Story: The town of Big Whisky is full of normal people trying to lead quiet lives. Cowboys try to make a living. Sheriff “Little Bill” (Gene Hackman) tries to build a house and keep a heavy-handed order. The town prostitutes just try to get by. Then a couple of cowboys cut up a prostitute. Unsatisfied with Bill's justice, the prostitutes put a bounty on the cowboys. The bounty attracts a young gun billing himself as “The Schofield Kid”, and aging killer William Munny (Clint Eastwood). Munny reformed for his young wife, and has been raising crops and two children in peace. But his wife is gone. Farm life is hard. And Munny is no good at it. So he calls his old partner Ned (Morgan Freeman), saddles his ornery nag, and rides off to kill one more time, blurring the lines between heroism and villainy, man and myth. Hilarity ensues.Trivia: Only the third western to win the Best Picture behind Dances With Wolves (1990) and Cimarron (1931).
So, tell me what you think? Did you like Unforgiven? Would you have picked another movie as Best Picture? Why?
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No Westerns win Best Picture in 59 years and then two win in three years. This one is a lot different then Dances With Wolves, it was clean and expansive, Unforgiven is the dirty, seedier side of the west. Eastwood and Freeman are great as the older former gunmen and Hackman as Little Bill, the good natured yet sadistic sheriff. Great movie.
The Crying Game - A British soldier is kidnaped by IRA terrorists. He befriends one of his captors, who is drawn into the soldier's world. Jaye Davidson as the love interest with a secret (shudder).
Howard's End - A businessman thwarts his wife's bequest of an estate to another woman.
Scent of a Woman - A prep school student needing money agrees to "babysit" a blind man, but the job is not at all what he anticipated. Whoo-Ahh.
A Few Good Men - Neo military lawyer Kaffee defends Marines accused of murder; they contend they were acting under orders. I love this movie. It is in my top ten. Kevin Pollak put in a very good supporting performance. I would pick this one over Unforgiven, but Unforgiven was deserving of the win.
Unforgiven seems to be a tad forgettable for me. It was just another western where the good guys go after the bad guys and theres a shoot out. I didn't like it that much. Out of this list, Scent of a Woman or A Few Good Men would have been my pick.
A Few Good Men is one of the few movies that I can watch over and over again. And it's gotta be one of the most quotable movies of all time.
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