, rejects that. The scene holds the myth up for us to inspect (and sure, maybe even be seduced by) without fully endorsing it.
I love how at the end they do the opposite of riding off into the sunset.
Eastwood's Gran Torino is a must watch!
This
Gran Torino, Perfect World, and Million Dollar Baby. Must watch.
Don't forget the Dollars trilogy.
@@HelloDearGoodMorniing and Pale Rider, The Outlaw Josey Wales!
There are a ton of great Clint Eastwood movies... But yeah, Gran Torino is a must-watch!
Best part is that the final shoot out in the end goes exactly like what Little Bill told Beauchamp earlier, all the deputies just panicked and started shooting blindly whereas William kept a clear head and aimed.
It’s amazing how he’s able to keep a clear head after drinking a whole bottle of whiskey. I would have stumbled if I did that.
This movie is COMPLEX. The theme of moral ambiguity is so interesting and only gets better every time I come back to it.
This film is actually one of the most accurate portrayals of The Old West. There are a total of zero recorded showdowns at high noon. The reality is what Little Bill said, that it's all about people shooting each other in the back. Wild Bill Hickock and Billy the Kid, [(i.e.) amongst others], didn't meet their demise at high noon.
"Deserve's got nothing to do with it." Classic, unforgettable line.
Clint is the GOAT. You have a lot to catch up... Not only is he a movie star, but he then decided to start directing and it turns out he's one of the best at that too
As a send-off towards the Western
he was directing since the early 1970s.
Something I never see people comment on is how English Bob’s accent changes after he’s broken and sent out of town. When he arrives his accent is much more refined, not an upper class English accent but certainly conveying a man of substance, but when he’s sent out he’s shouting at them in very much a lower class accent. Reverting to his real roots as his refinement has been stripped away by Little Bill.
Great observation.
@johnadams9314 I've done it a few times on other reaction videos, but didn't on this one because I thought it would have been too "old and tired." But yes, that's one of my favorite parts of this movies. In fact, I used that as inspiration for a character I played on stage last year.
l can assure you everybody from Britain noticed it straight away
@@billythedog-309 Yes, that was certainly my experience. I was raising it for those not so blessed as to be from these shores.
No stranger words have ever been said than “I’ve never seen a Clint Eastwood movie”
😂😂😂
I wanted to weep at that statement...
Wish I had never seen any of his movies before, either. Then I could watch all of them for the first time again.
I still get goosebumps when William Munny takes the drink from the bottle. That's a haunting moment.
As someone who is in recovery, I totally agree with you
The very millisecond the bottle touches his lips, the words, as if proclaimed by the very universe, are spoken, "you're William Munny."
As much as I love this movie, I wouldn't have recommended it for your first Clint Eastwood western. He's many good ones, buty favorite has always been The Outlaw Josey Wales. For a non-western of his In the Line of Fire is a masterpiece.
"Absolute Power" is an excellent political/robbery film.
"Play Misty For Me"
"Unforgiven" is TRULY Clint Eastwood's MASTERPIECE.
"I've killed everything that walked or crawled at one time or another, and I'm here to kill you Little Bill." Spoken so calmly is just chilling. Spectacular acting and directing.
"I'll see you in Hell, William Munny." "Yeah." is the line that does it to me. William has long since accepted that it is where he is headed.
Mr. Eastwood is one of the most loyal and sincere people in Hollywood. He trusts the people around him and works very quickly because of it. He is a rare breed in a tough business.
His movies are practical and very innovative
And he talks to empty chairs.
@@TroyBrophyHe was pretending there was a democrat politician in that chair, as they pretty much are nothing more than empty chairs.
Kids back in those days were more mature and self sufficient then a typical 21 year old today. There are so many more great Clint Eastwood movies to watch, I can't wait!!!
The ultimate mean drunk.
“Million Dollar Baby” is impactful too
An absolute masterpiece. Deconstructs the myth of the honorable gunfighter. None of the main characters are honorable in this movie. "Deserve's got nothing to do with it." No truer words have been spoken.
