I still love that line: “You cowardly snake, you just killed an unarmed man.” “Well, he should have armed himself if he was going to decorate his bar with my friend.”

Clint Eastwood’s handling of the Old Gunslinger in Unforgiven is how Luke Skywalker should’ve been handled: a fitting, respectful ending.

The best part I think of the unforgiven is that Clint Eastwood purchased the rights to the story and sat on them for over 10 years waiting until he was old enough to properly play the role. no BS of "lets put wrinkles and false wrinkles on." No lets wait a decade until I am an old fart and then lets make the movie about an old man. Guy is a bloody legend!

"I don't deserve to die like this. I was building a house." "Deserve ain't got nuthin to do with it."

"Clint Fucking Eastwood" Thank you, so many people forget to say his middle name.

**Scotsman gushes about American Westerns for 10 minutes** Now THIS is some cultural appropriation I can get behind.

Eastwood literally bought this script and shelved it till he was the age he wanted the character to be.

My biggest memory of this movie is Eastwood repeatedly saying "I ain't that kind of man anymore", until the climatic fight where he was that kind of man again.

“I don’t deserve to die like this. I was building a house.” “Deserve’s got *nothin’* to do with it.”

Morgan Freeman has been old his whole life.

the ending where clint is issuing his threats and the lightning is illuminating his face,he is literally the embodiment of the angel of death.serious goosebumps every time

The bar scene where the man he once was briefly emerges is one of the most electric moments in cinema. His speech still gives the shivers.

When they kill Morgan Freeman, stick his body on the porch of the bar and they're all like: "Na it'll be fine..." and then Clint turns up and shoots the landlord and Little Bill is all like: "Well sir, you are a cowardly son of a bitch. You just shot an unarmed man." and Clint's like: "He should have armed himself....... if he's going to decorate his saloon with my friend." Fucking awesome.

I will never forget when munney realises his mate is dead, and picks up the whiskey. You know from that point onwards that shit will hit the fan. 10/10

One of my favorite aspects of the film is how Little Bill explains the actual technique of gunslinging. It's not being fast that's important, it's being calm and accurate, which is actually how the best of the gunslingers were. The guy who won was usually the one who took that extra critical second or two to aim properly when his opponent fired wildly from the hip. And that's exactly how Munny is victorious in the shootout at the end. Little Bill was unnerved, understandably so, before Will misfired and he fired first when he had the shotgun thrown at him because he panicked. Will kept his head, crouched low, and took his time to aim, one bullet for each man while Little Bill's deputies fired wildly in fear. Excellent setup based in real facts. Phenomenal film.

I didn't even noticed that The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly had 3hrs long duration.. just how great it is

Drinker: God I miss movies like this everyone: so do we... so do we.

Bill Munny: Hell of a thing, killin' a man. Take away all he's got and all he's ever gonna have. The Schofield Kid: Yeah, well, I guess he had it comin'. Bill Munny: We all got it comin', kid.

The Schofield Kid: _refusing to take back his gun_ "You go on, keep it. I'm never gonna use it again. I won't kill nobody no more. I ain't like you, Will." So many awesome moments of character clarity in this movie.

"She was a comely young woman and not without prospects. Therefore it was heartbreaking to her mother that she would enter into marriage with William Munny, a known thief and murderer, a man of notoriously vicious and intemperate disposition. When she died, it was not at his hands as her mother might have expected but of smallpox. That was 1878." Claudia Munny saved her husband, and in a sense she saves him again by the end of the movie. Munny embraces his old darkness one last time to avenge his friend, but his love of his wife and their children is absolute.

“So, who’d you kill first?” “All I can tell you is who’s going to be last.”

"Guess he had it coming huh?" "We *ALL* have it coming kid"

You know it's good when every subsequent western declares itself "the best western since Unforgiven!"

Perhaps that was Clint’s way of saying “go away, now” to the genre.

"Well, he shoulda armed himself." Unforgiven and Tombstone; two of the greats.

The best quote in this film, though there is many: "I'll see you in hell, William Munny." "Yeah." The final scene is more tense than most horror films.

"God I miss movies like this." Is the understatement of a lifetime, still my favorite ending in a movie and always will be

I just watched an interview with Scott Eastwood and Joe Rogan, and Scott said that Clint actually sat on the script for this movie for ten years because he didn't feel he was old enough yet to make the movie. That is dedication to telling a good story.

