Sean Penn won Oscar? This film blew *ss

Rating: 4/10 (24 December 2008)

Unforgiven is a masterpiece - agreed/true.
This movie does not compare well to an average episode of "law and order". I assume the book was better (I didn't read it), but the characters were superficial and not empathetic. One of the main characters swung from being in a constant state of fog/post traumatic stress to that of being a very lucid defender of himself, then back to the fog state. There was plenty of emotion being displayed by the various characters, but little logic or maturity. Emotion linked with adult situations is powerful and rare in movies (Unforgiven anyone?), but this was like a group of school girls. Morons being emotional is not fun to watch. Plus, one of the main characters turns out to be (multiple) killer with little/no remorse about what he did. Is a multiple killer worse than a child molester? Who'd rather be molested but alive versus dead? A terrible choice for sure, but death is pretty final. Not a masterpiece.