One of the greatest movies of all time.
When she asked, "who is shooting at us?" I know she was completely engulfed in this film as she is part of them now
I recommend Clint Eastwood again in Dirty Harry. It's totally worth it 👌.
The one thing that I have always thought about ever since the first time I watched this movie is Delilah. She is the one who was cut, but you hardly ever hear her speak and no one ever asks her how she feels or what she is thinking about everything that is happening in the movie. I love the scene with her and Will after his fever has broken. But the part I find to be really powerful is Will's reaction when he hears that Ned has been killed. When he takes the bottle from the Kid and starts drinking, that says it all. Will did not need to say a word.
Delilah does get one bit of consideration from another character... The second 'perpetrator', the one who actually stopped his colleague mid-attack. He brought a steer to compensate Delilah, even though the law made no such demand. His offer was rebuffed (though not by Delilah) but he recognised Delilah as the genuinely injured party and took it upon himself to try and right the wrong somebody else had done, and the wrong the law had done by ignoring her. I think you could even argue that he's the only really good man in the film - and he's also the one who has the worst end.
🤠 This film was released 32 years ago. Clint Eastwood, Morgan Freeman and Gene Hackman were all old then, and yet, all three of them are still with us. 🤯 Sadly however, Richard Harris passed around 20 years ago. Incidentally, this technically wasn't your VERY first Clint Eastwood movie. He did have that cameo in the 2nd "Back To The Future." 😄👍
One of my fav films ever. The bar scene at the end, with the thunder in the background, is a masterpiece.
The classic Western stereotype would be the White Hat/Black Hat trope. You know who the Good Guys are and you know who the Bad Guys are. Eastwood really pushes that aside and shows how Gray it all really is.
My favorite line in the film, "Duck, I says."
For Clint Eastwood movies I recommend "Hang 'em High" 1968, "Kelly's Heroes" 1970, "Dirty Harry" 1971 (plus ALL the sequels), "High Plains Drifter" 1973, "Thunderbolt & Lightfoot" 1974, "The Eiger Sanction" 1975, "The Outlaw Josey Wales" 1976, "Pale Rider" 1985, "Gran Torino" 2008. And pretty much most of his movies.
The best exchange in the whole movie... "At least I woulda pulled my pistol, Ned".... "well, you did. Right out of the lady and out the God damned window".
That is awesome writing!!!
Thank you for editing that into the reaction!!! I've seen 20 - 30 Unforgiven reactions over the last couple years and not a single one of them worked that into the mix... thank you again!! That was ballsy, and very much appreciated!!!
Tier ONE Goddess!!!!!!!!!!!
Gene Hackman (who played Little Bill) won his 2nd Oscar for this film (Best Supporting Actor). His win from this film made him one of only 5 people to win 2 acting Oscars for 2 Best Picture winners (his other one being Best Actor for THE FRENCH CONNECTION (1971)).
Marlon Brando, Dustin Hoffman, Mahershala Ali, and Jack Nicholson are the other 4 to go 2-for-2 in terms of acting wins for Best Picture winners.
Would love to see Addie react to Hackman in The Conversation.
@@AndyMatts44 I agree. I actually think he should’ve won another Best Actor Oscar for that one (even with Al Pacino in GODFATHER PART II in the same year). The fact he wasn’t nominated for it boggles me to this day, although Art Carney (HARRY AND TONTO) was a very deserving pick that year.
_The French Connection_ has the best on-foot chase scene I’ve ever seen.
It's often recommended to understand the western genre before watching "Unforgiven". Westerns usually deal with American myths, honor, and heroism. This nuanced masterpiece breaks all those western tropes.
Clint Eastwood has given us incredible movies from many different genres. Some I highly recommend include:
The Outlaw Josey Wales - Western
Pale Rider - Western
Million Dollar Baby - Sports Drama (Female Boxing)
Gran Torino - Drama
Heartbreak Ridge - War Drama
I don't see many people reacting to "Heartbreak Ridge" that's a fun one.
