When he says "Give it to me" the kid realizes he just met the real William Munny. This movie is an absolute master class from the writing, the directing , the acting and even the cinematography.
I thought the kid was quite courageous telling Munny exactly how he felt about him after finding out what a cold blooded killer he was. And the acting performance from all three was wonderful, especially the young lady.
@@johndickson76 - Even MORE disturbing is when suddenly the real William Munny is revealed: perceptive, and not quite so shy or fearful. William Munny knows what to do about it, too - and he snatches the bottle from the kid and demands his revolver. It also makes you wonder how many of the "violent and intemperate killer" William Munny's victims had struck at him first and - in the rude code of the US Frontier - "asked for it." In most of the movie, Little Bill has no problem with being a bully while being the sheriff; he beat English Bob like a gong, and even beat up the shy and sober William Munny. Of course, that doesn't mean that he was "asking for it", does it?
yep at that moment for me i had a snap back to reality moment .up until this point i was all on wills side then this scene reminded me of who he really was ...the bad guy i still was on his side till the end but it kept things in perspective the bourne movies do a similar thing
It's exposition, but done in the right way. We'd seen the character developing. "Killer of women and Children" we'd heard. Then we actually heard about how he dynamited a train, and killed a US Marshall and all of a sudden "The Kid" realizes that he's riding along with purest, truest evil.
This is scene is so chilling. Will is told in graphic detail how his best friend was brutally murdered and rather than having a emotional outburst or cry, he starts sipping from a bottle. He's been sober for ten years and he throws it all away without a second thought. When Eastwood eventually leaves us mortals, this film will be remembered as his greatest achievement.
I think without question. I remember him now as a "Tough guy" of my youth. Most of his movies are popcorn munchers and more or less silly. Unforgiven was remarkably good.
One of MANY brilliant things about this film is it is the story of a bad man trying to be good but fate and his true nature force him back to his old ways. It's the reverse of the archetypal "bad guy with a heart of gold" who pretends to be bad but is actually an OK guy inside (think Han Solo). William Munny spends much of the movie in denial of what he is saying he's changed and blaming alcohol for his past actions (even while planning on murdering 2 men for a bounty) but when his pathology returns in the last scene it is terrifying. And when Little Bill says "I'll see you in Hell" and Munny acknowledges "Yeah," its the culmination of his character arc. He knows that he, like Little Bill, are indeed headed to Hell. That Munny is indeed, "unforgiven." Masterful.
Will McCormack unfortunately I'm going to have to disagree with your analysis. William Munny was indeed a criminal and an outlaw. If you recall at the very beginning of the film The narration mentions about how Munnys mother-in-law would make the journey to Kansas to visit the last resting place of her only daughter and how she was completely dumbfounded as to how her only daughter would marry a man like Munny. Money's wife had forgiven him and this of course led to his transformation to leave his past behind and to live a righteous life. However William money will always be Unforgiven because he is a wanted man and his reputation of being a outlaw and killer. It is implied that William Munny is redeemed for his crimes based on the life that he tried to lead and to provide for his children. Little bill on the other hand represents the hypocritical Pharisee from the Bible. He is the town's Sheriff who thinks that he is righteous because he is upholding the law even though his town has a brothel and allows prostitution. In fact it is implied that little Bill probably receives kickbacks from the prostitution ring not to mention allowing these women to be abused in front of him. William Munny represents the saved sinner while Little Bill represents the hypocritical corrupted. With regards to the final scene I think when the sheriff said I'll see you in hell William Munny and his reply was yeah his response was more like "yeah whatever"
A shout out to this lovely actress who for the most part is the narrator and focal point of this scene as she tells a heart wrenching story. Hard for any actor, especially a young one. Well done.
Her name is Tara Fredericks. She used to cut my hair when I lived in Halifax, NS, in the '80s. Then she moved out west to get into modeling. She was sent out to the audition call by her agency just for the experience, and ended up getting the part. As far as I know it's the only acting role she ever did.
She was a natural, but I can say from personal experience that being an extra in the film biz ain't so much fun, even if you have a few lines. There's a whole lot of just hanging around for hours on end.
She did an extremely good job in this scene. The emotion coming out as she is telling the story could be felt by the viewers. Though there are scenes and actors in other movies to compare this to, I cannot think of any at the moment.
She owned this scene big time the fear she conveyed when she was telling about ned revealing will munies true identity to little bill .She sums up the type of person who was its pure genius even now as i watch it it gives me the chills and the way clint eastwood plays off that to fuel his characters motivations at that moment brillant all the more reason for this film to be considered great and classic westerns of its time
You can see the kid getting nervous as Will tells the girl to ride off, now he realizes he's not only unarmed, but alone, as he take more sips of whiskey, knowing that he's in the company of a very dangerous man.. great acting by all three..
Yeah, it was a great scene. The kid finally realizes all the stories are true and then some. That Munny was more dangerous than anyone he had ever met or was likely to meet and would kill him without a second thought if the mood hit him. The kid was realizing how laughable his dreams of being a killer were compared to someone like Munny.
One of the most brilliant scenes in the history of cinema. 1:25 Notice how he takes his first drink of whiskey in years precisely at the moment when she states who he really is.
They learn of Ned's death beneath (Sally) Two Trees. The sky is two toned- half dark and menacing, the other light and clear. I think this is reflective of the duality of Will's soul and his nature.
As much as I love the ending, I adore this scene. The fact the kid throughout the movie acted as if killing was easy and thought Will Munny was old and lost it, only to admit killing is hard and he can't be as cold as will after actually killing someone. The fact Will never drank no matter how hard or closed in he felt, only to take a sip and give in to his past after he learned of his friends death. So many small things that amplify a great story! Also I should add, I loved how through the movie its told people were scared of Will and not adoring through his evil days, and when the Kid catches a glimpse of who Will Munny really was at this scene, and is scared as much as the ghosts of wills past was amazing.
"I ain't like you, Will." That kid showed some moral strength. That's the line that really impressed me, when he was confronted with what a cold-blooded killer really is, he took a stand and said: "No, I'm not like that, and I dont ever want to be anything like that."
@@thecowboy9698 yup I also agree to that. He was so proud of himself at first, even lying about his exploits. But in the end, he was so remorseful and feared Will. It's like staring directly in the eyes of death itself. That's why Will reassured him that he will not kill him because he already treats him as a friend, hell, Will probably looks at him as his own son.
Loved how the woman played her part, she became more upset from narrating the atrocities Munny was guilty of, as she herself was repulsed and shocked by the sheer brutality attributed to him.
I've seen every single Clint Eastwood film, including his westerns. Aside from the spaghetti westerns he did with Sergio, this is his finest work. I miss seeing Clint in a western.
