This is not only the greatest western ever made this is imo one of the greatest films ever made perfect acting brillant score composed by clint Claudia's theme which is a really touching melody for such a violent film but unlike other westerns the violence isn't glamorised there is no senseless killing every person that munny has killed haunts him in his dreams he isn't a good man but when he tires to be good he fails his farm has pigs that have fever hes living in poverty with 2 kids its only when he goes back to what he does best killing is when he is financially successful and in some term achieving a redeeming character arc from killer to businessman kinda like Wyatt earp but what strikes me the most is his wife we litreally no nothing about this woman but she managed to tame this man who people have called cold blooded but in the shooting scene he tells others to clear the way of the range of his shotgun when he kills skinny which really shows those stories about him exaggerated had he done bad things yes but he wasnt Satan himself and that brings me to bill played brilliantly by Hackman hes a complete sadist he seems to enjoy taking immense pleasure beating people he beats up 2 people who are defenceless against him English Bob and will himself which was much more worse considering he was ill now bill wasn't a coward but he was evil hes the most realistic depiction of a lawman at that time if you watch docos on the subject of the wild west most sheriff's were formerly criminals it takes a thief to catch thief and the whipping of ned is a brutal scene this a man who hasn't killed anyone but was killed for the actions of his partner every death in the film has consequences and the death of ned leads to will killing bill and his deputies this is a film that is violent and poetic and its the last western he ever made instead of riding off into the sunset he rides off into a torrential rain
Review of Unforgiven
