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Posted: 8/18/2018 2:10:29 AM EDT
It's true.

Arguments to the otherwise are entertained.  Poll coming.
Link Posted: 8/18/2018 2:13:45 AM EDT
[#1]
Mhmm it's good but whats the parameters? Can a 3 minute scene compete with it?
Link Posted: 8/18/2018 2:15:48 AM EDT
[#2]
Fuck no.  The first part of the movie showing the broke down pig farmer was so much better.  That's the whole point of the movie.
Link Posted: 8/18/2018 2:16:21 AM EDT
[#3]
It was good, that's for sure!
Link Posted: 8/18/2018 2:17:07 AM EDT
[#4]
I've always thought it was up there but as far as finales go I can't put anything definitely above The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Link Posted: 8/18/2018 2:17:30 AM EDT
[#5]
+1. Although trying to replicate Munny's epic threat during a spousal support mediation can work against you. Fair warning.
Link Posted: 8/18/2018 2:19:13 AM EDT
[#6]
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly - The Final Duel (1966 HD)


Donald Trump - Wrong Sound Effect
Link Posted: 8/18/2018 2:19:43 AM EDT
[#7]
never understood why so many people like Tombstone so much more.

this is one of my top 5 films.. definitely a great ending.

Children of Men may give it a run for its money as far as endings go, imho.
Link Posted: 8/18/2018 2:20:53 AM EDT
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I think they are roughly equals.
Link Posted: 8/18/2018 2:23:20 AM EDT
[#9]
Deserve's got nothing to do with it.
Link Posted: 8/18/2018 2:23:55 AM EDT
[#10]
Great movie that gets better with each viewing.  It actually becomes deeper the more I watch it.
Link Posted: 8/18/2018 2:25:33 AM EDT
[#11]
That's right. I've killed women and children. I've killed just about everything that walks or crawled at one time or another. And I'm here to kill you, Little Bill, for what you did to Ned.
Link Posted: 8/18/2018 2:26:27 AM EDT
[#12]
Will was only there to avenge his partner's horrible death.

He did that.

It's just a perfect ending to a sad story.
Link Posted: 8/18/2018 2:26:28 AM EDT
[#13]
I always liked "I don't deserve to die, I was building a house!" "'Deserves' got nothing to do with it."
Link Posted: 8/18/2018 2:39:35 AM EDT
[#14]
Will and the Kid are talking about killing. It's no good. Take another drink, Kid.

Then the whore ride up with their gold and the news of Ned being beaten to death.

Will takes a pull from the bottle and it's all over but the killing.

Such perfect writing, such beautiful writing.
Link Posted: 8/18/2018 2:43:46 AM EDT
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Link Posted: 8/18/2018 2:46:27 AM EDT
[#16]
The end of Unforgiven is excellent.

I also enjoyed the last 20 minutes or so of Zero Dark Thirty
Link Posted: 8/18/2018 2:49:41 AM EDT
[#17]
Never seen it.
Link Posted: 8/18/2018 3:09:11 AM EDT
[#18]
Nahhh, you know what's gonna happen.

In "Alien," you didn't
Link Posted: 8/18/2018 3:19:48 AM EDT
[#19]
Q said you would make this thread

Sorry jk
Link Posted: 8/18/2018 3:29:12 AM EDT
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If you have never seen Unforgiven, you are missing a truly good movie.
Link Posted: 8/18/2018 3:35:30 AM EDT
[#21]
The man had full faith in his abilities.
Link Posted: 8/18/2018 3:42:17 AM EDT
[#22]
When you kill a man you take away all he is, all he has, and everything he ever hopes to have!

Best I can do from memory.
Loved the show!
Link Posted: 8/18/2018 3:57:13 AM EDT
[#23]
It’s a great ending and a great movie

But Clint makes a lot of good endings I know op is strictly ending but these scenes compete for great moments

Ahem

For a Few Dollars More - Final Duel (1965 HD)




Once upon a time in the West (1968) - Final duel (HD)


Dirty Harry - Climax Chase (Part One) (4K)
Link Posted: 8/18/2018 3:59:49 AM EDT
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Never seen it.
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Link Posted: 8/18/2018 5:14:48 AM EDT
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When you kill a man you take away all he is, all he has, and everything he ever hopes to have!