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One of Clint Eastwood's best scenes from any of his movies. You see him transform as the monster he had been rises up from the depths of his subconscious, that he had kept buried for years and had denied. But with each pull on the bottle, you see him transform back into William Munny out of Missouri --- who had killed just about everything that walked or crawled. It's very subtle, as his face and eyes set and become harder, the voice colder. By the end of that third swig, the Monster has taken over and you know a lot of men are going to die.
NO monster, just a man with a sense of justice about to be unleashed on the murderers of his friend who "he never killed nobody". Little Bill and his accomplices needed killin'.
Hands down this is one of the best scenes of the movie. The way her voice breaks once she reveals who Ned revealed he was (notice the roundabout way the reveal occurs), the way the kid looks at him once she reports his brutal killing of another sheriff, and, as you say, the pull of the bottle and his transformation into the predatory beast he always was. It's almost as he was disbelieving at the outset that Ned had died because he didn't want the monster to take over. The unfortunate thing is that he has to. I see other comments that say that coming for the bounty indicates his lack of moral scruples, but he really does it out of poverty and his orphaned kids. This scene changes everything. The sunset, the lady on the horse, the fall of the bottle to the ground -as if, I don't need to drink more: I am my older self. How we, as humans, are always on the verge of rallying the beast in us when something outrageous and disheartening suddenly happens. Humanism is animalism.
2:36 Her reaction when he tells her she can leave is so underrated. She just as the kid were not sure of Munnys reaction to the news and when he asked for the gun she wasnt sure she was coming down that hill top alive.
She's afraid of his past. She's afraid of what he might do after telling him what happened. She was also clearly frightened and scared over how Little Bill treated Ned. The fact that you can pick up on each one of these individual fears is one of the reasons the performance is so good.
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This is the definition of character evolution. Eastwood goes from reluctant bounty hunter, farmer and father to cold blooded killer William Money. Watch the emotion he shows before the change of character and then -- when he makes the shift -- he's pure cold blood killer. No emotion. No fear. Games are over. Give me your Schoffield.
Just watched the movie tonight and this is exactly right. His entire manner of speech subtly, but definitively changes. Like he's shedding off a 'character' he was playing, just quoting lines that he convinced himself were true ("you're dear departed Ma", "I ain't like that no more". "I'm just a fella now". After he takes that drink and transforms back to his old, true self....he speaks directly, matter of factly, and with a cold burning passion ready to boil over. Nothing like the semi-befuddled and adrift farmer he pretended to be.
@@mkaleborn At first he's in denial that Ned could even have been killed. As if Ned's innocence (itself also a denial, since Ned wasn't innocent of their plot just because he didn't pull the trigger) was some kind of protection from being killed. Denial -> acceptance. Deserve's got nothing to do with it.
To me it's more coming full circle in a devolutional (or disillusional) kind of way. Will fought with himself for years trying to convince himself "I'm not like that anymore" only to succumb to the monster he really is when pressed hard enough. He always was the killer, thus Unforgiven.
I love all the comments here because everyone actually seems to have a valid point. We just all have a slightly different point of view. Maybe that's one reason this is such a great movie. There are so many layers of truth. Like the point about Ned. I had not thought about it that way but Ned really wasn't innocent. He plotted and helped convince Will to go do the killing at the start. And maybe you can call it devolution back to who he really is, but I will argue that this perspective somewhat diminishes the real and legitimate change Will's wife made in him. There's no evidence for this I guess, but I like to think that this good woman legitimately changed Will to a good man. Like a demonic spirit, the evil in Will left him thanks to the influence of a woman with a pure heart. And even after she was dead and gone, the "new" Will was passively raising his kids and wrestling with pigs to make a good life for their children. Even in the assassination journey, Will reluctantly commits evil acts. After shooting one guy, he feels pity for his act. "Give him some damn water. We ain't gonna shoot." You can see the pain and suffering in Will even during these killings. But when he hears that his beloved friend Ned has been tortured and killed and then put on display in front of the bar... there is what I candidature this new and total character change back to the evil Will. Maybe call it devolution but that implies the evil was always there. I like to think that Will was truly a good man throughout the movie until that critical moment. Then, just as Will changed profoundly for his wife, he returns to the personification of evil he was before. I guess that can be called devolution. To me it's a second coming. It's just that... in an odd twist of the words...Will is reborn as an evil man. I guess that best sums up the chill I feel in those moments of change. "They decorated Greely's bar with him?" "But Little Bill wasn't afraid was he?"
That brief look of panic on Scofield's face when Munny dismisses the girl and he realizes he's all alone - and now unarmed - with Death himself standing next to him... it's subtle but I chuckle every time.
He realises that Munny isn't just the old man with a gun that he assumed, Munny was a real killer, anyone for any reason. He realises Munny could kill him on a whim and think nothing of it.
That look on the kid when he hears all the stuff about Munny and finally takes a look at him while he drinks the whiskey. Such good acting. You don't see stuff like that these days.
+MrDemented669 The complete opposite of the sermonising 'Elderado.' This is a really clever film. The script is awesome. The characters well defined. The actors are top drawer. Harris was plagued by Eastwood to play English Bob. He was an extremely rich man from Camelot. He couldn't see anybody else in the role.
When Will (Clint) grabs the alcohol from the kid that represents him devolving back into his old ways. He's no longer the same as he was at the beginning of the movie. Brilliantly done, making a subtle reference but not too obvious so people can obviously see it. Right when she describes Will's past he takes the drink. Perfect timing
And as viewers, we haven't seen his past behavior - only learned by his reputation, so that drink signals to us we're finally going to see that reputation pay off
In the following scene, when Little Bill says "you'd be William Munny out of Missouri..." and he answers, "that's right," it gives me the shivers every time..
the female actress makes this scene so effective in that she conveys the right kind of fear that someone like will instilled in a person the man was pure evil at one point .The fact that little bill wasnt willing even then in the face of all the facts to take will seriously shows he got what was coming to him and he deserved it
You got it wrong. Its not that Little Bill didn't take him seriously. Litte Bill was not afraid, when everybody else was, and Munny knows it and does not care. I like that both the kid and the girl are absolutely terrified of Munny by this point.
Little Bill didn't know who he was until Ned told him. It's not that he didn't take Munny seriously, he just expected that he was going to have to chase Munny down. Instead Munny came to his door.
I love how Clint/William reacts to the whiskey at 1:35-40! He shudders for a split second after his 2nd snort of it. Great acting! It like a shock to William's system, unlocking all the mean traits hidden deep inside of him...
Adino1 Some liberals might enjoy this movie for the quality of acting and direction, but they sure as hell don't love the context. Or perhaps they do. It could serve to fuel their hatred towards white men. We are all evil killers after all. Are we not?
