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Unforgiven review
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A classic

I already saw this movie but, since it was a while back, I was quite eager to check it out again. Well, even though some actors-turned-directors like Robert Redford, Kevin Costner, Mel Gibson or even Ben Affleck got some immediate critical recognition, it surprisingly took Clint Eastwood 20 years to get there, to finally be acknowledged as a major film maker. What happened then? This movie happened and completely changed the outlook on this icon whose work as a director wasn't taken really seriously until that point. I mean, Eastwood had already made 3 Westerns so far ('High Plains Drifter', 'The Outlaw Josey Wales', 'Pale Rider') and even though they were all pretty good, this flick was easily the best Western directed by Eastwood. What was so great about this flick was not really the directing, the acting or the story, in my opinion, it was the tone. Indeed, I loved how rather grim and gloomy the whole thing was and the way Eastwood blurred the frontier between good or bad was just brilliant. This movie was also the proof that the Academy can pick up sometimes a worthy winner for the best picture award. Anyway, to conclude, it is a great classic, one of the best movies directed by Clint Eastwood and it is definitely worth a look, especially if you are interested in Eastwood's work or if you really like the genre.ย 

8/10
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Added by johanlefourbe
13 years ago on 7 January 2011 14:03