"Deserves Got Nothin' To Do With It"

I must say I enjoyed the film "Unforgiven" very much, it really opened up a new perspective on the Western genre as a whole. I used to think that Westerns were all pretty much the same but "Unforgiven" really shows a different and more vulnerable side of the cowboy "outlaw". Throughout the movie Will Munny struggles with many demons, his drinking problem and his past as a ruthless killer play a big role on Munny's psyche as the film progresses. I really enjoyed this film mainly because it was more believable than most other westerns and some great emotions were portrayed by the three outlaws. I liked how Eastwood showed that even the worst of killers having some vulnerable characteristics hidden deep within them. I felt the depiction of a slow and painful death added a lot to the movie's message. The title is a key component of the film as well because it makes you wonder who this is being directed to, as it turns out almost all of the outlaws are battling their consciences as they murder helpless men. In the end the murders and killing of these men is unforgiven. After seeing this movie I have come to the conclusion that the revisionist western appeals to my tastes much more than a classical western. Primarily the action and emotion that the outlaws are going through grabs my attention more than a group of strangers in a stagecoach.