Waste of time

How sad is this?

For all the hype it got I was expecting a lot more!

what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

This is most likely the best film ever made. By that, I mean we might all have our individual favorite films, but if we all got together and came to a vote then my bet is it would be this one. Eastwood has surely the most monumental, consistently excellent body of work in the history of cinema. He has both acted and directed at a level that sets the bar for generations to come. Nobody else creates films with the narrative grace and thoughtfulness that seems to come effortlessly to every one of his works. This man is truly a hero and a legend.

Saw this in the late nineties on a vhs n revisted umpteenth number of times. Own a dvd of it. Jus revisited few days back on a blu ray. Back in those days, my grandpop was excited to see both his fav film stars, Eastwood n Hackman in the same film. The cast is awesomely strong. Eastwood, Hackman n Freeman. This aint just a great Western. Its a great movie with awesome characters. Eastwood playing a tough guy who has killed women and children in the past but trying to lead a decent honest life with his kids on a farm. He has become more weaker with age. His farm is going thru a loss n he is pulled into his darker side once again. On the other side v have Hackman as a sheriff whos against people carrying guns in his town. He is a bit autocratic n sadist when meting out punishment. We have Freeman as Eastwood's old pal who during a shootout acknowledges that he aint no ruthless anymore. All the performances r top notch. Eastwood's direction is truly mesmerizing from opening shot n the editing top notch. The one liners are also memorable. Cinematography by Jack N Green is wonderful. The film begins and ends with a beautiful wide shot, Eastwood standing at the grave near a tree, with a sunset in the background. As a fan of Eastwood n western genre, i owed it myself to write a review of this film.

One of the most deserved best picture winners I think there has ever been, "Unforgiven" could've and probably should've revived the Western genre, it was certainly good enough to. I could rant for hours on end and type a thesis about the film "Unforgiven" but what's left to be said that hasn't already been typed? Instead I will keep this review short and sweet, "Unforgiven" is a masterpiece of film making and one of the best westerns ever, a cast of Eastwood, Hackman and Freeman is something you can only dream about as a kid."Unforgiven" was released at I'd say the perfect time, when film making was advanced enough to make the final product look sleek and realistic, but before the widespread use of CGI and advanced technology took a grip of Hollywood, 1992, what a year!Any 'real' film fan needs to add "Unforgiven" to their collection, it's pretty much essential viewing.

The directing and editing of the film are amazing. The story is told in extremely fast pace, with full-bodied characters depicted along the way. The performances of Eastwood, Hackman, Freeman and Woolvett are particularly noteworthy. The final action scene that Will kills Little Bill is especially breathtaking. The audience keep wondering if Will will be shot by the people in the town.