Even Space Cowboys is a ton of fun. It's pretty lighthearted and sort of a summer blockbuster type, which doesn't seem like his style, but he still pulled it off.
*The Outlaw Josey Wales,* for sure! That's my favorite. Of course I take a liking to *Pale Rider,* but *Hang 'Em High* also has a great message about getting mixed up with the wrong crowd and paying the price for it. ... _Good bye, Ben._
@@hullbarrett Was "High Plains Drifter" was interesting too. It's like a ghost story.
I second these.
Clint Eastwood is a master of both sides of the camera.
'Fistful of Dollars' 1964 is the film that made Clint famous. It's a Spaghetti Western which have Italian directors, filmed in Spain with mostly Italian, and Spaniard actors with a few American and othe Euro actors.
I love Clint Eastwood and so many of his movies are masterpieces but she really chose his finest work as her first movie of his
Clint Eastwood's late masterpiece dismantles all the western myths and clichés of the genre.
It earned two Oscars* for Best Picture and Directing, and deservedly so.
---> The film won a total of 4 Oscars.
*: (The film was awarded four Oscars for Best Picture, Best Director (Clint Eastwood), Best Supporting Actor (Gene Hackman) and Best Editing (Joel Cox).
It was also nominated in the categories Best Leading Actor, Best Cinematography, Best Production Design, Best Original Screenplay and Best Sound.)
10 nominations for Oscars with 4 wins. Gene Hackman (Little Bill) won for Best Supporting Actor.
now you have to go back to the spaghetti westerns that made him famous....lol the Dollars Trilogy is a must watch that Clint did in the 60's...just epic
Yes. This movie has more impact if you saw his earlier work.
"We all got it coming, kid!" The greaest line, in motion picture, history! It sums it ALL up, perfectly! In the end, we all do----------and you know it!
Agreed and I’m glad she kept it in the reaction. Most reactors don’t for some reason.
One would think if he thought it was the greatest line in movie history, the OP could quote it right.
It's "We all have it coming, kid."
@@USCFlash I understand what you mean, but sometimes its not so much what they say, but how they make you feel.
@@nitefly599
Well there is a difference between how one feels, and being completely wrong about an iconic line.
The line from Jaws "You're gonna need a bigger boat", makes you feel a certain way....but if you keep quoting it wrong, as say "We're gonna have to get a larger boat", it is simply wrong.
@@USCFlash I don't disagree
Clint Eastwood western movies are the best, he has so many, please keep reacting to them and great reaction to this one, thank you!!!
You asked some great questions. I'm glad you said you will be thinking about this film after - there are many layers here.
Clint Eastwood became the most famous gunfighter in the movies, but as he got older, he didn't like that his legacy was going to be giving younger generations a warped, unrealistic vision of what amounts to darkness and death. His later westerns have a more realistic look, more realistic characters and dialogue, and glamorize violence less and less. The movie is about the truth of the "old west".
Little Bill is a complex character, and his actions aren't so easy to judge in reality. Aside from going too far with whipping Ned, did he ever do anything wrong at all (for the reality of the time and place)? If you lie to a sheriff about having a gun, it means you intend to use it, so you get yourself beat up. Was he supposed to run a background check and see if they had any warrants? You used to shoot wolves back then, not trap them humanely and relocated them to protected areas. So he put a sign on Ned's body while they waited for morning and for the rain to stop before burying him. Displaying criminal corpses has a LOOONG history. You can fault Little Bill for doing things that were "not cool" by modern standards, but you can't fault his strength in trying to do his job and protect his town. Is every person in town disturbed by his actions, or by their shame knowing that men like Little Bill are required - men who will accept being the bad guy for the greater good.
Then there are the ladies at Greely's. Their leader (Strawberry Alice) is the oldest, so the other young girls fall in line when Alice decides to take offense at Little Bill's attempt at justice. It gets so heated so quickly, that it never really gets discussed whether the second cowboy was guilty of anything. Later, when the second cowboy offers the pony, Alice is caught up in pride and righteous indignation, and again the girls follow her lead. After they reject him, most look like they regret it, wishing they could accept the gesture and the start of some healing. But the contract has already gone out on both cowboys, and Alice wants to prove a point now. "He had it coming! They ALL have it coming!" And so the die is cast, and all our hurts get pushed forward to create new, greater hurt in the world.
