So here I go again with writing another blog post while the movie is finishing up. Unforgiven is a western, which is definitely not my type of movie. That's one been side effect of this blog: I watch a lot of movies I wouldn't normally pick up. Sometimes it works out, and I really enjoy the movie. Other times, not so much. On one hand, this movie is the latter. Unforgiven is a dark film; the premise is about a prostitute who is cut up by a man and her friends pool their money together to put out a bounty on the man's life. Add in a character who realizes he spent many years as a young man sinning (killing) and has never fully paid for those sins. It seems only reasonable that things won't turn out for any of the characters, especially since there's a cold-blooded sheriff who takes pleasure out of physically hurting others.
As much as I'm not enjoying this film, I can appreciate the acting done by Gene Hackman who won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for this role. Performing Little Bill is difficult enough considering the evil nature of the character, but Hackman moves from being diabolical to happy-go-lucky in a heartbeat. It's disturbing to see the switch and impressive acting.
The other surprising part of this film...no one can shoot except Clint Eastwood. Maybe when you're the director you get to have things our way like that.
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