Yeah...UNFORGIVEN is awesome | First Time Watching

New to the AFI updated Top 100 list for great reason #68 Unforgiven has got to be one of the best movies I have ever seen! I can't wait to get into more and more Westerns to truly appreciate what Clint Eastwood means to the genre and what he achieved in this movie! Great cast, story and cinematography! I loved the Thunder over top of Eastwood! He was the storm!!!
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Original Movie: Unforgiven (1992)
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[@coldflamebluedragon196]

Clint Eastwood, Gene Hackman and Morgan Freeman. Three absolute gods of American cinema. Such a fantastic cast and film

[@willwilliamson9580]

all three still kicking it too. very long lived gentlemen.

[@jorluo]

@@willwilliamson9580 Yep, CE 93, GH 94 and MF 86.

[@markhawes6000]

...and Richard Harris.

[@marcuscato9083]

@@markhawes6000Three American giants and one English giant. 😂

[@domainmojo2162]

And Richard Harris. A legend.

[@warriorpitbull1170]

'English Bob' is played by the inimitable Richard Harris. He played the Emperor Marcus Aurelius in Gladiator and the first Professor Dumbledore in Harry Potter. One of the best actors ever.

[@LordOfAllusion]

It’s movies like this that I really see his son, Jared Harris in him. They are both fantastic actors.

And "A Man Called Horse", another astounding movie, filmed on an era of westerns, when they depicted very badly the native americans. He also played Abbe Faria on "The Count of Monte Cristo" (2002). He was an incredible actor.

[@powerpointpaladin6911]

As soon as I heard him, I recognized him from Tarzan the Ape Man back in the day: "where's my cannon!"

[@powerpointpaladin6911]

He was also King Arthur, in Camelot ... twice

[@Rocket1377]

​@@LordOfAllusionI hope they cast Jared as Dumbledore in the upcoming Harry Potter tv series. He would be the perfect choice.

[@THOMMGB]

Clint Eastwood bought the rights to the screenplay and held onto it for 10 years until he looked older and more believable. Now, that's someone who takes filmmaking seriously. Unforgiven won the Best Picture Oscar and Best Director (Clint Eastwood).

[@MilesDoyleSalt]