There are so many layers here, I can't even mention them all. Not only do they show a truer depiction of that time and place, but they also speak to our modern world, who we are and how we got here.
In one of the final shots in the film, when Will says "... or I'll come back here and kill every one of you sons-of-bitches", you should notice the distinctive shot framing - Clint Eastwood on the left and the American flag on the right. If you understand that shot, you'll understand the film.
Oh man, he's one of the greats. Million Dollar Baby, Gran Torino, Bridges of Madison County, Heartbreak Ridge, Pale Rider. The Outlaw Josey Wales.....
One of the best westerns IMO , gran Torino is also a great Eastwood watch...
When asked who his favorite director was, Morgan Freeman said Clint Eastwood. High praise considering the caliber of directors he's worked with. He also said he was actually afraid during the whipping scene with Gene Hackman. The two have been friends for decades, but he said that when Gene gets into character and gives you that look, you believe it.
"Gray" is a great way to describe this movie. Little Bill, English Bob, and William Munny are great representations of the true versions of Old West legends. All are killers; English Bob is a killer whose exploits are glorified and exaggerated, while William Munny is one whose exploits are scorned and underestimate. Little Bill is like Wyatt Earp or Bat Masterson; a law man who is trying to bring law and order to the West, but does so by using brutal and cruel methods. It is hard to even really say Little Bill is a villain; he is a violent and unfair man, but one who is trying to keep the town peaceful and safe. I think his house is phenomenal symbolism; he is trying to build a peaceful home, but doesn't really know how, and so everything is crooked and leaky.
Outlaw Josey Wales is Clint Eastwood's best Western in my opinion .
Fun Fact: Clint Eastwood used to nearly always ride a white horse in his old movies. Back then horses were treated rough compared to the time of this movie. Clint eventually became allergic to horses.
In this film he rides a white horse one last time... and makes his statement that they are just getting their revenge.
if this is your first Clint movie then it sure is a good one to start with; some other suggestions: In the Line of Fire, Million Dollar Baby, and Gran Torino; he’s also directed many good ones as well: Mystic River, Changeling, Invictus, etc.
So many life lessons in one movie. All the flaws of the justice system. Real people aren't "good guys or bad guys." That is one amazing script then executed perfectly. After you watch dozens of other westerns, come back and watch this one again. Best ever once you love the genre. Done by the best star. Love & respect Addie!
Clint Eastwood has been/made so many movies in so many genres it's impossible to put him in any one category. From his early Spaghetti Westerns like "The Good, The Bad and The Ugly" crime thrillers "Play Misty for Me", tough Cop movies "Dirty Harry", to his later epic tales like "Gran Torino" even a musical "Paint Your Wagon". Enjoy, you could spend most of a year reacting to Clint and never be disappointed.
The threats after the shootout shows that even as a badass he is scared but knows his reputation can/might still swing the odds in his favour...a man as scared as everyone else in that town
Million Dollar Baby, Mystic River, and a classic that I never seen reacted to…. A Perfect World!!!!
Pale Rider 1985 is one of my favorite Clint Eastwood westerns.
This film is beautifully constructed once you've watched a bunch of Westerns, especially the Dollars Trilogy. I grew up with Westerns with Clint Eastwood, so to see this side of him as an actor but more as a director is a sight to see. This changed the genre for decades.
Apparently this was on or just after July 4, 1881. Little Bill says it's Independence Day. There are references to President Garfield getting shot, which was on July 2. (He died 2 months later from infection because his doctor was unsanitary when removing the bullet.) And the opening says Claudia died in 1878.