Best I can do from memory.
Loved the show!
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It's a hell of a thing killing a man.  Take all he's got and all he's ever gonna have.
Link Posted: 8/18/2018 5:23:19 AM EDT
[#26]
Never did understand the point of making William Munny a hero.
Link Posted: 8/18/2018 5:25:48 AM EDT
[#27]
“Pale Rider” has a great end too.
But “Fistfull of Dollars” is hard to beat.
“You said when a man with a 45 meets a man with a rifle, the man with the 45 is a deadman. I’d like to prove that.”
Link Posted: 8/18/2018 5:29:59 AM EDT
[#28]
YOU CAN'T HANDLE THE TRUTH ?
Link Posted: 8/18/2018 5:30:55 AM EDT
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He wasn't really a hero in the movie. First he was just after the money then he was all about revenge for his friend and partner.
Link Posted: 8/18/2018 5:35:07 AM EDT
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I never saw him as a hero. He was an assassin. A hired gunman. A killer for money. He took the job for altruistic reasons, but he wasn't a hero. He came to kill the man that cut up the girl and get his money. Had the sheriff not killed Ned, he wouldn't have lifted a finger to deal with the rest of the riffraff. He wasn't a good man. He even said as much through the movie.
Link Posted: 8/18/2018 5:37:37 AM EDT
[#31]
Man I love me some unforgiven but I gotta go with The G B U Mexican standoff as the best scene in western..
Link Posted: 8/18/2018 5:38:15 AM EDT
[#32]
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He's not.
Link Posted: 8/18/2018 5:39:32 AM EDT
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I never saw him as a hero. He was an assassin. A hired gunman. A killer for money. He took the job for altruistic reasons, but he wasn't a hero. He came to kill the man that cut up the girl and get his money. Had the sheriff not killed Ned, he wouldn't have lifted a finger to deal with the rest of the riffraff. He wasn't a good man. He even said as much through the movie.
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Never did understand the point of making William Munny a hero.
I never saw him as a hero. He was an assassin. A hired gunman. A killer for money. He took the job for altruistic reasons, but he wasn't a hero. He came to kill the man that cut up the girl and get his money. Had the sheriff not killed Ned, he wouldn't have lifted a finger to deal with the rest of the riffraff. He wasn't a good man. He even said as much through the movie.
Exactly,  he hated everything about it, all of it. The nicest thing he did was lie to a whore about why he didn't want a free one.

If it wasn't for his partner being tortured to death he would have just rode back home.
Link Posted: 8/18/2018 5:43:25 AM EDT
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Man I love me some unforgiven but I gotta go with The G B U Mexican standoff as the best scene in western..
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I personally think the opening shot of the final gun battle in Open Range is one of the best scenes ever.

Charley: "You the one killed our friend?"

Butler: "That's right. I shot the boy, too. And I enjoyed it."

BLAM!!!

Now that's how you start a fight!
Link Posted: 8/18/2018 5:47:37 AM EDT
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I personally think the opening shot of the final gun battle in Open Range is one of the best scenes ever.

Charley: "You the one killed our friend?"

Butler: "That's right. I shot the boy, too. And I enjoyed it."

BLAM!!!

Now that's how you start a fight!
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Man I love me some unforgiven but I gotta go with The G B U Mexican standoff as the best scene in western..
I personally think the opening shot of the final gun battle in Open Range is one of the best scenes ever.

Charley: "You the one killed our friend?"

Butler: "That's right. I shot the boy, too. And I enjoyed it."

BLAM!!!

Now that's how you start a fight!
Yup.  No smartass comeback....just BOOM headshot.
Link Posted: 8/18/2018 5:55:25 AM EDT
[#36]
Unforgiven, Unforgiven... nope, that's not ringing a bell.