Psalm 22 "My God My God why have you forsaken me?.... bulls of bashan surround me they pierce my hands and feet.... they cast lots for my garments... "“He trusts in the Lord,” they say, “let the Lord rescue him.(R) Let him deliver him,(S) since he delights(T) in him.” "I am poured out like water" etc like with other passages in the psalms, genesis, (including theophany appearances in the torah) Isaiah, Zechariah, Daniel, Proverbs etc are considered messianic in rabbinic Judaism as the suffering servant messiah Ben Joseph, and to Christianity as Yeshua, Jesus bless you ❤ Edit: To expand on this is of course Isaiah 53 where you have the servant being crushed by God as an offering for sin for others, who dies and sees life and his seed afterwards, who dies with thieves and in a rich man's tomb, and who was despised and rejected, so why there is a common view of two messiahs, Ben yosef and Ben David, one messiah as the suffering servant and another as the conqueror who sets up the kingdom. Isaiah 52 the messiah draws Israel back to himself. Some fun and sad things are like people would say Jesus didn't exist despite Tacitus, Suetonius, Pliny the younger, Lucian etc and the apostles writings and the successors/church fathers of the apostles/bishops writings and josephus, because "Nazareth doesn't exist" until of course Nazareth was discovered, or another one, "there was no synagogue in capnernaum" until we found it, or Thomas Payne in age of reason "Bible is false because there were no kings during Jesus's time" until we found King Herod Agrippa's coins, or "Jesus wasn't buried in a tomb because crucifixion victims weren't buried in tombs" until we found crucifixion victims with the nails still in tombs in tombs. More cool things, are Jesus sweating blood in the garden of Gethsemane, this is a real phenomenon called Hematidrosis where death row inmates sweat blood, also another when Jesus is pierced and water and blood come out this actually happens when water builds around the lungs, it confused some early church fathers on the spiritual meaning, but it's a real phenomenon that occurs as well. Many rabbis into gematria etc say there is a curse upon reading Daniel 9 because it says Messiah The Prince must come and bring in eternal righteousness before the destruction of Solomon's temple, no wonder they say that as then if Messiah didn't come before 70 a.d. there is no messiah, those who have divided messiah into two were confused if the messiah would come riding on a donkey or horse, so the two messiahs, as opposed to the jews who believe in Jesus and himself, who state himself and two arrivals. Of course this is why Islam falls quickly because while they call Jesus messiah they don't understand what it means, and Muhammad of course denied the historical fact of Jesus dying by crucifixion (Which besides tacitus mentioning pontius pilate doing it to him, we even have an inscription that was uncovered oh pilate and dates lining up with his time being the procurator/prefect over Jerusalem) besides Muhammad being the total opposite of Jesus, Muhammad had sex with his child bride Aisha who was nine, he beheaded and crucified people, said not to trust jews and Christians, he had Ethiopian slaves and called them raisin heads, he called jews monkeys and rats, he slaughtered villages and the wives of families he killed said you can take them and have sex with them, he got caught having sex with his slave by Aisha and said he would not do it anymore then conveniently "Allah" comes and says it's fine and he can, he's a textbook false prophet, with of course takiyah being they will lie to you about what I said above, Islam is meant to subjugate the world I'd into belief by force, if you don't convert you must pay a tax, if you don't pay it you die. Allah has no love for unbelievers unlike Jesus who loves his enemies and we are meant to love all even to death, I'd write more but youtube doesn't like long messages, with eastern thought eternal universe doesn't fit the mold because and infinite amount of successive events becoming then impossible to have the present, we would never reach today because we would always have a yesterday or event before this moment, an immaterial, spaceless, timeless, mind (agency) bringing space-time into reality, is the best explanation for why anything exists including someone as amazing and as lovely as yourself 😊 So the disciples who say "For we did not follow cleverly devised stories when we told you about the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ in power, but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty." And "13If there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised. 14And if Christ has not been raised, our preaching is worthless, and so is your faith. 15In that case, we are also exposed as false witnesses about God. For we have testified about God that He raised Christ from the dead, but He did not raise Him if in fact the dead are not raised. 16For if the dead are not raised, then not even Christ has been raised. 17And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins. 18Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished. 19If our hope in Christ is for this life alone, we are to be pitied more than all men. But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep." Since the witnesses knew whether or not they were lying and knew what it would mean to continue to say he did in fact rise and is the Messiah and God in the flesh then yes I believe them as The Messiah had to come during that time, a mind/agency creating the universe is the best cause for reality, Jesus is the most moral, truthful and charismatic and loving and honest person there is, and the most important and influential, (Buddha said he was still searching for truth, Jesus say, "I am the truth, the way and the life") Jesus gives us love and salvation as a gift without earned merit by us, not working our way to the truth or God or eternal destiny through every other religious and spiritual framework, he loves you and cares so much for you before he created you and wants a living relationship with you here and now not just after you die 😊 There's a million other things to cover that I want to say but this is probably a good stopping point but Jesis wants to remove the shadow in your life and Jesus wants you as you are right now he wants your heart and to live in you and you to know his love personally 😊 I had people prophesy over me very specific things nobody else knew about my past, things I was thinking or experienced even just the day before, Jesus healed me of sleep paralysis I had for years, depression and loneliness, I had a dream of a woman named Heather and a voice telling me their dad had died, a couple days later i meet them and they tell me about how they had just lost their dad that week, I feel God telling me to sit down and close my eyes and I see an outline of someone going to the bathroom very bizarre, then shortly after someone out of the blue asking me to pray for them as they are having trouble going to the bathroom, another was I ask Jesus alone "are you my buddy?" A couple hours later someone contacts me and they say "Yes Jesus is saying yes he is your buddy" another time was I obsessing a little over this blue suit and someone prophecies "I see you in this blue suit" etc, another time I was testing this whole thing and I'm about to be prophecied over and I have my Google notes out I had tried writing out a little story and it was about a fire and forest being burnt down and I ask God to confirm if he wants me to write this and sort of as a test because everything had been scary accurate and the person right after says "God wants you to be his little stick lit ablaze with his love, it may not seem like much but one small flame can burn down a whole forest" 😂 another one was I had this. Surreal vision looking at stars, shortly after someone messages me saying Jesus is looking at a telescope with you saying to you "everything I have is yours even the stars" another one I was in the bathroom asking God for a message for my friend Moses in Nigeria and as I'm leaving the bathroom i freeze in place and go into this bizarre trance like Peter in the book of acts and I see my friend Moses as a child playing with a toy firetruck and Jesus sitting next to him with love, I quickly tell them and they are in shock as they had just thrown away that toy that same day, another time I had gotten a word from God about someone close to me who hadn't accepted Jesus and that they had been praying to God secretly, I told them that and the look on their face was priceless as I had no idea they had been praying to God at all, they were shook 😄 this is only a handful of many a 100 times in just the last 12 months after 5 years of me being born again, there's so many more amazing things that have happened but you are beautiful and desired of God, he is a gentleman and will not force you to choose him or love him but he loves so so much, he's asking you if you will come, he will love you and cherish you everyday of your life, he will never abandon you, I beg you to take a chance and not reject God's love for you, he wants to heal you and you to enjoy a living relationship between you, God bless you so much, Jesus says to come to him for rest your weary soul he is humble and meek and tender and gentle, he loves you so much he knows everything about you, nothing about you is unimportant to him 😭❤❤ If you repent and call on his name you will be saved from hell and Jesus's wrath and judgement for all have sinned!! ❤ For God so loved The World that gave his only begotten son that whoever should believe in him will not perish but have eternal life!! 💙🙌🏻 repent all have sinned and fallen short!!❤️‍🔥❤♥️❤

[@MilesDoyleSalt]

Everything I wrote really happened to me another time is I had just woken up and before my eyes like a lens or movie against my eyes wide awake I saw black women vacuuming and cleaning in a room and then it faded off and shortly after my friend from Nigeria messaged me about sisters he had never told me before and whose aunt was mistreating them and forcing them to work at a hotel and he had never shared this knowledge before and so we contacted child services, another time a woman I never met before God told me to tell them their mammogram would go well I didn't even know what a mammogram was and they cried and told me they had just gotten one and then later the results came back negative, so many other times too Jesus is alive and real and loves you he wants to bring you from spiritual death to life his life and spiritually adopt you he loves you so much he had always seen you and loved you I pray you recieve his forgiveness and love and freedom from condemnation the world is already condemned and he came to set you free! his arms are wide open! You can recieve him now wherever you are and he'll never reject you or abandon you when you are his! He gave his life up for you and to recieve you he is the truth and the real deal! Jesus bless you! He wants you to know him! He'll never force it he wants you to freely come to him he desires you to enter a loving relationship with him and give you peace! 🙏✝️❤ Jesus is there already beside you waiting for you! May you accept his love and forgiveness and a new life and new future! ❤✝️❤️❤❤

[@davidhutchinson5233]

Actors have said that he is an awesome director as well. One, two or three takes and that's it.

[@THOMMGB]

@@davidhutchinson5233 Close, but never just one, and that’s only for safety reasons.