Great reaction Addie like always. This has been a favorite of mine since childhood. I'll never forget the emotions i felt when the Schofield kid shot a man down. I had seen dozens of movies where people died, hell at that point my favorite film was the hills have eyes. But the way the writing, acting and directing came together for that one scene, it really made me feel the weight of his regret. It made me understand that when someone is gone, thats it. You don't only lose a life, but all the memories that person made, all the relationships they built, the things they've done and all they ever planned to do. Every good idea or creative thought, gone within seconds. And as cool as the kid thought it all was, he learned instantaneously that he was never meant to be that kind of man. Keep up the good work.
Good choice! For your next Eastwood movie watch The Good, the bad, and the ugly. Guaranteed to be a crowd pleaser.
Na. You have to start at the beginning with For a Few Dollars then For a Few Dollars More but if you wanted to skip the first one it wouldn't matter but For a Few Dollars more to me is is a must see and better than The Good, the Bad and the Ugly but both are gold.
@@ronweber1402 You Heretic! Those two are the revenge area of the trilogy. Start with The Good the bad and ugly for a much more character in depth.
@@ronweber1402 Another vote for The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly.
@@yesfed2730 Balderdash!! You always start with For a Few Dollars.
You're all wrong. Start with "Fistful of Dollars"
Unforgiven has A LOT to say. You can spend an afternoon picking it apart. Things like how we treat each other, redemption, morality, who we idolize, and what constitutes masculinity. One of Clint's greatest works, and one hell of a anti-western.
My late wife and I caught this one in the theater @ the time of its release; yes, it was thought provoking. CE was Debbie's very favorite and she really loved all of his pix. My Auntie Gloria was a film/TV actress from the early-50s to the mid-60s and worked w/ Eastwood a couple of times on the "Rawhide" western series. (She may have given him his first on-screen kiss.) My father happened to encounter Gene Hackman @ a motorcycle race.
Just so you know, This was the last Eastwood western and should be viewed last as his farewell to the genre. I read that Clint bought the script and sat on it for decades until he was the right age to make the movie as is finale or swansong as they say and now my chickens and I recommend you re-watch this after seeing his entire western catalog.
Masterpiece no doubt.
Thanks for the video!
Put " Cool Hand Luke " on your list !
A top 20 movie ever made. Eastwood's masterpiece.
One of the best films. I have watched it several times and it is riveting every time.
"It's a hell of a thing killing a man. You take away everything he's got and everything he's ever gonna have." That might be the coldest line in any movie. It's also so simple and matter of fact that I feel it had to come from somewhere other than this movie but I never heard it before this. Clint may have come up with it himself. He does seem to have more iconic movie quotes than any other actor I've seen.
Yes Addie, this western is very gray compared to others and I have seen a lot of them. It does not glorify the gunslinger or the taking of lives. Excellent analysis. Thanks
This movie was the last one I saw with Dad before he died from cancer. It brought back both good and painful memories. So thank you for reacting to it.
Clint Eastwood movies means a lot of movies. There are the movies he directed, the movies he directed that he starred in, and the movies he starred in that he didn't direct. The man is a proper Hollywood legend. And there's some really good darn movies in that whole lot!
You picked a really good one to start with. Unforgiven is one of the best westerns there is. It kind of brings to a close Clint Eastwoods man with no name character that he played in so many westerns
It's the subulty in this film that gets me. How his PALE HORSE, doesn't like to let him get on... until Will embraces who he is, as the bringer of DEATH, at which point it lets him get on easily. Eastwood never gives direct answers... only "maybe" "sorta" "i guess", until Bill tells him, "I'll see you in hell William Money," to which he can only respond "ya." TONS of little nuggets, details, subversions of the genre. An absolute masterpiece and a worthy sendoff of the Western genre as a whole.
Clint rules.
Absolute LEGEND.
In addition to this, "High Plains Drifter" and "Pale Rider" are my favorite Clint Eastwood westerns.
Grew up through the 70's and 80 watching Clint ,Charles . Kris, must have seen all the westerns over the years
This is one of the best Westerns ever made, it acknowledges the fact that stories get exaggerated, people get really sick and die easily before modern medicine, killing it's as cool and easy as movies pretend, people got into gunfights drunk, it was never as glorified as most films make it out.