My favorite part of the story was that ned told bill that munny was gonna kill him if he kept hurting him. The man was being tortuted but he sure as hell knew william munny would get revenge and even in his dieing moments he could laugh in their faces.
I kind of see the symbolism here. Will Munney spends the whole movie as a killer pretending to be a regular fella. The "Schofield kid" spends the whole movie as a regular fella pretending to be a killer. And as soon as Will Munney decides what he's going to do, he turns to the kid and takes the Schofield. And now the kid is just a kid, and the killer is again a killer.
Symbolism? No definitely not symbolic, but a mutual transition has occurred. Sometimes in cinema you see it happen to one person at a time over the course of the film, sometimes several characters. As in MacBeth, Lady MacBeth becomes the strong ambitious killer as her husband, Lord MacBeth starts out as a tough warrior but becomes a softer individual with more of a conscience by the end of the play.
@@kidd_gallahad2512More like they're highlighting the Dichotomy between Will and The Kid, huh? The Kid was insufferable throughout much of the movie, but I like his turn/Arc or whatever here. He is quite sincere when he says he'd rather be a blind/pauper than to engage in that lifestyle again. I think he walks away from all this better for it.
Possibly the best scene. So many layers unfolding. All 3 actors on point. You can watch this with no sound and still feel the "turn" and tension. And that face at 0:47 ...Munny awakens.
Even if it did, Bill is exactly like Munny. I'd bet that he, at least partially, looked forward to meet a first real soul-mate (hm, make that sin-mate or something) in a long, long time.
William Munny knew the score. He knew how dangerous a man was Little Bill. And he knew how hard it was gonna be to kill him. It is like Michaengelo right before he began sculpting the statue of David. "This ain't gonna be easy."
That line was kinda like a setup. We get to hear stories about Will being a badass outlaw but in the beginning of the film he looks fragile and can't even ride his horse right. It kinda gives a simple vibe that everything about his past is a lie. You can see during the scene when the kid asked him about killing 2 people at once and he forgot about it. And also the lies the English Bob and the kid makes. It also makes the viewers doubt Will as a badass killer. And now that question Will asked the lady, makes it look like he is using his reputation to fear Bill. But alas, Will is the real deal. And that delivered the film into pure thrill and awesomeness.
0:40 - the best line and the best look I have ever seen. 'A sign on him in front of Greeley;s??' My blood ran cold when I first saw that line and the look.
After all these years this still gives me goosebumps. My God, the writing, directing and acting was so damned perfect. One of the greatest westerns of all time.
Yeah, it's a great scene when the Kid realizes just how violent Munny really is and what Munny has done in the past. The Kid pictured himself as a cold, hard killer but in that moment realized he was in the presence of someone who had done things he couldn't imagine. The Kid had though that Munny was old and washed up but in that moment realized wht Munny really was and was terrified of him.
Nah. Munny has no reason to kill him. Rather the contrary. He is proud that he learned his lessons about violence instantly. This was something that Munny could do as well at some point. But he didn't, and now he lives in hell of nightmares, regrets, and dwindling sanity.
I love the acting of the actress here. Her crying grows louder as her fear of Will grows as she keeps telling him about Ned. Being unfortunately the son of a hot tempered and violent father you can tell when some who is cold blooded gets angry. I love Mr. Eastwood character's anger too. He doesn't shout or swear it's a cold callous anger. The type of anger that is calm and deadly.
Great movie.. Notice how Munny isn't shocked at all how Ned told Little Bill he "was more cold blooded than William Bonney".. After both kept saying how he 'wasn't like that anymore.' or how it was the whiskey that made him wicked and how Claudia had 'cured' him. Both men knew it was bull,... Munny at his core drunk or sober was a vicious cold blooded killer..
How does Clint Eastwood so unequivocally look like the epitome of a grim badass? I'm not even trying to exaggerate or be sensationalist. He just pulls it off so well, I can't believe it.
He learned a lot about acting badass and directing from his mentor, Sergio Leone. In fact, this film, Unforgiven, contains a dedication in the movie credits from Eastwood... "Dedicated to Sergio and Don". Don is director Don Siegel, another mentor.
"So Little Bill killed him... for what we done." Eastwood delivers the line flatly, with no emotion other than a trace of disbelief. But the suddenly muted tone is not because his anger at the news of Ned's murder is already gone. It's because Will is now completely gone, and we've just heard the first line uttered by William Muny, the new character who the girl immediately introduces to us and to the Schofield Kid.
Warmaker01 Well, it's okay you didn't see it upon its release, it is timeless... I own a VHS copy that is by now about wore out from me watching it about every six months, and I see new stuff with each viewing... I guess is oughta get with the times, and loom for a DVD version...
I dont know why but I never liked this movie when I first saw it but it I felt compelled to watch it again and again and it is now my favourite western of all time
The real William Munny appears when he drinks whiskey... The last 20 min of this movie were fantastic. An absolute masterpiece by the legend Clint Eastwood
At about the one minute mark you see the conflict inside Munny. He knows who is, what he is and even though he has tried for many years to not be the man he was (is) he knows that he can't escape it. He has to make it right for Ned, because he's the reason Ned was killed; he can't let that stand. I love the acting as he struggles to try to do right by his deceased wife and get justice for Ned. Very powerful yet subtle emotional scene.
Not just that. He knew that Little Bill with hunt him down all the way to his farm,and he and his children will die. Munny didn't want to involve his children into this
What an amazing scene. The use of whiskey as a symbol of transformation is genius. And what a performance by all three of these talented thespians. Epic movie!
The timing is perfect in this scene. William knows his best friend would never give him up unless under the absolute worst duress and pain. When the woman reveals that Ned finally gave up William's name before he died, William reaches for the bottle. Basically all bets are off at that point. William knows his friend Ned was tortured to death, and he's officially past any previous changes he made to better himself. The old Willie just came back to life.
He doesn't wince after the first couple of swigs.... Not when she mentions his killing of women and children.. It comes after she tells him how Ned referred to him as cold-blooded..
"they got a sign on 'im?" is where it turns. Profound grief lit by outrageous fire. I like how his eyes seem like black pits from the squint and the lighting in the reverse shot from the rider's height.
upland77 for the historical record most of billy the kids victims were shot in the back, not really a tall order to be more cold than cowardly shooting victims in the back
kb72977 Actually, of the men Billy the Kid was confirmed to have killed, none of them were shot in the back. Frank Cahill and Joe Grant: Shot in self-defense. J.W. Bell and Bob Olinger: Shot while escaping jail. Both shot in the front. (Killing Bell was reluctant on Billy's part). Sheriff William Brady: Ambushed by the Regulators from the side. (And not shot only by Billy). Other kills credited to him were actually done by fellow Regulators. He was tough for his youth and a very skilled shot, but he was not a cold-blooded murderer as is often thought of him.