[@technofilejr3401]

One thing to notice is that Will’s horse is constantly being unruly when he is sober and trying to be a nice guy. Almost like the horse doesn’t recognize him. However, once he becomes his murderous drunken self, the horse is calm. It knows its true master has returned. Will is Death and his steed is the pale horse.

[@joemamma137]

Battered horse syndrome?

[@markc.7984]

that's interesting. I read it as the farm horse resisting being drawn down the road toward Wil's return to murder - the way animals always seem to know when evil is near. But by the time Will fully becomes his old self, the horse has been transformed into his pale horse along with him. Both lose the humble character they had had on the farm.

[@BattleMatt]

Pale Rider, another of Eastwood's films.

[@chrispittman8854]

We can debate which Western has the best single scene, but rather than do that, let's just acknowledge this Western contains one of the best... ever.

[@GeorgeTropicana]

Nah, Josey Wales bounty hunter scene > anything else and you can go cry about it

[@michaelhoward142]

@@GeorgeTropicana "One of the best..."

[@argentokaos2629]

This was the LAST GREAT Western... (... Hopefully not ever.)

[@chrispittman8854]

@@GeorgeTropicana Actually, I was attempting not to spoil that one. Ix nay on the istols pay. 😂 It's pretty sweet. "Endeavor to preserver..." I have NO idea how many times I've watched "JW."

[@brettmuir5679]

​@@chrispittman8854I use that line in my day to day

[@joeberger3441]

This was the grand finale for Clint Eastwood's westerns. This story was essentially the conclusion of the western gunslinger archetype that he portrayed in all his previous Westerns. Its why he purposely waited over 20 years after writing a script, just to give the character the age necessary for such a story. Btw, one thing i really love about your reactions is that you don't talk over key lines. You have excellent attention to detail and seem to pause for commentary rather than talking over the next line or scene. Its a mistake so many other reactors make that you've avoided.

[@welcometothemovies9157]

He didn't write the script. The guy who wrote Blade Runner did but yeah Eastwood waited to he was right age when he read and bought script

[@joeberger3441]

@@welcometothemovies9157 ah, gotcha

[@clarkness77]

I like how it deals with legacy and history. Like how true is it really? Is it just someone's perspective of the events?

[@joeberger3441]

@@welcometothemovies9157 good point!

[@JasonMoir]

This is one of those movies that if it's on, you always watch...even though you've seen it 100 times. Love this movie.

[@holddowna]

Totally!

[@stephendavis6267]

"Deserve's got nothin' to do with it."

[@domainmojo2162]

Coldest line this side of heaven!

[@lolmao500]

Karma : the biggest lie ever told so people dont do anything about evil people, especially those in power... ``they gonna get whats coming to them/theyre going to go to hell``... all bullcrap excuses to not do anything real about scumbags.

[@Ravenstrike721]

Life lesson

[@Stranglethroat]

"We all got it comin'"

[@chrissmith3103]

So many great lines. My favorite "It's a hell of a thing, killing a man. Take away all he's got and all he's ever gonna have."

[@rafaelpena3280]

The scene of Clint appearing in the darkness inside the bar is iconic. A Masterpiece

[@holddowna]

UNREAL!

[@Anon54387]

@@holddowna I'm not saying it was right, not defending the guy who slashed that woman's cheeks, but it does highlight the risk of being a prostitute. That's a notoriously danger line of work to get into, now as then. It's a bit odd, though, to call a prostitute a lady.

[@Anon54387]

@@holddowna I think that "rifle" was actually a shotgun.

[@Anon54387]

@@holddowna No time like the present, if you want to ride horses, there are places that give lessons. Not something to wait on.

[@Anon54387]

@@holddowna When Eastwood's character talked about shooting that drover, it reminded me of Wyatt Earp in Tombstone saying I already have a guilty conscience, may as well have the money to go along with it.

[@Mike-wr7om]

To fully appreciate this movie, you have to understand how it is responding to the tradition of westerns in cinema. Westerns had celebrated violence and killing, as long as it was done by the "good guy." This movie deconstructs the Western Myth. It says, "Killing is never heroic, never glorious; it is always an ugly, disgusting thing." In classic movie westerns, the good guy shot the bad guy, and he fell down dead in an instant. When they shoot Davy in this movie, his death is a slow and ugly thing, which is, in fact, the way it happens with death by gunshot. As Gene Hackman's character explains, the myth of the quick draw is just that, a myth. In reality, a lot of it comes down to luck, and the rest of it has to do with how steady a man's nerves are, which has more to do with how much alcohol he has consumed than anything else. Like Will says, in the days when he did all his killing, he was drunk the whole time. There's nothing heroic or glorious about that. William Munny says it all in his perfect line, which summarizes the theme of the whole movie, "It's a hell of a thing, killing a man; you take away all he has, and all he's ever gonna have."

[@HrWisch]

This movie should be the last Western you watch after having watched the classics like John Wayne, then the Spaghetti Westerns (which Clint Eastwood was a big part of with the Dollar Trilogy), then the modern Westerns (again with Eastwood in movies like The Outlaw Josey Wales or Pale Rider). As said in the above comment, Unforgiven is Eastwood's deconstruction of the myth of a genre he himself was a huge part of. The same goes for Gran Torino which is Eastwood's deconstruction of the lone wolf / lone hero myth which he also was a big part of with movies like the Dirty Harry series. To fully appreciate Gran Torino, you should be familiar with characters / movies like Dirty Harry, Death Wish up to the bigger than life one man armies like Schwarzenegger or Stallone in their prime.

[@Freedom_Half_Off]

The gut shot scene and the begging for water is often overlooked but would have been very familiar for veterans of the Civil War like William and Ned . It recalls the story of the Angel of Marye's Heights ...