There’s also The Bridges of Madison County. A fantastic film about the choice of who you give your true love too and the price of that choice.
This is my favorite western film, it does such a good job of portraying the complex nature of all the characters. If you want to see another great western I recommend Appaloosa and open range.
This is, how should I describe it? Probably the most serious and somber of the Clint Eastwood westerns.
Most films try to explore the goodness, or what drives the characters to do their best.
This film explores the mystery that is EVIL.
What drives a man, to mercilessly kill without remorse?
How is it that we produce such people?
Can the evil in men, ever be forgiven?
This movie's point of view, says no.
Emphatically.
The impact of killing is handled beautifully in this film.
Killing means so much more than pulling a trigger.
The regret, the shock, the love left behind of loved ones.
So much is lost.
That theme hits like a sledgehammer here.
I used to dig my worms and go fishing at my grandparents farm pond when I was 7 years old back in 1963
This movie and 'Once Upon a Time in the West' are probably the best Westerns ever made.
This was Eastwood's last western. He said it was written that way as a time when the hard-core gunman where out of the game and times have changed. The younger generation romanced about the old days. The western that ended it all
Clint Eastwood also starred in and directed *Million Dollar Baby,* which won four Oscars, and Morgan Freeman was also in that one, too, so I guess you should watch that one next.
Love this movie! Three great westerns for anyone who wants some recommendations
1. True Grit ( remake )
2. 3.10 to Yuma ( remake )
3. Hostiles
You picked one of his best to start with!
The part at the beginning where Will leaves his kids alone at the farm reminds me of a story my Dad told me once when I was a kid (I'm in my 40s now), though admittedly I forget the "Why?" part of it all and my Dad isn't around anymore for me to ask him. When America first got a highway system through the country in the early 60s my Grandparents took a road trip through America from Massachusetts to California.
Somewhere in the middle of the Country, in the middle of the night, for whatever reason (I know there was one and it made perfect sense, but I've long since forgotten), my Grandparents had to go back like an hour drive from where they were. They pulled over, had my Dad and his 3 brothers (my father was the oldest and the youngest was still a baby) get out and stand on the side of the highway off the road, and drove off not coming back for 2 hours.
Nobody thought anything of it. Even when the story was told to older relatives on my mother's side of the family no one even batted an eye at it. It's just how it was even up to that point back then. You might just leave your kids for a certain period of time in the literal middle of nowhere and expect them to be just fine when you came back.
Other Eastwood westerns I recommend are Pale Rider, and The Outlaw Josie Wales. As for other Clint Eastwood movies, Dirty Harry is an absolute MUST!
English Bob is Oscar nominated (several) and winner, Richard Harris. Molly Macquires w/ Sean Connery, Gladiator with Jaoquin and of course he was Dumbledore in the first couple movies.
Never seen a clint Eastwood movie? Gotta say im actually jealous. Wish i could start my clint Eastwood movies all over again. Greatest American cenima icon ever and its not even close.
Will: "It's a helluva thing to kill a man. You take everything he's got, and everything he'll ever have."
Iconic line.
Thanks Addie
What a Lovely Blouse! Thanks for the beautiful reaction!!
The sound effect and expression at "give it to him" was BEST.
Fun fact, Addie. During the Wild West (1850's to 1900's), most people used to embellish their stories to writers and newspaper journalists to sell what were called (Dime Store Novels.)
In a book called "The Not So Wild West." by historians ~Terry L. Anderson and Peter J. Hill, they dispel some of the era's myths.
Clint Eastwood has had a long career and he has made a lot of good movies. High plains Drifter, Paint your wagon, The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, A Fistful of Dollars, Gran Torino, In the Line of Fire, Two Mules for Sister Sara, Play Misty for Me, Where Eagles Dare, Dirty Harry, and my favourite, Kelly's Heroes.
