Barry-45 Reviews

Unforgiven (1992)

A powerful and sad movie.

[24 April 1999]

The thing that really stands out in my mind from when I went to see this movie was the two morons two rows in front of me. These guys started cheering when William started blowing away the lawmen of Big Whiskey. To me, this was the sad and sobering part of the movie: the Killer was pushed over the edge to relive his past despite what his dead loving wife had made him realize. His past 11 years meant nothing. He had not changed. He was the same as he ever was despite what the brilliant ray of goodness that was his wife had shown him.

These idiots just didn't get it. It was not a time to cheer, it was a time to mourn.

I also couldn't see Little Bill as the "bad guy." This was a person who was going to do whatever it took to keep law in his town. Should we look down upon someone who would punish others who came to town just to kill? I don't think so. Little Bill was right, he didn't deserve to die like that. Face it, if William and Ned hadn't come to town for the purpose of killing for money, Ned wouldn't have died. But, don't get me wrong, I didn't see Little Bill as the "good guy" either. There were no "good guys" in this movie.

I guess thats what I like about it. It was different. I think maybe the only people you could cheer for were Anna (she seemed to rebound from being made into a jigsaw puzzle and maybe doesn't see herself as a monster) and the Kid (he was the only one who learned something). This wasn't a good vs. evil movie. It was what it was.

Too bad those idiots in the theater didn't understand.

Rock & Rule (1983)

His name is Mok, thanks a lot....

[14 February 1999]

Well, I can see that here is about the same as in the real world, about three people have ever heard of this movie. That's a shame too, the Cheap Trick songs alone make it worthwhile. I would have to say if you stumbled upon this and have never seen it go try to track it down if you are into animation or good ol' Eighty's rock. Great story, great animation, great voiceovers, great songs = great movie. In my opinion, I would have to put this movie above Heavy Metal in comparison with viewability. This movie I could watch over and over, Heavy Metal always puts me to sleep near the end now. That is probably because this is one complete story instead of some short stories put together for a movie.

10 out of 10 here... By the way, to all you aspiring animators out there; can you guess what they used to give the Creature that gelatinous look? (Yeeech, you probably don't want to know)