*The Kid, finally understanding how badly out of his depth he is:* "I guess I'd rather be blind and ragged than dead." *Will:* "I ain't gonna shoot you, Kid. You're the only friend I've got." _Unforgiven_ is one of my all-time favorite films; it's the movie that convinced me to give Westerns a chance after dismissing the entire genre as my father's "boring brown movies" when I was growing up. I don't know if it's a perfect movie - I don't know that the perfect movie exists, or even *can* exist - but it's incredibly well-written, directed, acted, and edited. It doesn't waste a moment of screen time: every image that appears and every word that's spoken serves the story. I watched it four times in the theater, and for the last almost 30 years it has been one of the first films I re-add to my collection every time I upgrade my home entertainment system. A great movie, even by the standards of an era when great movies were far more common than they are today (seriously, check out the Oscars class of 1993 - it was a good year).

Speaking of lies, I really love how English Bob drops the posh accent for a cockney one whenever he's too preoccupied by other things to care. It adds another level to his personality where not only are his actions bullshit, but even his posh british identity is as well.

I love how the woman starts explaining what they did to ned and u can see how munney just lets it go and starts sipping on that whiskey and becomes what he sought to leave behind

"Well I guess he had it coming." "We all have it coming, kid." I watch this scene often. Film Perfection.

"God I miss movies like this." Instead we get movies like Captain Marvel.

My dad was a huge Clint fan and westerns in general, I saw this movie with him years back . I miss him.

To this day, I consider this the end of the Dollars series. Blondie becoming old, reflecting on his past mistakes as an outlaw, and just wanting to live out the rest of his days in quiet. With the cinematic goggles taken off, the ideals thrown off, and the curtains drawn back to show how things really were. And in the end, showing that he could be that type of man again if shoved. It's honestly one of my most favorite movies, and glad to see others enjoyed it as well

This movie has the most bad ass final 30 minutes of any movie ever

“Any men don’t wanna get killed better clear on out the back”

"Unforgiven" is a movie that "The Last Jedi" wanted to be...and failed

"It's a hell of a thing killing a man. You take away all he's got, and all he's ever gonna have." Isn't that, like, the Family Court system?

That final scene in the saloon is honestly one of the finest moments in cinema history.

Gene Hackman’s Oscar winning performance was spectacular.

Clint Eastwood should ask himself: "What would Snowflake and Safespace do?"

Because of this review I watched Unforgiven. That final scene where he's leaving town; my emotions were everywhere and my mind was imagining a thousand different scenarios of how it was going to play out, yet it still quietly surpassed my expectations. Thank you Drinker you quietly over-competent champion of iconoclastic ideas, inquisitional imagination and occasional idolatry. (Feel free to quote that)

I knew The Schofield Kid (Jaimz Woolvett) back after he’d finished Unforgiven. He was working as a waiter at a steak house in my home city. It was always kind of weird to see him serving tables after just being in an Academy Award winning movie with Clint Eastwood.

The Good the Bad and the Ugly is one of my all-time favorite movies, and Eastwood is one of my all-time favorite cinematic heroes. Consistently outstanding films one after another. “I have a very strict gun control policy: if there’s a gun around, I want to be in control of it.” -Clint Eastwood

I literally consider this one of the greatest films ever made.

Perhaps one of the most powerful scenes is when Munny takes to the bottle. Up until that point the film was just a job he took on to help his family out and he largely stayed the same as when we first see him. By the end it got personal and the old Munny came out and he was fuelled by the desire for nothing but cold hard revenge

This was one of my father's all-time favorites. He passed away about 3 months ago, and I've been revisiting some of the movies that were special to him. Thanks for this, Mr. Drinker. My dad loved the clips of yours that I showed him over the years

“I’ve killed women and children. I’ve killed everything that walks or crawls at one time or another. And I’m here to kill you, Little Bill, for what you done to Ned.” One of the few movies I own a physical copy of.

Not only is it one of the best westerns, it's arguably one of the best movies ever made in my humble opinion.

One of the best movies - not just Westerns - ever made. Bravo Clint and entire cast.

Eastwood had the midas touch when it came to western movies: Unforgiven, Pale rider, the outlaw Josie Wales, the man with no name trilogy...all first class productions.

