30 years ago I’d have totally agreed with you, I was not terribly impressed by Unforgiven the first time I saw it…it mostly just seemed like a good old fashioned Wild West shoot ‘em up on my first watch and those Westerns are always good fun, I love those Wild West movies.
It wasn’t until a few rewatches later that I started to appreciate the movie a great deal more and it’s central message.
William Munny was a horrible Man. He was a cruel murderer and a thief, he was a night time raider and had no care for anyone’s life and was generally a worthless, violent drunk who deserved to have been strung up from the nearest tree.
But he met a decent Lady and built a little ranch with her, attended her Church, he tried his best to provide for his family even though he was a very bad farmer.
Once his woman died he slid back into his old violent ways. A lot of people got hurt.
I’m not one to say that the women are right all the time but a decent woman can make some good sense and a decent fellow should pay some attention.
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