I love the lead up will finds out his best friends been whipped and beat to death. And the kid finally realizes who he's been riding with. Will knows he can't do what's necessary str8 he needs to bring the real will munny out so he takes the whiskey knowing what needs to be done. Seriously awesome. The pig farmer dies in that first drink and the killer emerges with the last.
Aw man, it really hit the fan with that first drink. You dont see that kind of power in such a small gesture in movies these days. All he does is take a drink from a bottle and all you can think is "oh shhhhhh...."
The weather turns for the worst for the first time in the movie. As storm is forming in the background to match the growing fury of William Munny. Perfect.
A great movie. To me, this is the rightful fourth movie in the Dollars Trilogy. To be honest i think that was the idea, to give Clint one last excellent western as his final hoorah to the genre. This is Joe. This is Manco. This is Blondie. This is the Man With No Name.
I pretty much agree. This is what happens to a cold blooded Outlaw killer like Blondie when he gets old. Yes, he had some good in him, but he was basically the walking embodiment of Death in his youth. If you confronted him, you weren't coming out alive. To my knowledge, the man with no name never so much as got a scratch during a gunfight.
When he says "Give it to me" the kid realizes he just met the real William Munny. This movie is an absolute master class from the writing, the directing , the acting and even the cinematography.
This is the most brilliant movie of all time hands down you are right
Yep. Reckon so.
I thought the kid was quite courageous telling Munny exactly how he felt about him after finding out what a cold blooded killer he was. And the acting performance from all three was wonderful, especially the young lady.
@@johndickson76 - Even MORE disturbing is when suddenly the real William Munny is revealed: perceptive, and not quite so shy or fearful. William Munny knows what to do about it, too - and he snatches the bottle from the kid and demands his revolver. It also makes you wonder how many of the "violent and intemperate killer" William Munny's victims had struck at him first and - in the rude code of the US Frontier - "asked for it." In most of the movie, Little Bill has no problem with being a bully while being the sheriff; he beat English Bob like a gong, and even beat up the shy and sober William Munny. Of course, that doesn't mean that he was "asking for it", does it?
Its just fantastic!!
"We all have it coming"..... Truer words were never spoken.
My favorite movie quote of all time
Love when the lady says “like you killed a U.S marshal in ‘70.” It just makes Munny even more scary and legendary than he already is.
puts goosebumps on my arm when i hear that
But that didn't scare Little Bill, did it.
yep at that moment for me i had a snap back to reality moment .up until this point i was all on wills side then this scene reminded me of who he really was ...the bad guy i still was on his side till the end but it kept things in perspective the bourne movies do a similar thing
DodgerFan1988 it should have
It's exposition, but done in the right way. We'd seen the character developing. "Killer of women and Children" we'd heard. Then we actually heard about how he dynamited a train, and killed a US Marshall and all of a sudden "The Kid" realizes that he's riding along with purest, truest evil.
This is scene is so chilling. Will is told in graphic detail how his best friend was brutally murdered and rather than having a emotional outburst or cry, he starts sipping from a bottle. He's been sober for ten years and he throws it all away without a second thought. When Eastwood eventually leaves us mortals, this film will be remembered as his greatest achievement.
I think without question. I remember him now as a "Tough guy" of my youth. Most of his movies are popcorn munchers and more or less silly. Unforgiven was remarkably good.
I think Will felt somehow responsible for Ned's death. He persuaded Ned to go together for that bounty.
"When Eastwood eventually leaves us mortals..."
That will be a sad day.
The way he winced when he took the first sip.....priceless
@@harmonyhondaalexis110 First step to getting back to he was and his resistance to it. Once he starts drinkin'...He's Will Munney again.
I love the look in the kid's eyes when the woman relays all the info on what Clint has done. They were all great in this scene!
When he questions her and says "They got a sign on him!?" You can tell how pissed Will is.
Great scene. Love how the kid gets progressively more terrified as he realizes who he's really dealing with
Agree. Great acting from everyone involved here.
" They got a sign on him ?? "
Will's indignation at the use of his friend as some sort of trophy is so apparent. You can hear it in his voice.
When he said this, you knew things were going to happen
Trophy? So warning assassins about not murdering people is a trophy?
@@crypastesomemore8348 shut up idiot
@@crypastesomemore8348 Ned didn't do anything. So making the guy as a prize had an impact on William when in fact he was the one who did the shooting.
I have a feeling the guy that owns that saloon better arm himself.
One of MANY brilliant things about this film is it is the story of a bad man trying to be good but fate and his true nature force him back to his old ways. It's the reverse of the archetypal "bad guy with a heart of gold" who pretends to be bad but is actually an OK guy inside (think Han Solo). William Munny spends much of the movie in denial of what he is saying he's changed and blaming alcohol for his past actions (even while planning on murdering 2 men for a bounty) but when his pathology returns in the last scene it is terrifying. And when Little Bill says "I'll see you in Hell" and Munny acknowledges "Yeah," its the culmination of his character arc. He knows that he, like Little Bill, are indeed headed to Hell. That Munny is indeed, "unforgiven."
Masterful.
I like your interpretation - never saw it that way.
Will McCormick like Logan
His soft spot and respect for the women kind of ruins that analysis a little.
Will McCormack unfortunately I'm going to have to disagree with your analysis. William Munny was indeed a criminal and an outlaw. If you recall at the very beginning of the film The narration mentions about how Munnys mother-in-law would make the journey to Kansas to visit the last resting place of her only daughter and how she was completely dumbfounded as to how her only daughter would marry a man like Munny. Money's wife had forgiven him and this of course led to his transformation to leave his past behind and to live a righteous life. However William money will always be Unforgiven because he is a wanted man and his reputation of being a outlaw and killer. It is implied that William Munny is redeemed for his crimes based on the life that he tried to lead and to provide for his children. Little bill on the other hand represents the hypocritical Pharisee from the Bible. He is the town's Sheriff who thinks that he is righteous because he is upholding the law even though his town has a brothel and allows prostitution. In fact it is implied that little Bill probably receives kickbacks from the prostitution ring not to mention allowing these women to be abused in front of him. William Munny represents the saved sinner while Little Bill represents the hypocritical corrupted. With regards to the final scene I think when the sheriff said I'll see you in hell William Munny and his reply was yeah his response was more like "yeah whatever"
380PPK yep
A shout out to this lovely actress who for the most part is the narrator and focal point of this scene as she tells a heart wrenching story. Hard for any actor, especially a young one. Well done.