"Unforgiven" is actually the only movie where the "aging" Hero was handled perfectly. Unlike Indiana Jones 4, Rambo and Rocky 5,6 or whatever and so on.

I would give an honourable mention to ; The Outlaw Josey Wales.

Re-watched it for the first time in years. Clint Eastwood is great, but for me, the big draw is Gene Hackman. His smug but tired smile, his effortless slime is endlessly watchable. Always entertaining, in everything. Never seen him just phone in a performance.

"Assassins!" Oh yeah and Gene Hackman absolutely killed it in this movie.

That moment when he walks in to the bar and just waits for them to notice.... oh! Epic! They don't make them like that no more...

“Unforgiven” was arguably the best film of 1992. I was 18 when it was released and it make quite a lasting impression on me. Now you all know what an old git I am. Go away now!

I just watched Unforgiven last night for the first time and holy shit it was amazing, might even be one of my top 5 favorite movies of all time.

"We all have it coming kid." Clint is one of the greatest and I'm glad I grew up with his movies.

It’s so heartbreaking when you realize that as much as he wanted to, he never truly changed. There was no escaping what he had long since become.

Watched The Ballad of Buster Scruggs recently. The episode of the old gold miner is superb

It’s a hell of a thing to recommend one of the best movies ever.

I remember when this movie came out. I really had no love for violent movies. So, I didn’t have any desire to see it. However, about two years later; I was reading an interview with Gene Hackman, and he was talking about how he had retired because he was sick of the glorification of violence in movies. So, when Clint came along; he told him “hell no,” but Clint told him to read the script and he would realize that it spoke the truth about violence and it’s repercussions. I saw the movie with that in mind, and loved it. By the way, my own writing now contains tons of violence, but I try to make it so that it’s never gratuitous.

Little Bill: "The Duck of Death." WW Beauchamps: "Ah, Duke. Duke of Death." Little Bill: "Duck, I says."

4 of the finest actors in history in one movie.

I just found out about you 3 days ago and have been binging so hard. You're amazing and this level of narration and brilliance is akin to shit i think so it's like finding a random friend you never knew you had. Thank you.

Eastwood was amazing in this movie. But so was the writing and the other actors. Freeman, Hackman, Harris - their performances were perfect.

In one scene , you can see the “smoke” of a stream train , that in fact is our asphalt plant . We were paving close to their shooting location ... they had to add the train whistle in post production

"If he's faster, he'll be in a hurry and he'll miss." "and if he doesn't miss?" "...then he'll kill ya...that's why there's so few dangerous men around like Old Bob...and like me"

Unforgiven also got a pretty solid adaptation/re-telling in 2012 with a Japanese version (also called Unforgiven) starring the bloody great Ken Watanabe.

"I was lucky in the order, but I've always been lucky when it comes to killin' folks". I just love that line for some reason, so simple yet it hold such gravitas.

Best ending to a film I have ever seen. His whole persona changes on the hilltop. You learn the full extent of his past, the Schofield Kid is afraid of him. I literally cannot put in to words how completely awesome that scene is. You know something bad is coming and it doesn't let you down. His final words to the town is frightening and in total contrast to the William Munny we've seen for the majority of the film. I wish I could forget it so I can enjoy it for the first time again. 10 out of 10 for sure and my all time favourite film

The contrast between the writer and the actual gunslinger is such an awesome commentary on Clint's previous characters and cliches. When he kills everyone in the bar and explains with "I guess I got lucky with the order. I was always lucky when it comes to killing folks" or something like that. Its just perfection

“I’ll see you in hell Bill Munny.” “Yep” *bang*

This delivery of Unforgiven has created a poignant question in my mind: What is the antithesis of a Mary Sue? Here, it seems that Clint Eastwood's character embodies that antithesis. This is the same type of character we see in movies like Logan, where the hero whom we remember as being nearly unstoppable is now a broken person just struggling to survive . Drinker, would you consider doing a youtube video montaging "anti" Mary Sue characters? Something to consider, thanks for your awesome channel so far.

Saw this a couple of times upon release - i considered it an instant classic that I immediately put up with my favourite westerns of all time (most predating this by 20+years) - a few months later and Clint is rightly holding a gold statue in each hand. I cant think of a major realease since that has achieved such commercial aclaim whilst also being a genuine masterpiece for the ages.