[@realBkay]

Saul Rubinek (Beauchamp) was interviewed and said Clint bought the script and held onto it for 10 yrs. Saul said when a script is re-written, colored pages indicate the re-writes. Saul said when he received the script, all script pages were white - no re-writes. It was that good.

[@solitaryjeff]

Clint Eastwood's masterpiece. One of the few films I've seen in a theater where the audience stood and applauded as the credits rolled.

[@karlmortoniv2951]

Audiences freaked out when the first trailer started playing in cinemas. Everyone was keen to see this. 😊

[@dereknolin5986]

"It's a hell of a thing, killin' a man. You take away all he's got, and all he's ever gonna have." That's one of my favorite movie lines ever!

[@charlie53echo]

The film is the opposite of the stereotype. It absolutely refuses to glorify the killing. Will becomes the Will Munny of old when he receives the news that Little Bill killed Ned and he takes that first sip of whiskey in a decade. He was terrible until he drank, because his muscle memory was tied to being drunk. Great reaction, a real joy to rewatch it with good company like you.

[@Theomite]

I really like how all reactors notice when Will starts drinking again because they know that was his murder juice.

[@jasonvulgamore7414]

Clint Eastwood is synonymous with Westerns. High Plains Drifter, Pale Rider, The Good The Bad and The Ugly... all legendary films. Eastwood wanted to keep the sets pristine so all camera equipment and such had to be brought to the set on horse drawn cart to keep from making modern tire tracks in the streets of the town.

[@chrispittman8854]

"Well? Are you gonna pull those pistols or whistle Dixie?" If you get a chance check out Jay Mohr's bit about working with Eastwood.

[@Anon54387]

I don't remember if it is an Eastwood movie, but there's that one movie where they are on a train station platform at the beginning and the windmill water pump has a squeaky bearing in it. That was a mood.

[@GeorgeTropicana]

Doesn't even name his best western

[@nordboya1656]

@@Anon54387 Not an Eastwood, but it is from a (very great) Sergio Leone movie: Once Upon a Time in the West.

[@rare_wulf9358]

You did not mentioned my favorite movie of Clint Eastwood “ The Outlaw Josey Wales”

[@georgelucas3835]

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance should be your next western. It is not Clint Eastwood but it is John Wayne. It also depicts the myth of the west versus reality.

[@brandonflorida1092]

It is a great movie, as is "Rio Bravo" also with John Wayne.

[@paulp9274]

Also 'The Shootist', John Wayne's last movie, filmed as he was dying of cancer.

[@dmb7403]

To me this is the best western of all time. Its like an amalgamation of all the gunslinger characters that Clint ever played just trying to redeem themselves and have some kind of good life after all of the killing. His speech at the end, that whole scene in my opinion is one of the best in film history. A masterpiece.

[@jameshutchinson568]

I was completely blown away the first time I saw this movie. A total masterpiece. Amazing performances by actors at the top of their game, particularly Gene Hackman. It's a very unusual Western, the way the whole topic of killing a man and how difficult it is becomes the primary focus of the movie. The ending is just so powerful! It's got to be a candidate for the greatest Western movie ever made. I was never a big Clint Eastwood fan growing up, but I became one after seeing this movie.

[@StarShipGray]

My favorite western. I just love how much this film challenges your senses of morality and justice. There is no clear hero or villain. Everyone is just a different shade of gray.

[@hollishamilton3943]

Came here to say this. It's definitely not a white hat vs. black hat kind of movie.

[@SmokeyNades]

He shoulda armed himself if he’s gonna decorate his saloon with my friend

[@lolmao500]

In todays america, cops decorate their police station with the bodies of many innocent people and its even on video to laugh at ... and no murdering cop ever end up in the morgue or in prison for it.

[@SmokeyNades]

@@lolmao500 don’t cut yourself on all that edge, princess

[@knightheaven8992]

@@lolmao500 sure sure...

[@INSTRUMENTALILLNESS]

😅 love that line.

[@zingamaxkettlesteinjudaism6069]

@@lolmao500”innocent people” So that was a lie.

[@johnscott4196]

The Outlaw Josey Wales is Eastwood's best Western imo this is a close second.

[@zx2781]

High Plains Drifter for me.

[@MrBananagrab]

I agree, The Outlaw Josey Wales is a fine Clint Eastwood western, but Unforgiven is without a doubt his best western.

[@godtfredlea6610]

It's sad that governments are chiefed by the double tongues. There is iron in your words of death for all Comanche to see and so there is iron in your words of life. No signed paper can hold the iron. It must come from men. The words of Ten Bears carries the same iron of life and death. It is good that warriors such as we meet in the struggle of life... or death. It shall be life.

[@evolutionizer15]

Joe Kidd

[@GeorgeTropicana]

Not just his best but the best ever made. An absolute masterpiece and just a fraction over Unforgiven

[@john195223]

For an actor that made his bones in westerns, this is Eastwood's best film ever! Not only was it perfect in every way, but he also directed it as well. Not to many players in the Wood that can act and director as well as he does. Great cast as well. 10/10

[@holddowna]

He’s amazing!

[@john195223]

@@holddowna He did a movie called The Mule and directed that as well. Richard Jewell is another great Eastwood directed film. Both would make a excellent reaction videos

[@fozzy1004]

Agreed. "He should of armed himself if he is going to decorate his salon with my friend" - Best line ever.

[@sca88]

His first Western, Fistful of Dollars changed the Western genre forever. It was a Spaghetti Western, Italian directors, filmed in Spain with mostly Italian and Spaniard actors but a few German, French and of course Americans as well.

[@poman1976]

Clint starred in Rawhide for years before the Dollars Trilogy.