Her name is Tara Fredericks. She used to cut my hair when I lived in Halifax, NS, in the '80s. Then she moved out west to get into modeling. She was sent out to the audition call by her agency just for the experience, and ended up getting the part. As far as I know it's the only acting role she ever did.
+David Olie nice... thanks man...
She was a natural, but I can say from personal experience that being an extra in the film biz ain't so much fun, even if you have a few lines. There's a whole lot of just hanging around for hours on end.
She did an extremely good job in this scene. The emotion coming out as she is telling the story could be felt by the viewers.
Though there are scenes and actors in other movies to compare this to, I cannot think of any at the moment.
She owned this scene big time the fear she conveyed when she was telling about ned revealing will munies true identity to little bill .She sums up the type of person who was its pure genius even now as i watch it it gives me the chills and the way clint eastwood plays off that to fuel his characters motivations at that moment brillant all the more reason for this film to be considered great and classic westerns of its time
You can see the kid getting nervous as Will tells the girl to ride off, now he realizes he's not only unarmed, but alone, as he take more sips of whiskey, knowing that he's in the company of a very dangerous man.. great acting by all three..
And the girl sighs in relief.
Yeah, it was a great scene. The kid finally realizes all the stories are true and then some. That Munny was more dangerous than anyone he had ever met or was likely to meet and would kill him without a second thought if the mood hit him. The kid was realizing how laughable his dreams of being a killer were compared to someone like Munny.
@@ibrahimjaved5574 That was very subtle, yet said volumes.. Good point..
I really liked the kid. He has a certain role and he does it well.
Only someone who had a Dad, who was bad on alcohol, knows the look the Kid had, as Munny drinks that whiskey. Great Movie
"You're the only friend I got." Depressing line.
That means you've never been hit with the whip of life!!!
When life has thrown you many curves, that's just another day at the office!!!
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@@antoniomontana5778 na that's just stupid
Best and ONLY friend didn't work out too well for J F Sebastian, either.
I didn't had any friend in the last decade
One of the most brilliant scenes in the history of cinema. 1:25 Notice how he takes his first drink of whiskey in years precisely at the moment when she states who he really is.
They learn of Ned's death beneath (Sally) Two Trees.
The sky is two toned- half dark and menacing, the other light and clear.
I think this is reflective of the duality of Will's soul and his nature.
you guys have said what I've felt for years. incredible scene as the truth is revealed and Munny transforms back to his old ways.
He drinks whiskey earlier on when they first come into town
You can see the kid getting very nervous as she's told to ride off and he realizes he's now unarmed. Very subtle, but great acting..
and when he flinches at the words "cold blooded" (it's not the whisky)
As much as I love the ending, I adore this scene. The fact the kid throughout the movie acted as if killing was easy and thought Will Munny was old and lost it, only to admit killing is hard and he can't be as cold as will after actually killing someone. The fact Will never drank no matter how hard or closed in he felt, only to take a sip and give in to his past after he learned of his friends death. So many small things that amplify a great story! Also I should add, I loved how through the movie its told people were scared of Will and not adoring through his evil days, and when the Kid catches a glimpse of who Will Munny really was at this scene, and is scared as much as the ghosts of wills past was amazing.
"I ain't like you, Will."
That kid showed some moral strength. That's the line that really impressed me, when he was confronted with what a cold-blooded killer really is, he took a stand and said:
"No, I'm not like that, and I dont ever want to be anything like that."
@@thecowboy9698 yup I also agree to that. He was so proud of himself at first, even lying about his exploits. But in the end, he was so remorseful and feared Will. It's like staring directly in the eyes of death itself. That's why Will reassured him that he will not kill him because he already treats him as a friend, hell, Will probably looks at him as his own son.
One of the best movies made. A legend at the height of his abilities with a phenomenal cast.
Loved how the woman played her part, she became more upset from narrating the atrocities Munny was guilty of, as she herself was repulsed and shocked by the sheer brutality attributed to him.
She's afraid he's going to kill her too.
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I've seen every single Clint Eastwood film, including his westerns. Aside from the spaghetti westerns he did with Sergio, this is his finest work. I miss seeing Clint in a western.
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The kid finally realizes who he's been dealing with.
And what it means to actually be the kind of person he had been pretending to be... although he was already on a road towards figuring that out...
One of Clint Eastwood's best scenes from any of his movies. You see him transform as the monster he had been rises up from the depths of his subconscious, that he had kept buried for years and had denied. But with each pull on the bottle, you see him transform back into William Munny out of Missouri --- who had killed just about everything that walked or crawled. It's very subtle, as his face and eyes set and become harder, the voice colder. By the end of that third swig, the Monster has taken over and you know a lot of men are going to die.
Clint Eastwood, still a respected man and actor and director, no to mention writer.
He dueling Little Bill was like he was duelling against Dirty Harry (duelling with himself).
NO monster, just a man with a sense of justice about to be unleashed on the murderers of his friend who "he never killed nobody". Little Bill and his accomplices needed killin'.
Hands down this is one of the best scenes of the movie. The way her voice breaks once she reveals who Ned revealed he was (notice the roundabout way the reveal occurs), the way the kid looks at him once she reports his brutal killing of another sheriff, and, as you say, the pull of the bottle and his transformation into the predatory beast he always was. It's almost as he was disbelieving at the outset that Ned had died because he didn't want the monster to take over. The unfortunate thing is that he has to. I see other comments that say that coming for the bounty indicates his lack of moral scruples, but he really does it out of poverty and his orphaned kids. This scene changes everything. The sunset, the lady on the horse, the fall of the bottle to the ground -as if, I don't need to drink more: I am my older self. How we, as humans, are always on the verge of rallying the beast in us when something outrageous and disheartening suddenly happens. Humanism is animalism.
@@johnc.8298 "It's not revenge, it's punishment."
man, every damn line in this move from beginning to end is quotable. Unbelievable.
2:36 Her reaction when he tells her she can leave is so underrated. She just as the kid were not sure of Munnys reaction to the news and when he asked for the gun she wasnt sure she was coming down that hill top alive.
You´re right. Thanks for show us this. The actress was wonderful, for sure. All them were. Great scene, great movie, great details. Thanks, man.
Yep, acted like it could have also been a 'shoot the messenger ' situation. One of the best scenes in any western.
Clint Eastwood= America's Living National Treasure.
now DAT is true acting there.
Sitizen Kane quiet loved down in Australia too
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He is a gift to the entire world.
Nah. Not so much anymore
The genie in that bottle only knows how to grant one wish.
Hahahehhehehehe.. underrated comment.
"more wishes"
Nice one.
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When he grabs that bottle...one of the best moments in the history of cinema.
Yup
1:30 Love how she starts breaking up when she says he killed women and children. It's like she's begging him to deny it.