There is a reunion of sorts in Eastwood's brilliant movie "Million Dollar Baby" where Clint and Morgan Freeman act together in a Clint directed movie. Hilary Swank won her second Oscar for her performance as Maggie Fitzgerald, an aspiring boxer who turns to Eastwood's Frankie Dunn to train her. The two form an unlikely duo, with the disgruntled older coach keeping a steely demeanor and avoiding an emotional father-daughter connection with his eager pupil. The inspirational tear-jerker earned Eastwood his a second pair of Oscars for Best Picture and Best Director and Morgan Freeman finally won his long deserved Oscar. You'll probably want to also check out "Gran Torino" where Clint plays one of the most unlikable characters ever yet we still root for him.
I gotta mention that beautiful piece of music at the end - Claudia's theme fits perfectly.
I highly recommend all the other Clint Eastwood movies. The Dirty Harry franchise, the Dollars trilogy, The Outlaw Josey Wales, Gran Torino, Million Dollar Baby, Mystic River, American Sniper, Letters From Iwo Jima, Invictus, Sully, Every Which Way But Loose, Any Which Way You Can, Hang ‘Em High, Two Mules For Sister Sara, Joe Kidd, High Plains Drifter, Pale Rider, A Perfect World, The Bridges of Madison County, In The Line of Fire, Space Cowboys, The Mule, Richard Jewel, Play Misty For Me, and Escape From Alcatraz just to name a few.
An acquaintance of mine once killed an armed robber in self-defense. He had every "right" to kill him, it was his life or the robber's. And yet he never recovered from that. He became a broken man
Welcome to Eastwood! Might I suggest a few favs… Outlaw Josey Wales, The Good the Bad and the Ugly, Heartbreak Ridge, Kelly’s Heroes, Every Which Way But Loose, Pale Rider, High Plains Drifter, Dirty Harry, Dead Pool, In the Line of Fire, Gran Torino, Joe Kidd, ehh.. just watch em all.. 😂
That was probably the funnest time I had watching a movie
Let the Clint Eastwood trifecta begin with Unforgiven (1992). See you soon for Dirty Harry (1971) & Gran Torino (2008).
Pale Rider is an underrated movie IMO... The last line of this movie though... "or I'll come back and kill all you sons a b******"... is chilling
Oh. Thought "Every Which Way But Loose" would be part of the trifecta.
@@AndyMatts44 (EDIT) Dirty Harry & Gran Torino were the runner-ups in her Clint Eastwood poll on Patreon.
@@alextan1478 Two good ones for sure but there are so many you can't just watch 3 of his films. Hopefully she'll watch more in the future. I listed a dozen of his movies above including 7 other westerns apart from Unforgiven, and five other movies that I would consider must see Clint Eastwood films. Dirty Harry & Gran Torino were among them, Every Which Way But Loose is okay but personally I wouldn't have it among his very best, but everyone has films of his they like and I guess they are not always necessarily the same ones.
"You just killed an unarmed man!", "He should have armed himself." - LOL such a great line
Best western ever made! Tombstone is also a classic.
Hi lady, Clint Eastwood is a legend, as an actor director and producer, got his big break in a Western series called RAWHIDE in the 60s ; look at his career movies list , famous for DIRTY HARRY detective, but produced amazing 2 movies on war with Japan on island 🏝 of Okinawa, 1 movie USA point of view the Japan's amazing 👏 cheers 🍻 from Australia ❤😊
This is one of the best westerns in the modern era. Another great Eastwood western is Pale Rider. Probably Eastwood’s best role besides this one is in Gran Torino which is NOT a western. But Eastwood has so much talent : actor, but also director, musician, and composer.
The character of William Munny is Clint Eastwood's nod to an older, grizzled Man With No Name from the classic Sergio Leone spaghetti western Dollars Trilogy Clint starred in from the 1960's. They are worth a watch.
Eastwood said in an interview that "Unforgiven" came about because he'd realized that there'd been a lot of violence in his movies up to then, and he wanted to address that-redress it, really-by telling a story about how violence is destructive...not only to its victims, but to the ones who perpetrate it as well. We see that in how Ned loses his nerve (and his life), and how the Kid breaks down after finally killing a person for real. "Unforgiven" ended up winning the Best Picture Oscar.