[@Xorgrim]

@@poman1976 That's TV. I guess, @sca88 was talking about movies.

[@davidyoung745]

Eastwood bought the rights to the script and sat on it for over a decade because he didn’t think he was old enough yet to play Will Munney. But when he did……Man, the bench was so deep with great talent on this one. I you haven’t seen him in Gran Torino, you’ve got to watch that as well. It’s not a western but Eastwood delivers another amazing performance.

[@shannonkohl68]

I saw this movie when it first came out. Was totally blown away by it. I love the fact that even the minor characters are well-developed and well-acted. This is one of those movies I've watched over and over and it never gets old.

[@BigMike246]

Clint Eastwood was involved in a lot of movies. Most of them good. But Unforgiven is a stand alone for me. Brilliant, I never get tired of watching it again and again. This is a film I'd love to be in the room with you when you watch it again. It just gets better every time you watch it.

[@justsmashing4628]

GRAN TORINO next…another Eastwood absolute banging movie

[@dblshotz75]

As you get older this film hits harder. Watch it again in 10 years and then 10 after that. I cant get through it without a couple of tears. The depth of this film goes beyond just a western. That was a great reaction. Definitely got my sub.

[@dagfincarp1113]

So happy you viewed this. Excellent movie. Turns the Western gunfighter trope on it's head. "We all have it comin', kid". Haunting

[@jdc7923]

Clint is a very special director. His movies are completed on time and under budget. He shoots most of his scenes in one take, because he knows that a quality movie is about storytelling and atmosphere, not about getting the "perfect" performance of each individual scene.

[@raulguadalupe3489]

Eastwood's melancholy masterpiece. His doctoral thesis on the Western genre.

[@monsterrigs8104]

What I love most about the ending is look at Will’s horse and how he responds to him. The horse was terrified of him and was shaking. That horse knew exactly who was riding him.

[@kennyboy2372]

Filmed in southern Alberta, I remember there was a lot of buzz around at the time about Clint Eastwood filming a western just south of Calgary.

[@TheCrazyCanuck420]

I wonder if Clint Eastwood thought: "why didn't we film the spagetti westerns up here?" 😂

[@dnish6673]

A woman I knew pretty well was a riding double in it. When you see the cut up girl riding out to see Clint in the distance it’s her.

[@williamjamesrapp7356]

I am a retired police officer. As a child I grew up in the south west ( Actually South EAST NEW MEXICO ) Along the Rio Grande River between Las Cruses NM and El Paso Texas. I remember seeing Indian Tribes at POWWOWs wearing their full indian garb and dancing. We had older members of our church who were real life cow boys back in their day. One old man ( A old Rancher ) at out church was 21 in 1900 Died in 1976 when I was in 6th grade. We moved Back to the area where my parents were from THE MID WEST. I became a police officer and for 3 years on the department I was on the Mounted Horse Patrol ( the last 3 years we had the patrol out of 25 ). I told everyone I WAS A PAID PROFESSIONAL COW BOY as I rode a horse for work every day. Best Job I ever Had.

[@hanng1242]

Even though you didn't guard, herd or drive cattle? 😜

[@johannesvalterdivizzini1523]

I don't mean to be rude, but why are you going on and on about your life story? Tooting your own horn. What does that have to do with this film?

[@williamjamesrapp7356]

@@hanng1242 well, when I lived in New Mexico I actually had been on one cattle drive where we drove the cattle into the ranch to brand cattle that had not yet been branded . But as a Mounted Police officer we sometimes had to heard and drive large crowds at special events so it kinda the same principal. But mostly daily as a mounted patrol officer we patrolled in parks and went to schools and day cares and showed the kids the horses and some times gave them rides and spoke to kids about different types of safety issues . We patrolled down town events university home football game events ( tailgate areas ) and such. Mostly it was a form of public relations where police in a car driving around and pass people people don’t get a sense of being able to just talk to the police where we are sitting on a horse people and children always come to pet the horses and talk to the police

[@haydenlindquist7006]

One detail that often goes unnoticed is throughout the movie Clint’s responses are often ambiguous. “I don’t know” “I reckon so” etc. But when Gene Hackman says he’ll see him in hell the response is a simple and absolute “yeah.” Also, that final gunfight is the epitome of a Wyatt Earp quote. “Fast is fine, but accuracy is final. You have to be slow in a hurry.”

[@holddowna]

Thanks for watching!!

[@lapelcelery42]

He gives a straight answer when the girl asks him about his wife too - "Is she back in Kansas?" "Yeah, she's looking over my young ones".

[@9Ballr]

Unforgiven is my favorite movie of all time.

[@holddowna]

Pretty good fave of all time choice!

[@RoadDoug]

Wow! Just Wow! What a great reaction. This is one of my favorite movies. Clint is my generation’s John Wayne.

[@axr7149]

Fun fact: The theme song you hear in the credits was co-composed by Clint Eastwood himself (alongside Lennie Niehaus). At the very least, he is involved in the composition of the theme song of most of the films he has directed. He has in fact also composed the scores of a couple of the movies himself (MYSTIC RIVER and MILLION DOLLAR BABY are a couple of examples). Another fun trivia: The Wolverine character in X-MEN (comics and movies alike) is actually based on Clint Eastwood. Hugh Jackman himself admitted that his performance in LOGAN was inspired by Eastwood in UNFORGIVEN.

[@Tershula]

I always thought that Jackman was Eastwood's love child.LOL.

[@charlotex1]

Claudia's Theme is the name of the song.

[@DelightLovesMovies]

The best western ever made and the only one that made me cry for real. All those actors are so good in this.

