The Greatest Film Directed by Clint Eastwood

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Originally Posted by surfdude12

finally! we disagree on something! i loved the direction (opening/closing sequence with sunset, cottage, tree and gravesite; the landscape shots as the crew traveled, and the shots of each ones face to capture their internal struggle of: am i the old me or a new me?), and the writing. this western does a great job of exploring the theme of: can a man really change? eastwood thinks he can, the tries to, he even tells himself he has "i ain't like that no more...", but does he sound sincere? what do his actions, rather than this words say? and how does his dead wife haunt him as he struggles to find out whether he has, or even can change? if there is a better western that explores these issues, i haven't seen it.

regarding Changeling, I thought it was a great movie, but have no idea why the last hour of it even existed. It "ended" for all practical purposes at about the 1:30 mark, and the last hour merely just was a "winding down", telling the audience things we either knew would happen or could have deduced. IMO its better to just let the audience see those obvious things for themselves. my 2 cents on it. definitely a good movie, but not among Eastwoods best IMO.

Def a well-written response and I certainly respect your opinions, even though I disagree. You have good reasons for liking Unforgiven and good reasons for finding faults with Changeling.