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The Giver (2014)
It's alright
The giver is an attempt at a movie. The source material was difficult to adapt but the attempt hear was not it. The characters come off as one dimensional rather than mysterious especially jeff bridges who plays the title role. Now jeff bridges is a good actor being in such great films as the big Lebowski and true grit. Typically, the collaborations between him and the Coen brothers result in a fine quality of movie but when he works by himself the movies aren't as good. The female characters in this movie apart from Meryl Streep all look the same leading to some confusion over who is who. Along with Asher being one of the most forgettable characters in the whole movie this movie becomes very confusing over who is who.
Unforgiven (1992)
A scathing review of the brutality of the west
TL; DR Good Movie go watch it.
Unforgiven is not only a Movie but a brilliant representation of the glorification and justification of violence in the media. The film does not shy away from the savagery of the abuse received by the character of English Bob. The character, though useless, is the representation of the belief of romance and whimsy of the old west. The scribe of English bob, W. W Beachamp, follows this belief until the brutality is truly revealed to him. However, the morbid curiosity of man leads to W. W Beachamp following the character of Little Bill Daggett, The cruel and barbaric sheriff of the town. This man is a representation of the cold-blooded nature of the old west. The main character in this film is William Munny, an ex-outlaw who has regret for his actions. The character of the Scoville kid serves as a newcomer into the violence of the old west. A man who has always been tempted by the idea of the romance of tracking down outlaws. However, as he learns later in the movie, taking another's life is hardly romantic, more tragic. The movie shares multiple similarities with Homer's Iliad with the character William Munny being the character of Achilles. Both suffer the death of their best male friend, neither wanting to kill but after suffering the death of their best friend, both extract revenge by killing those responsible ignoring the morals that brought them there in the first place, however a key difference between Homer's Iliad and Unforgiven is Achilles was fated to die at the end of the trojan war whereas Clint Eastwoods character escapes, seemingly escaping his fate. This film contrasts the cockiness and extroverted nature of much of his
previous roles, here he seems tired and done with life, a show of how the life of an actor has affected him. The film seems like a personal story to him like birdman for Michael Keaton or elemental for that other guy.