[@DR_DOOM_3298]

Definitely add The Outlaw Josey Wales, High Plains Drifter, The Good The Bad & The Ugly, A Fistful of Dollars, For A Few Dollars More & Pale Rider to your must watch Clint Eastwood westerns. Some great non western Clint to watch, Dirty Harry, Magnum Force, The Enforcer, Sudden Impact, Play Misty For Me, The Gauntlet, Escape From Alcatraz, Gran Tarino, Million Dollar Baby, Trouble With The Curve, A Perfect World, Heartbreak Ridge, Every Which Way But Loose, The Beguiled.

[@aworkinprogress4387]

One of the greatest westerns ever.

[@jamesbolling6681]

In an interview , Clint Eastwood said he called Richard Harris at his home in the Bahamas to ask if he wanted to play English Bob in the movie. Richard Harris was watching High Plains Drifter and thought it was a crank call.

[@paulkingartwerks7981]

Best classic western ever: "The Seachers" with John Wayne. His best performance ever; he should have received and Oscar.

[@VonBlade]

Not sure if it would survive modern sensibilities. Wayne is 100% an anti-hero in that. Hell he's almost a villain. Tough to root for a racist antagonist, even if it is The Duke.

@@VonBlade He WAS a racist antagonist. J.W. was a POS

[@dasx2gra]

@Marco-vw3mv for me, its Red River!!!!

[@MrSmithOriginal]

@@VonBlade What is racist about the Comanche kidnapping a female member John Wayne's character's family and them going after her in an attempt to rescue her from slavery? The Comanche were brutal adversaries and slave traders. They warred against the Apache, Wichita and Tonkawa to gain dominance in their region and also had conflict with the Osage, Ute, and Navajo. In no way was John's character "Racist" and the word didn't even appear in English until the 1930s and wasn't really even used until the 1960s. It's a political construct meant to divide people but I digress.

[@johnrussell6620]

Star Wars ep4 is a retelling of "The Searchers" ... in space.

[@tomstanziola1982]

This movie won a well deserved Oscar for best picture, Ames, and Clint Eastwood won an Oscar for best director. Fantastic reaction to an outstanding movie!!! Well done!!!! 👏👏👏👏❤️

[@user-sy5vv4ze3h]

I loved how engaged you were with this movie, especially in the suspenseful scenes. This is my favorite western, because of the way it subverts standard western tropes. It has more impact, however, for those who have seen Eastwood's earlier westerns, where he was the perfect gunfighter. Really happy to hear your excitement about exploring more westerns; it's a rich genre of fine films.

[@rogermorris9696]

I think one of most honest parts of the story is the writers story arc, who turns the stories of evil men into heroic ones, The is a spin doctor of his time, crafting a public image the gunmen want to see themselves as, not simple killers.

[@Usurper123]

I love how they called back to the guy who keeps his head is liable to win in a gunfight over the faster or better shot. Will was a horrible shot with a pistol but he was the only one who didn't panic in the saloon.

[@Tampahop]

Clint Eastwood has been doing westerns going back to starring in Rawhide, a black and white tv show about cattle drives in the late 50's and early 60's. He is probably most noted for his work on "spaghetti westerns" as the man with no name. I felt like Unforgiven was a ground breaking western because it did not glorify the western traditions or the violence as most westerns did. It seemed very raw an realistic in its portrayal of western life.

[@torbjornkvist]

UNFORGIVEN is among my 5 favorite movies. It was Eastwood's last Western, and he sat on the script for 20+ years until he made it. It's shot in Canada and all the smaller supporting characters were Canadian actors.

[@moose2577]

"We all have it coming, kid".

[@domainmojo2162]

That's my favorite, followed by "Deserve's got nuttin to do wit it.", and "H3ll of a thing k* a man, you take away all his got..." Then there's the delivery of - "Well sir, you are a c_w_rdly s*!", "I'll see you in h*, William Munny" and "Yeah." - and others. This movie had so many iconic shots, deliveries and lines! CLASSIC!

[@OverlandOne]

I have been watching your film reaction videos for a while now and just wanted to say, your analysis is spot on. I am old now, but it is great to see a younger person with the intellect to understand the events unfolding in a film. It has been a real pleasure watching. Thank you.

[@robertbunting3117]

From when the kid starts admitting he'd never killed anyone until Clint says "I aint gonna kill ya kid, you're the only friend I got." is one the greatest scenes in an Eastwood western ever.

[@kmvoss]

17:52 Never noticed English Bob's posh English faltering until watching this reaction. Subtle! Great reaction to a classic film.

[@jrd33]

Yes. "English Bob" is just a persona of an upper-class Englishman, I think you need to know something about English class accents to pick up on it. Definitely fits with him having a "biographer" for publicity.

[@DavidAntrobus]

@kmvoss Yes, it's a great little detail, and now I know where Tarantino got the idea for Oswaldo Mobray (Tim Roth) in _The Hateful Eight_ , who does the exact same thing, going from an upper class accent to working-class cockney. I love how we can go back to older movies and realize how often they influence subsequent filmmakers.

[@DoerOfThings8]

If you are trying westerns, I have a suggestion. I haven't seen any reactors watch "Lonesome Dove" yet. It's a great western mini series with a much younger Tommy Lee Jones, Robert Duvall, Danny Glover, and many others. The long form storytelling of a mini series and the iconic performances of those great actors let's you really fall in love with the characters.

[@jackmessick2869]

Madison K Thames has reacted to Lonesome Dove. She's a good reactor and an author in the western genre.

[@user-kk8vc9ck3t]

It's funny when the little girl asks "Did Pa used to kill folks?" She's not expressing dismay. She's expressing disbelief.