This woman did this scene perfectly.
I could feel Ned getting whipped just listening to her.
She's afraid of his past. She's afraid of what he might do after telling him what happened. She was also clearly frightened and scared over how Little Bill treated Ned. The fact that you can pick up on each one of these individual fears is one of the reasons the performance is so good.
Tara Frederick is her name. She hasn't done anything notable since, which is a shame
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This is the definition of character evolution. Eastwood goes from reluctant bounty hunter, farmer and father to cold blooded killer William Money. Watch the emotion he shows before the change of character and then -- when he makes the shift -- he's pure cold blood killer. No emotion. No fear. Games are over. Give me your Schoffield.
This comment may be 5 years old but f@@k yeah!
Just watched the movie tonight and this is exactly right. His entire manner of speech subtly, but definitively changes. Like he's shedding off a 'character' he was playing, just quoting lines that he convinced himself were true ("you're dear departed Ma", "I ain't like that no more". "I'm just a fella now".
After he takes that drink and transforms back to his old, true self....he speaks directly, matter of factly, and with a cold burning passion ready to boil over. Nothing like the semi-befuddled and adrift farmer he pretended to be.
@@mkaleborn At first he's in denial that Ned could even have been killed. As if Ned's innocence (itself also a denial, since Ned wasn't innocent of their plot just because he didn't pull the trigger) was some kind of protection from being killed. Denial -> acceptance. Deserve's got nothing to do with it.
To me it's more coming full circle in a devolutional (or disillusional) kind of way. Will fought with himself for years trying to convince himself "I'm not like that anymore" only to succumb to the monster he really is when pressed hard enough. He always was the killer, thus Unforgiven.
I love all the comments here because everyone actually seems to have a valid point. We just all have a slightly different point of view. Maybe that's one reason this is such a great movie. There are so many layers of truth. Like the point about Ned. I had not thought about it that way but Ned really wasn't innocent. He plotted and helped convince Will to go do the killing at the start. And maybe you can call it devolution back to who he really is, but I will argue that this perspective somewhat diminishes the real and legitimate change Will's wife made in him. There's no evidence for this I guess, but I like to think that this good woman legitimately changed Will to a good man. Like a demonic spirit, the evil in Will left him thanks to the influence of a woman with a pure heart. And even after she was dead and gone, the "new" Will was passively raising his kids and wrestling with pigs to make a good life for their children. Even in the assassination journey, Will reluctantly commits evil acts. After shooting one guy, he feels pity for his act. "Give him some damn water. We ain't gonna shoot." You can see the pain and suffering in Will even during these killings. But when he hears that his beloved friend Ned has been tortured and killed and then put on display in front of the bar... there is what I candidature this new and total character change back to the evil Will. Maybe call it devolution but that implies the evil was always there. I like to think that Will was truly a good man throughout the movie until that critical moment. Then, just as Will changed profoundly for his wife, he returns to the personification of evil he was before. I guess that can be called devolution. To me it's a second coming. It's just that... in an odd twist of the words...Will is reborn as an evil man. I guess that best sums up the chill I feel in those moments of change. "They decorated Greely's bar with him?" "But Little Bill wasn't afraid was he?"
That brief look of panic on Scofield's face when Munny dismisses the girl and he realizes he's all alone - and now unarmed - with Death himself standing next to him... it's subtle but I chuckle every time.
When she said all the atrocities William did, she is imagining all images of the dead women and children. Brilliant acting.
once she started narrating "most" of Munny's atrocities, she just realized Lil' Bill isn't the walking monster in the town. It's Will Munny.
I like the thoughtful look the Schofield Kid gives Clint at 1:48.
He realises that Munny isn't just the old man with a gun that he assumed, Munny was a real killer, anyone for any reason. He realises Munny could kill him on a whim and think nothing of it.
That look on the kid when he hears all the stuff about Munny and finally takes a look at him while he drinks the whiskey. Such good acting. You don't see stuff like that these days.
when he takes a drink that is the shit
MrDemented669 for sure
+MrDemented669 The complete opposite of the sermonising 'Elderado.' This is a really clever film. The script is awesome. The characters well defined. The actors are top drawer. Harris was plagued by Eastwood to play English Bob. He was an extremely rich man from Camelot. He couldn't see anybody else in the role.
Whiskey for William Munny is like spinach for Popeye.
That is a brilliant analogy . .
yea I've killed women and children....
That made me lol.
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Sounds like Dirty Johnny's uncle, Terry, the way Norm tells it.
When Will (Clint) grabs the alcohol from the kid that represents him devolving back into his old ways. He's no longer the same as he was at the beginning of the movie. Brilliantly done, making a subtle reference but not too obvious so people can obviously see it. Right when she describes Will's past he takes the drink. Perfect timing
The Piper Report that's wat makes the movie beautiful..moral is u can't escape from the past
#PERFECT
And as viewers, we haven't seen his past behavior - only learned by his reputation, so that drink signals to us we're finally going to see that reputation pay off
One of the most dramatic scenes EVER in a Western film.
In the following scene, when Little Bill says "you'd be William Munny out of Missouri..." and he answers, "that's right," it gives me the shivers every time..
She really makes the scene you can feel how scared she is of William because she see’s him as the monster he used to be. Love this damn movie.
This scene is such a classic. We could speak for hours about how great it is. Man, Unforgiven is such a great movie.
*Grabs the whiskey bottle*.........bad shit's gonna happen
+shyjames83 Once I saw him drink, I knew it was over.
Yup
just like my dad
shyjames83 yes sir.
Once I saw him drinking, I knew exactly how it was going to unfold... Here comes Jauggernaut Clint
The soundtrack in this scene is the wind. And it's perfect.
Hell of a thing killing a man. You take away all he's got, and all he's ever gonna have.
Cosa horrorosa es matar a un hombre, le quitas todo lo que tiene y todo lo que pudo haber tenido
Thou shalt not kill commandment #6
One of the best lines in this, or any Western.
don't go trusting me too much kid
@@eddiemunster4094 Deities make a habit of it.
the female actress makes this scene so effective in that she conveys the right kind of fear that someone like will instilled in a person the man was pure evil at one point .The fact that little bill wasnt willing even then in the face of all the facts to take will seriously shows he got what was coming to him and he deserved it
I think she was more afraid of Little Bill than Munny who had previously been ok and decent with them so they pretty much trusted the two assassins.
"Deserves" got nothing to do with it.
You got it wrong. Its not that Little Bill didn't take him seriously. Litte Bill was not afraid, when everybody else was, and Munny knows it and does not care. I like that both the kid and the girl are absolutely terrified of Munny by this point.
“I was building a house!”