I felt like when it came to Munny, that even though the sensationalism of his past was fake. The movie depicts that he was somehow worse. They talk of him killing women and children. Logan tells him that the story the kid told him about how he gunned down 2 men, he remembers that it was actually 3. So throughout the movie we're hearing about this badass but seeing something different till that final gunfight. And we see that he had to be drunk in order to do it. We get to see the horrible man that we heard about throughout the film. And then find ourselves rooting for a monster. He asks for skinny and then tells the people in back to clear out of the way. Making it clear what he's about to do. None of them can believe it. Like, there's no way he's going to shoot an unarmed man in front of the entire sheriff's posse. Then that line. "Well he should have armed himself. If he's going to decorate his saloon with my friend." It was chilling.

Probably missing the point a bit but I love how the movie spends the majority of its run-time trying to convince us that Munney is washed up, out of his league, and committed to burying his past. But when shit hits the fan and work needs doing, he reverts back to the savage killer he was, and has a whole town quaking in fear of him. Such a powerful moment, and whilst I know there are other themes the title of the work is "Unforgiven", and so that climactic sequence has stuck with me long after I first saw it. Character arcs are wonderful narrative devices, but this sequence says that people don't really change.

The cast doesn't get much stronger, and the genre is definitely appealing, but I'm most impressed by how well the roles and actors were paired here. Nice work, casting director 👏.

The true mundane reality that this movie shed light on is. for me, that Clint's character was never romantic, he was a cold blooded psychopath who was fueled by booze and rage. Dynamiting a train killing women and children isn't how the bandit character was ever played. Eastwood was pure genius here, completely deconstructing the heroic outlaw.

I saw this notification and immediately rolled my eyes, "Who hasn't seen unforgiven? It's a classic Eastwood-western!" Then I felt old...because young people.

Real underrated scene with Ned and the kid discussing/planning next steps when Will's sick. The kid asks what were they gonna do if Munny dies. Ned simply replies, "we'll bury him."

Clint's face and eyes, in that scene (under that tree, beneath that grey sky) when he's talking to that kid.... That's one of the best scenes in cinematic history! "We all got it coming, kid..." Awesome line! Perfect delivery!

A lot of Westerns were adapted from Samurai films, and in 2008 the reverse happened with Unforgiven when Clint's classic was adapted into a sword flick.

I wish Eastwood would give us one more movie like this before he's gone.

I love this film. They really don’t make films like this anymore.

The thing I liked about Unforgiven was that there were no “good guys”. It was just a good story, well written and gritty.

There's only one best Eastwood line... "Nobody , and I mean Nobody puts ketchup on a hotdog" - Sudden Impact

One of best lines ever - after Clint shoots the bar keeper Gene Hackman says “that was an unarmed man”! Clint replies “well he should’ve armed himself if he’s going to decorate his bar with my friend (the dead body of Morgan freeman), or something along those lines, I haven’t seen it in a while but I always remember that part. Bad ass!!!!

Hackman positively bristled in every scene he was in. Even the first time I watched the movie, not knowing what was to come, the man radiated unrealised violence, just in his bearing.

My favorite western. Perfectly written, acted and directed. The characters are believable and the environment is beautifully filmed. A must watch

What a great review of a timeless classic! That moment when Little Bill is posturing about the glorious manhunt he's about to launch for Munny, only to turn around and find Munny standing right there, staring him down, shotgun-in-hand, is the very definition of BADASS! "I really can't praise this film enough." - We park our cars in the same garage, my friend!

Lil' Bill: "I'll see you in Hell William Muny!" William Muny: "Yeah."

A truly great movie, with truly great performances. Eastwood and Hackman are at the very height of their powers here. What a rare treat.

This is one of my favorite movies of all time. So damn good, so well acted, so well put together, and so damn honest about itself. I miss movies like this.

Morally gray is exactly how I describe this movie. I've watched it a hundred times and it's still hard tell if any character is morally right or wrong

The Shootist is one of my favorite movies. “I won’t be wronged. I won’t be insulted. I won’t be laid a hand upon. I don’t do these things to other people, and I require the same from them.”

My favorite line in all of all cinema: "Deserve's got nothin' to do with it." I've quoted it many, many times. Great film.

I was never big on Westerns, but I saw this movie when it came out, immediately loved it, and have watched it several times since. I loved it because it's not just an exceptionally good Western; it's an exceptionally good _movie_ -- one that invites repeated viewings.