After several if not many viewings, this movie never bores me or fails to elicit the same unnerving response. I always have the same overwhelming reaction to it at the same time and in the same way. Unforgiven just doesn't get old in any way.
The movie builds slowly and with meticulous craft to its powerful and classic western finale. The casting is suburb, employing the best actors for each role. Clint Eastwood is perfect in his starring role. The supporting cast is exceptional. Morgan Freeman is Eastwood's most credible "partner." Gene Hackman plays the unsavory sheriff.
The cinematography is great. Darkness and shadows are superimposed on the beauty of the western landscape. The landscape is insignificant - however, the shadows are not.
Unforgiven will stand as a masterpiece as long as dramatic movies are made.
The movie builds slowly and with meticulous craft to its powerful and classic western finale. The casting is suburb, employing the best actors for each role. Clint Eastwood is perfect in his starring role. The supporting cast is exceptional. Morgan Freeman is Eastwood's most credible "partner." Gene Hackman plays the unsavory sheriff.
The cinematography is great. Darkness and shadows are superimposed on the beauty of the western landscape. The landscape is insignificant - however, the shadows are not.
Unforgiven will stand as a masterpiece as long as dramatic movies are made.