Little Bill didn't know who he was until Ned told him. It's not that he didn't take Munny seriously, he just expected that he was going to have to chase Munny down. Instead Munny came to his door.
I love how Clint/William reacts to the whiskey at 1:35-40! He shudders for a split second after his 2nd snort of it. Great acting! It like a shock to William's system, unlocking all the mean traits hidden deep inside of him...
Who the heck thumbs this down !? One of the best scenes in one of the best westerns ever.
+JoseyWales93 Probably some fruit loops liberal.
MrRedskins0021 Even liberals love this movie. I was listening to Rich Eisen go on one day about how this was as perfect as a movie could get.
Adino1 Some liberals might enjoy this movie for the quality of acting and direction, but they sure as hell don't love the context. Or perhaps they do. It could serve to fuel their hatred towards white men. We are all evil killers after all. Are we not?
@@lordhumongous371 lol you are delusional.
who? Girlie men who don't have the guts to do what needs doin'.
My favorite part of the story was that ned told bill that munny was gonna kill him if he kept hurting him. The man was being tortuted but he sure as hell knew william munny would get revenge and even in his dieing moments he could laugh in their faces.
I'm an alcoholic and approve this scene.
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I kind of see the symbolism here. Will Munney spends the whole movie as a killer pretending to be a regular fella. The "Schofield kid" spends the whole movie as a regular fella pretending to be a killer. And as soon as Will Munney decides what he's going to do, he turns to the kid and takes the Schofield. And now the kid is just a kid, and the killer is again a killer.
Symbolism? No definitely not symbolic, but a mutual transition has occurred. Sometimes in cinema you see it happen to one person at a time over the course of the film, sometimes several characters. As in MacBeth, Lady MacBeth becomes the strong ambitious killer as her husband, Lord MacBeth starts out as a tough warrior but becomes a softer individual with more of a conscience by the end of the play.
Everybody wants to be a cat until it’s time to do cat things.
great analysis. If there ever was a Will Munny Netflix series, the violence will probably be thru the roof.
@@kidd_gallahad2512More like they're highlighting the Dichotomy between Will and The Kid, huh? The Kid was insufferable throughout much of the movie, but I like his turn/Arc or whatever here. He is quite sincere when he says he'd rather be a blind/pauper than to engage in that lifestyle again. I think he walks away from all this better for it.
Possibly the best scene. So many layers unfolding. All 3 actors on point. You can watch this with no sound and still feel the "turn" and tension. And that face at 0:47 ...Munny awakens.
"That didn't scare Little Bill, did it?"
Well it god damn should have.
Even if it did, Bill is exactly like Munny. I'd bet that he, at least partially, looked forward to meet a first real soul-mate (hm, make that sin-mate or something) in a long, long time.
Munny was an evil man and knew it. Little Bill was an evil man who thought himself virtuous. That’s worse.
William Munny knew the score. He knew how dangerous a man was Little Bill. And he knew how hard it was gonna be to kill him.
It is like Michaengelo right before he began sculpting the statue of David. "This ain't gonna be easy."
That line was kinda like a setup. We get to hear stories about Will being a badass outlaw but in the beginning of the film he looks fragile and can't even ride his horse right. It kinda gives a simple vibe that everything about his past is a lie. You can see during the scene when the kid asked him about killing 2 people at once and he forgot about it. And also the lies the English Bob and the kid makes. It also makes the viewers doubt Will as a badass killer.
And now that question Will asked the lady, makes it look like he is using his reputation to fear Bill.
But alas, Will is the real deal. And that delivered the film into pure thrill and awesomeness.
Little bill dont scare easy = he's the real deal
"I'd rather be blind and ragged than dead" The response of overwhelming terror lol.
When he grabbed that bottle and started drinking you knew HELL was coming
0:40 - the best line and the best look I have ever seen. 'A sign on him in front of Greeley;s??' My blood ran cold when I first saw that line and the look.
Like it was bad enough that they beat Ned to death. They decorated his body like a trophy, there was no stopping Will after she told him that.
After all these years this still gives me goosebumps. My God, the writing, directing and acting was so damned perfect. One of the greatest westerns of all time.
Kid’s thinking: “Jesus, he really is a killer. I’m a dead man.”
Yeah, it's a great scene when the Kid realizes just how violent Munny really is and what Munny has done in the past. The Kid pictured himself as a cold, hard killer but in that moment realized he was in the presence of someone who had done things he couldn't imagine. The Kid had though that Munny was old and washed up but in that moment realized wht Munny really was and was terrified of him.
Nah. Munny has no reason to kill him. Rather the contrary. He is proud that he learned his lessons about violence instantly. This was something that Munny could do as well at some point. But he didn't, and now he lives in hell of nightmares, regrets, and dwindling sanity.
I love the acting of the actress here. Her crying grows louder as her fear of Will grows as she keeps telling him about Ned. Being unfortunately the son of a hot tempered and violent father you can tell when some who is cold blooded gets angry. I love Mr. Eastwood character's anger too. He doesn't shout or swear it's a cold callous anger. The type of anger that is calm and deadly.
My favorite scene .. the way they slow it down while he takes the belts.. awesome...
Great movie.. Notice how Munny isn't shocked at all how Ned told Little Bill he "was more cold blooded than William Bonney".. After both kept saying how he 'wasn't like that anymore.' or how it was the whiskey that made him wicked and how Claudia had 'cured' him. Both men knew it was bull,... Munny at his core drunk or sober was a vicious cold blooded killer..
Does everyone know who William bonny was? None other than Billy the kid
Did you notice how slow Clint turned his head just before he said "that didn't scare little Bill, did it?" Very scary!
He is such phenomenal actor in doing that non verbal acting, legendary.
One of the best final acts in cinema.
They got a sign on him???... Doom is ominous...
A sign in front of Greeleys???
In front of Greelys!!
My favorite line in this scene his facial expression is pure disdain disbelief and anger it matches his voice and it feels real
@@mattstang3439 Exactly
“They got a sign on ‘em?!” That’s when Little Bill’s life was over.
How does Clint Eastwood so unequivocally look like the epitome of a grim badass? I'm not even trying to exaggerate or be sensationalist. He just pulls it off so well, I can't believe it.
He learned a lot about acting badass and directing from his mentor, Sergio Leone. In fact, this film, Unforgiven, contains a dedication in the movie credits from Eastwood... "Dedicated to Sergio and Don". Don is director Don Siegel, another mentor.
This young lady messenger deserves an Oscar for her small part ,,,,well done
"So Little Bill killed him... for what we done."
Eastwood delivers the line flatly, with no emotion other than a trace of disbelief. But the suddenly muted tone is not because his anger at the news of Ned's murder is already gone. It's because Will is now completely gone, and we've just heard the first line uttered by William Muny, the new character who the girl immediately introduces to us and to the Schofield Kid.
