Another Clint Eastwood western but at least it's not another horror film.
I said last year after watching Dirty Harry that once you had seen one Clint Eastwood film then you had seen them all.. I then went on to retract this statement after watching Gran Torino but i'm kinda wishing that i hadn't.
Unforgiven, because it is a western, is very typical Clint Eastwood and in some ways similar to Gran Torino. Changing the genre of the film doesn't hide an inability to act so well as it did with Gran Torino. Eastwood always manages to present himself as a kinda 'tough guy' that you wouldn't want to cross and wouldn't bet on to miss a shot but this is exactly how is in all three films that have featured on this blog in the last year or so. A different character but played the same well.
The turning point of this film was that it had Morgan Freeman and as I have said before- he doesn't make bad films and I also haven't yet found a film where i didn't like his performance in it- he is possibly the best actor on the planet at the moment.
His part was masked ever so slightly by being only a guy with a gun and the partner of Clint Eastwood but he was still fantastic nonetheless, it just meant that he was in less of the film which is always a shame.
This also has Richard Harris (RIP) in it! I am a lover of his films- The Count of Monte Cresto was wonderful and Gladiator is breathtaking. I loved his role in it and even have to admit that it wasn't until i examined the front cover and then IMDB'd it to double check that i realised that it was actually him!
I love his speech about the queen in the train scene about midway through.
I am happy to hear your comments, especially if you have a Clint Eastwood film in mind that you think would prove that he can change characters! Post it below and I'll watch it and review it!
I said last year after watching Dirty Harry that once you had seen one Clint Eastwood film then you had seen them all.. I then went on to retract this statement after watching Gran Torino but i'm kinda wishing that i hadn't.
Unforgiven, because it is a western, is very typical Clint Eastwood and in some ways similar to Gran Torino. Changing the genre of the film doesn't hide an inability to act so well as it did with Gran Torino. Eastwood always manages to present himself as a kinda 'tough guy' that you wouldn't want to cross and wouldn't bet on to miss a shot but this is exactly how is in all three films that have featured on this blog in the last year or so. A different character but played the same well.
The turning point of this film was that it had Morgan Freeman and as I have said before- he doesn't make bad films and I also haven't yet found a film where i didn't like his performance in it- he is possibly the best actor on the planet at the moment.
His part was masked ever so slightly by being only a guy with a gun and the partner of Clint Eastwood but he was still fantastic nonetheless, it just meant that he was in less of the film which is always a shame.
This also has Richard Harris (RIP) in it! I am a lover of his films- The Count of Monte Cresto was wonderful and Gladiator is breathtaking. I loved his role in it and even have to admit that it wasn't until i examined the front cover and then IMDB'd it to double check that i realised that it was actually him!
I love his speech about the queen in the train scene about midway through.
I am happy to hear your comments, especially if you have a Clint Eastwood film in mind that you think would prove that he can change characters! Post it below and I'll watch it and review it!
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