Wait, is that the one where Kirk Cameron fights the Antichrist? Yeah, I have that on VHS. Bitchin' movie, man!
Link Posted: 8/18/2018 6:16:21 AM EDT
[#37]
This is a gunfight
The Wild Bunch - Final Shootout


Ed
Link Posted: 8/18/2018 6:25:39 AM EDT
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never understood why so many people like Tombstone so much more.

this is one of my top 5 films.. definitely a great ending.

Children of Men may give it a run for its money as far as endings go, imho.
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Tombstone was when all the rich, popular kids in high school got together and hired a professional to help them put on a school play.

Unforgiven was when the kid with the most creative talent got together with a few of his like-minded friends and did it on their own.
Link Posted: 8/18/2018 6:30:54 AM EDT
[#39]
"I'll see you in hell William Munny!" -Little Bill.

"Yeah"-William Munny.
Link Posted: 8/18/2018 6:38:03 AM EDT
[#40]
I like the theme song at the end also.

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Link Posted: 8/18/2018 6:38:56 AM EDT
[#41]
Odd man out here, loved movie but.........

The closing shot of the old homestead with words across the screen and haunting guitar riff:

And she could never figure out why her daughter would marry somebody below her,  wtte.

I can always find viloince in a movie, but something that poignant?

First time in 50 years to use that word.

I done caught the gay.

Edit beat by less than a minute on the music.
Link Posted: 8/18/2018 7:18:25 AM EDT
[#42]
It's among the best for sure. Just recorded it last night from Direct TV to watch again.
Link Posted: 8/18/2018 7:21:28 AM EDT
[#43]
Innocent of what?
Link Posted: 8/18/2018 7:34:44 AM EDT
[#44]
The ending is fantastic
Link Posted: 8/18/2018 7:57:02 AM EDT
[#45]
Great Movie!

How I see it, it's the story of a man that has only really ever been good at one thing and that one thing he does no one has ever been able to best him at. When he commits to his profession he commits 100% without fear or hesitancy. He is a master chess player in the world of gun fighting.

This movie is a much darker version of Shane, Like Shane Will will always be a gunfighter no matter how hard he tries to suppress it - Little Bill was convinced by building a home violent death was no longer a threat in his life and became relaxed, for Will his own home was full of death.

I would have preferred the ending if he would have taken the scarred prostitute with him to try and start over.
Link Posted: 8/18/2018 8:01:08 AM EDT
[#46]
OP's not wrong.....Come to that a lot of Eastwood's later movies have great endings.
Link Posted: 8/18/2018 8:02:04 AM EDT
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He is what is called an anti-hero.

It's a character trope that became popular in the gangster films of the 30s and 40s and really was perfected in film noir movies.

Westerns are just an offshoot of the gangster and noir films.

He is not 100% bad.  He has redeemimg qualities.  He knows the difference between good and bad.  He is honorable and loyal.  Even though he says he is bad, he does have good within him...and it is in his core.

The above poster is right when he mentions Shane.  Shane is very similar.  He can't settle down because in his core he is a gunfighter.  However, he has a set of core values that are admirable. We know this because he fights for the Starrett family and against the Riker gang.  He even goes through his values when he tells Joey how to grow up and be a man.

This character trope was made popular because men were coming home from war thinking that they were ruined by death and killing...but deep down they have good in their heart--they are redeemable and honorable.  Unforgiven is a throwback to that character type.
Link Posted: 8/18/2018 8:05:10 AM EDT
[#48]
Great flick and one of the few I own.
Link Posted: 8/18/2018 8:07:54 AM EDT
[#49]
The scene where him and the kid are under the tree and the girl is slowly riding to them with the gold is one of my favorite scenes ever.

The conversation between will and the kid is great.
Link Posted: 8/18/2018 8:07:57 AM EDT
[#50]
Easily one of the greatest movies ever.
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