Unforgiven part 2

All throughout the movie I would wonder why the movie was called Unforgiven and it would kill me because i couldn't figure it out. Firstly, I would like to point out a major theme in this movie in change. All throughout the movie I feel as if a every character keeps constantly undergoing personality changes and keeps redifining what kind of characters they are. In the opening paragraph, Munny was shown as a killer that married one of the sweetest girls in town. In the opening scene, Munny is portrayed as a caring father who seems to have been transformed by his wife into a good man. By the end of the movie, Munny resorts to his old tactics and becomes the feared killer he once used to be. A similar thing happened with the Scafold kid - in the beggining of the play he was portrayed as a killer that is only interested in the money, he transforms into someone who has never killed before, and eventually ends up a killer and a character I ended up liking. Regardless, thanks to one of the blogs, I realized it is called Unforgiven because Munny cannot forgive himself for what he once used to be and what he used to do. He used to be a killer and that will never change because that is what he had already become. Although he did become a changed man and his wife helped out, he can't forgive himself for all the horrible things he did and that is why he can't ultimately get that killers mentality out of his system. The film was great and I would most definetly recommend it to anybody in search of great Westerners.

Unforgiven

Judging from the way Mr.Bennet described this movie to be like, I was getting ready for a couple of boring watches of the film. It is the complete opposite of what i expected and packed with plenty of action tons of excitement. I think that the movie is so accurate and detailed in everything that it does, and it enhances the whole experience of watching the films. It lists the dates of everything that is going on, is historically accurate, and goes in detail to even name the type of guns characters have on them( like Mr.Bennet just mentioned in his blog). I also admire the kind of man that Will has become and I was touched by the conversation he had with his ex-partner when he talked about how his wife changed him and how he used to be a crazy man. Even then they went into great depth to talk about how he shot someone and the bullet came out right through the back of his head. It just shows how much of an effect falling in love and having children can have on a man.

The Seventh Seal

One thing I really like about the movie is that it keeps you thinking about the greater meaning in things. I have acedemic inquiry after film class and both times we have watched this film my mind just wandered and thought about what we had watched and what it means. I didn't really understand how Death could be playing chess with him at the same time that all the action is going on, but I understand its more of a metaphor. This makes me think that our life is just one big game of chess and whoever is best at evading a checkmate lives the longest. So far I don't especially like the movie because its in a foreign language and I really don't like not hearing what the actual actors are saying. I also like movies that are in color a lot better because it adds more liveliness to it, but one thing this movie really does for me is make me think about the things that go on in it. I get lost in thoughts such as "What happens if you beat death? or if its a stalemate?". I also hope that the movie keeps going at the slow pace that it is because I would hate to see it turn into an action movie.

The Ending of Runaway Train

Although I did not watch the ending of Runaway Train since I wasn't in class, I had a classmate tell me about it and i thought it was great. I always thought that Manny would end up killing the warden in the ending but I never thought that he would sacrifice himself in order to do it. I didn't especially like the character of Manny because at first i thought he was a good person even though he was in jail. Then I saw what he did to Buck and changed my opinion of him. I understand that Manny was very into getting into the next cart, but some people are just not capable of pushing themselves to the limit( such as Buck). That does not make him a coward, it just makes him weaker than Manny. I was glad that Manny rescued Buck and the girl at the end because it showed he does have good inside of him and he does care about other people. This was my favorite movie so far because of the amount of action in it and it was pretty well acted out.