[@brentharker7868]

Best Western Movie ever! In reality, the fictional town of Big Whiskey, Wyoming was in the Alberta foothills just southwest of Calgary. The river valley and the ranch scenes were shot in the Red Deer River Valley Badlands just east of Brooks Alberta. All great western locations. "You ain't ugly like me, it's just that we both got scars, but you are a beautiful woman and if I wanted a free one I guess I would want it with you". The most affirming movie line ever spoken by a man whose love for a good woman helped him see things more clearly and end his evil ways. Unlike his previous murders, the killing of Little Bill, his deputies and the Cowboy leaned sharply toward righteous acts of vengeance.

[@stallion78]

Glad you’re watching a good movie like this…..but missing your Pacific reactions….it gets crazy from where you left off

[@hulkingwarmachine3]

Outlaw Josey Wales and Pale Rider. Two of Eastwoods best movies

[@holddowna]

Can’t wait to see those!

[@samuraiwarriorsunite]

I'm really glad this film did so well. I grew up on Westerns and love the genre. It's nice to see younger people appreciate it as well.

[@gregghelmberger]

The line "We all have it comin', kid," is the very heart of this movie. It's the ethos of the film in six words and one of the most painful sentences ever spoken in a movie. I feel no exhilaration watching the ending shootout. I just feel sorrow and regret for Will falling back into his old, wicked ways. It's crushing.

[@ericlencher2356]

You said "he's old" referring to English Bob. What I find funny is that Gene Hackman is actually 9 months older than Richard Harris. Clint Eastwood, Gene Hackman, and Richard Harris were all born in 1930.

[@EllisThings]

What a picture! A tremedous story on it's own and also such a great commentary on the history of the genre, expertly made. Mad that this is 30+yrs old already

[@noone1704]

My favorite thing about this movie is how they took out the glamor in taking another person's life, makes it feel so real

[@dustyblack1855]

"We all have it coming, kid...." One of the best delivered Iines to sum up his western movie career.

[@thamoose2179]

UNFORGIVEN!!!!! Where basically Sheriff Little Bill Daggett is the "Hero: (but the Antagonist) and Outlaw William Munny is the "Villain" (but the Protagonist)

[@Ozai75]

This is late, but the Scene where Bill gives Mr. Beauchamp and by extension English Bob a chance to shoot, the last click was the first Cylinder of the gun (The one that he'd cocked to line up with the barrel) And nothing dropped out, which is why Bob looked up quickly. That chamber was empty, so even though it was cocked when he would've pulled the trigger it would of fired nothing. And in that space of time Bob could of shot and killed them both with absolutely no one even remotely questioning it.

[@paulmarshall4794]

Another Clint Eastwood western you would probably like is Pale Rider. It's a great show.

[@johnscott4196]

A young Richard Harris in "A Man Called Horse" is also a good Western

[@ironman20740]

One of the greatest endings ever!!

[@johnathanstruble1064]

One of the finest Westerns ever filmed! It began the trifecta , Unforgiven, Million Dollar Baby, and Gran Torino.. ❤

[@undertow5164]

Wish you'd seen his early 70s movies first. Not only is this the best western ever made(IMO) it's deconstruction of the genre and myth of the western gunfighter makes it one of my all time favroites. Loved your reaction.

[@ronniereyes4632]

Pale Rider is another Clint Eastwood Western I highly recommend

[@holddowna]

Cool!

[@ThistleAndSea]

Pale Rider is a good one! 🤠

[@andreshernandez1180]

*Richard Harris* (English Bob) plays *Prof. Dumbledore* in the first 2 Harry Potter movies and the Emperor in *Gladiator.* PLEASE watch *Arlington Road* starring *Jeff Bridges* (The Big Leboswki) and *Tim Robbins* (The Shawshank Redemption); and for another good western watch *The Quick And The Dead* starring *Russell Crowe, Gene Hackman, Sharon Stone* and *Leonardo DiCaprio.*

[@jlb6]

And A Man Called Horse. From 67 I think. The sequel was a money grab though

[@yt45204]

Dubbledore?

[@hoya1178]

The Quick and the Dead is a terrible western

[@matthewstroud4294]

Of all the genres of cinema, the Western is where some of the most thematic content lives. The "myth of the old West" that is used in Westerns is about people in a place where they are on the frontier of civilized life, where whomever enforces the law is either ineffective or too far away to count upon. As such, it takes in the whole realm of the politics of government, self-defense and a changing, modernizing world. Important Westerns to watch other than Unforgiven: The Searchers. Once Upon a Time in the West. Shane. High Noon. The Dollars Trilogy. The Big Country. The Magnificent Seven. Gunfight at the OK Coral. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. The Wild Bunch. The Outlaw Josey Wales. High Plains Drifter. I also have a personal favourite: El Dorado. I really hope you do some more Westerns, they are full of content - unlike many films today.

[@johnsinclair4448]

Every time Will Munny says "I'm not like that anymore", it almost sounds like he's pleading. Like he's trying to convince himself more than anyone else. The 4 big stars of this movie have made so many great films, that all you have to do to find a great movie to watch, is Google their name and pick one. My favorite movies of each of these stars are: Clint Eastwood - The Outlaw Josey Wales Gene Hackman - Uncommon Valor Morgan Freeman - Glory and Richard Harris - A Man Called Horse

[@johnathanstruble1064]

Outlaw Josey Wales....amazing film.

[@davidpoole5595]

A movie so good it killed a genre No-one can make a better western so why try

[@DonForceFeedback]

The scene when bob refuses the pistol in the prison and Little Bill unloads it, I'm pretty sure from memory that only 5 rounds are heard on the floor, meaning that if bob took the gun I believe that it would've hit an empty chamber anyway. Just a little detail most people tend to miss in that scene.

