Sunday, November 28, 2010

This film is called Unforgiven?

I did not know that until i signed in and saw all these posts titled, "Unforgiven".

Anyways, I like this film. It was exhileratinng and action packed. Though I don't usually watch western films, this has been a good experience.
On day one of viewing Unforgiven, Mr. Bennett told us all to take careful watch of the characters' usage of exaggeration (immediatly, everyone took out paper with pen ready in hand) This, i found all throughout the movie.
The beginning of the film starts with one of the prostitutes getting her face cut up by a man. The news spread through town. And when the Schofield kid shows up at Will Munny's house, he repeats the story, but with many stretched truths in it. Next, when Munny goes to his ex-partner's place, he repeats the Schofield kid's story, with even more stretched truths. Many a times throughout the film, we do not see the actual occurance happening, but the characters tell us what they think might have happened, or what they hear from some one else. Even at the end of the movie, we read that legends say that Munny disappears with his kids, settles in San Fransisco, and profits from a small business. It does not tell us that this is definately what happens. And so we can see that the whole film, from the beginning to end, is an exagerration. 
About the Schofield kid: his personality is well portrayed/well rounded in this film. We see that he acts all tough. Meanwhile, Will Munny and Ned know that his whole story is a lie. He is young, unexperienced, and in reality, never killed anyone until the man who hurt the prostitute. This can be seen as he attempts and fails to shoot at everything and everyone in that field. I think that having the experience of killing someone, one would not be extremely proud and defensive, as is the case of the Schofield kid. Munny and Ned on the other hand, are both reluctant in talking about their past experiences in killing. This is reality, i believe, when the truth of having killed an innocent man washes over you in waves of guilt. The Schofield kid certainly experiences this at the end of the movie, after shooting that unarmed man. The scene where he sits by the tree and cries over what he has done is very emotional, and one can be sure that he will not be shooting anyone ever again. He says, "I'm not like you Will."
Certainly, Will does not enjoy killing either, and he is also guilty in what he has done in his past, but as he mentions more than once throughout the film, it was his wife who healed him of his drinking and killing. The power of love is what changes Will completely, unlike the Schofield kid (what's his real name?) who is more greatly and immediatly affected by guilt.

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