Sadness is watching my childhood hero grow old.
Every swig is another step on the path to what he used to be. Fantastic acting and storytelling.
I only saw this movie recently. My regret was not catching this when it was first released. Amazing movie!
Warmaker01 It's a masterpiece, full of great scenes like this one. I put it in the top five Westerns ever made. Probably at #1.
The only movie I’ve seen more times than this is Shawshank redemption.
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Well, it's okay you didn't see it upon its release, it is timeless... I own a VHS copy that is by now about wore out from me watching it about every six months, and I see new stuff with each viewing... I guess is oughta get with the times, and loom for a DVD version...
@@cnb4110 2 perfect movies.
Saw it twice in theaters.
Masterpiece.
"That didn't scare Little Bill did it?"
"No sir."
Game recognizes game.
I love the look the kid gives him.
I dont know why but I never liked this movie when I first saw it but it I felt compelled to watch it again and again and it is now my favourite western of all time
This movie just proves what a true Icon is …. Clint Eastwood!! Nuff Said!!
26 years ago, I just looked down and frowned bad knowing Ned was dead. Now I drink 3 swigs of whiskey ever time I watch this scene.
The real William Munny appears when he drinks whiskey... The last 20 min of this movie were fantastic. An absolute masterpiece by the legend Clint Eastwood
If Was"nt A Movie....William Munny Is NO JOKE !!!! Stay Strong....Peace
That didn't scare Little Bill...did it?
When he said, "your the only friend I've got" he was acknowledging, he was a decent human being.
He's not a decent human being. He's a cold blooded killer and thief. Did you even watch the movie?
Simply genius! One of the best scenes in filmhistory: In those 3 and a half minutes it tells the whole story of William Munny! Amazing...
Gimme your Scofield.........give it to me
I like how William Munny comes back but he’s older and has a touch of humanity in him.
But that’s not going to stop him going after Little Bill.
At about the one minute mark you see the conflict inside Munny. He knows who is, what he is and even though he has tried for many years to not be the man he was (is) he knows that he can't escape it. He has to make it right for Ned, because he's the reason Ned was killed; he can't let that stand. I love the acting as he struggles to try to do right by his deceased wife and get justice for Ned. Very powerful yet subtle emotional scene.
Not just that. He knew that Little Bill with hunt him down all the way to his farm,and he and his children will die. Munny didn't want to involve his children into this
Going into battle without any fear of death is not heroic,it's STOIC.
1:46 That moment when Kid truly realizes who he was riding with.
One of the best parts of the whole film actually. Schofield's face when he realizes who William Munny is and what he's capable of.
This is one of my favorite scenes. I always come back to watch this.
Munny is an archetype, of those of us where drinking doesnt change wit, just reluctance.
What an amazing scene. The use of whiskey as a symbol of transformation is genius. And what a performance by all three of these talented thespians. Epic movie!
Beautiful shot at 2:04.
Most of the movie is a beautiful shot haha
The timing is perfect in this scene.
William knows his best friend would never give him up unless under the absolute worst duress and pain. When the woman reveals that Ned finally gave up William's name before he died, William reaches for the bottle.
Basically all bets are off at that point. William knows his friend Ned was tortured to death, and he's officially past any previous changes he made to better himself.
The old Willie just came back to life.
when Clint repeats the question about grillys you better get your ass out of there
1:39/1:40 , subtle ,involuntary wince reaction to the whisky burn . Perfect
He doesn't wince after the first couple of swigs.... Not when she mentions his killing of women and children.. It comes after she tells him how Ned referred to him as cold-blooded..
When Clint says "Give it to me" listen to him and comply.
"they got a sign on 'im?" is where it turns. Profound grief lit by outrageous fire. I like how his eyes seem like black pits from the squint and the lighting in the reverse shot from the rider's height.
will munny moves to san fransisco and successfully becomes harry callahan's grandfather
When William starts swiggin' that whiskey, you just know something heavy is gonna happen. Fantastic movie.
Ever get that sinking feeling in your stomach? Like some bad shit is about to go down?
WHEN YOU KNOW YOUR FRIEND HAS YOUR BACK,EVEN FROM BEYOND THE GRAVE.
1:37 Awesome how she mentions that William Munny is more cold-blooded than William Bonney, aka Billy the Kid!
upland77 for the historical record most of billy the kids victims were shot in the back, not really a tall order to be more cold than cowardly shooting victims in the back
kb72977 Actually, of the men Billy the Kid was confirmed to have killed, none of them were shot in the back.
Frank Cahill and Joe Grant: Shot in self-defense.
J.W. Bell and Bob Olinger: Shot while escaping jail. Both shot in the front. (Killing Bell was reluctant on Billy's part).
Sheriff William Brady: Ambushed by the Regulators from the side. (And not shot only by Billy).
Other kills credited to him were actually done by fellow Regulators.
He was tough for his youth and a very skilled shot, but he was not a cold-blooded murderer as is often thought of him.
This movie is a magnificent work of art and it will live as long as we still have a civilization and the equipment to watch it.
1:46 the very moment when the kid figures out that this guy really is the badass killer that he didn't think he was.
This movie is such a boiler. It cooks, and simmers, and cooks until this scene. The second he takes that bottle, you get goosebumps.
I love the lead up will finds out his best friends been whipped and beat to death. And the kid finally realizes who he's been riding with. Will knows he can't do what's necessary str8 he needs to bring the real will munny out so he takes the whiskey knowing what needs to be done. Seriously awesome. The pig farmer dies in that first drink and the killer emerges with the last.
Aw man, it really hit the fan with that first drink. You dont see that kind of power in such a small gesture in movies these days. All he does is take a drink from a bottle and all you can think is "oh shhhhhh...."
The weather turns for the worst for the first time in the movie. As storm is forming in the background to match the growing fury of William Munny. Perfect.
What are you on about? Yes, this happened, but it happened when Will, Ned and the Kid first rode into town.
The cinematography in this scene is breathtaking
A great movie. To me, this is the rightful fourth movie in the Dollars Trilogy. To be honest i think that was the idea, to give Clint one last excellent western as his final hoorah to the genre. This is Joe. This is Manco. This is Blondie.
This is the Man With No Name.
Too bad Lee Van Cleef wasn't around for this. Or Sergio Leone. They'd be proud
I pretty much agree. This is what happens to a cold blooded Outlaw killer like Blondie when he gets old. Yes, he had some good in him, but he was basically the walking embodiment of Death in his youth. If you confronted him, you weren't coming out alive. To my knowledge, the man with no name never so much as got a scratch during a gunfight.
@@jackbauer4186 “I've always been lucky when it comes to killin' folks.”