[@Wayne-745]

This movie was a western more accurate than most other westerns, especially the ones Clint starred in. The cowboys in the old black 'n' white movies stayed clean and shaved and never ran out of bullets. It wasn't like that at all. It was muddy and rough and hard. CE did an awesome job with this movie. Respect to the man for telling it like it really was.

[@hemlock399]

You did a great job editing. So many reactors butcher the best scene in the movie (IMO), the conversation between Will & the Kid while they're waiting to get paid, and the best line in the movie (IMO), Will's "Deserve's got nothin' to do with it". Hats off to you for a great reaction!

[@user-yr3hu1ug7r]

Every time I see the final scene with Williams finally reverting back to his old ways...I notice the color of his horse and thought about this line from the Bible... "And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat upon him was Death, and Hell followed with him."

[@charlize1253]

One of (several) brilliant themes of this masterpiece is identity -- throughout, when people ask if he's William Munny and if he's a killer, he denies being him and says "I ain't like that anymore," until the final confrontation with the sheriff, when the sheriff says "You're William Munny, killer of women and children" and he finally says "Yeah."

[@holddowna]

Thanks for this comment!

[@ironmonkey1512]

That was my favorite scene in Breaking Bad, when Walter admits to his wife that he did it all for himself and that he liked it.

[@chrissmith3103]

Unforgiven and Outlaw Josey Wales are my 2 favorite Clint Eastwood movies

[@artsilva]

Another classic and fun Clint Eastwood western to watch is The Outlaw Josie Wales, also stared and directed by him and a great story and cast of characters that became one of my all time favorite movies.

[@DIEmicrosoft]

Yeah, keep an eye out for Uncle Leo.

[@gregkral4467]

my buddy worked on that one, he showed em the best locations around here to film. He got some great pictures of him and Gene and Clint and his redtail hawk that he rescued. nice to recognize the locations.

[@spiveym]

This is by far his best movie. Gene Hackman correctly got Best Supporting Actor. My only regret is Eastwood never had a scene with Richard Harris, in this movie or otherwise. I'dve loved to see English Bob and Munny square off.

[@thomasbrown9402]

The end dedication, "To Sergio and Don" is for Sergio Leone, who directed Eastwood's "Spaghetti Westerns", and Don Siegel, who directed him in Dirty Harry films - the movies that made Eastwood the star (and director) he is. You may not have caught that since you're watching his filmography somewhat in reverse, but the contrast to his earlier roles is what made the movie stand out to many audiences at the time.

[@blackpowder99]

Clint Eastwood is a man's man, no bad movie, but this is the best ending to any Western.

[@ajb7615]

I've watched many reactions to this iconic film, which I saw in the theater when it was first released. Your reaction was the very best I've seen, and your editing did the film justice because, unlike others that I've viewed, you maintained the continuity. I really liked how you appreciated the film's nuances and structure as well as its realistic and sometimes humorous portrayal of this period. Great job!! Thank you!❤❤❤😊😊😊

[@zigman63]

Still stands up at the greatest Western ever made.

[@aldmason9868]

The whole movie builds up to that last scene where we get a tiny glimpse of the William Munny that laid dormant. The music is haunting and chilling and adds to the overall aesthetics of who this man is. For one night and for a brief moment we were made privy to what the movie only alluded to in ref to William Munny. Very well done!!

[@danrieke9988]

Every single actor/actress in this movie was epic in their performance. Every single one.

[@KneeAches]

Listening to your list of Westerns: I must add The Wild Bunch. Great cast, for my money the best western all time. Groundbreaking at the time. It was in AFI top 100. Not sure if it’s still. And I love the old great ones: High Noon, Shane. Finally McCabe and Mrs Miller, though not a classic of the genre……….an amazing film.

[@jt-ph1ox]

Love your respect for this film and others. One of my favorite Eastwood films is "In the Line of Fire". It's not a western, but it is fantastic Clint Eastwood. Good Luck. Thanks. JT

[@jsbcody]

William Muny was the definition of a bad drunk......the drunker he got, the meaner and more deadly he became.

[@saytr4]

High Noon with Gary Cooper. Iconic. Maybe the best Western ever.

[@harryrabbit2870]

Good reaction, well done. Absolutely explore the Western genre. There's an absolute gold mine of drama in it. It's why it has endured for as long as it has.

[@ThistleAndSea]

Good one, Ames! Yeah, Clint and John Wayne pretty much defined the genre back in the day. Westerns were the big thing in both film and tv for many, many years before finally petering out in maybe the early 70's or so? They were pretty much forgotten until Silverado hit the theaters in the mid-80's and brought westerns back to life. You have a LOT of great westerns to catch up with, the old ones and several of the new ones as well. As for Clint, he is an American treasure, and he is still making some great movies. Have you seen Gran Torino yet? Or Mystic River? Or Million Dollar Baby? He often composes and performs some of the music in his films now too. Good stuff. Thanks for sharing this one with us. 🙂 Looking forward to seeing what western you decide to watch next.

[@davidwilkins5932]

Great reaction to a modern classic! I highly recommend the Eastwood western prior to this one called ‘Pale Rider’. He directed that one too, and it’s also a classic. The more modern productions like these two, portray a lot more authenticity than those of the 1970’s and earlier, but I do have great love for ‘The Outlaw Josey Wales’, though he didn’t direct it.

[@mikefetterman6782]

Richard Harris, (English Bob) you probably recognize as the original Dumbledore. He starred as Albus the first couple of movies in the series. He also was King Claudius Aurelus, in the movie Gladiator. He is an accomplished actor for many decades going back a nomination from The Molly Macguires, with Sean Connery.

[@Tershula]

Emperor Marcus Aurelius I believe.