A hero is also an ordinary person, he is not a god.

Demetrius 2022-04-20 09:01:07

For a long time in the past, our understanding of this kind of westerns, or shootout films, is that all kinds of fast shooters and all kinds of magical heroes are transmitted to each other by people, and it feels like a god.

But in fact, the real hero, including his speed and marksmanship, is very normal, including his life is also very ordinary, because he is first of all a person, he is not a god.

2. Those who are awesome never say that they are awesome, but those who are not awesome have to constantly send a signal to the outside world, saying what they have done.

As long as he is a good person, he knows a core logic: things are done, they are not spoken or operated.

Therefore, constantly emphasizing how awesome you are is often a manifestation of lack of confidence in your heart. .

3. A lot of people, they have forgotten a feeling of doing the career they love. When you don't touch those things that you once captured for a long time, you will not feel anything.

Your life will eventually be filled with a lot of this kind of firewood, rice, oil, salt, and trivial things, so a person, our ultimate value lies in that we have been doing those things that make our value come out, things we love , and finally make it the ultimate thing.

The same is true of any industry. We can see that Reid has actually forgotten how to kill people in the film, including that he may have forgotten what it is like to shoot.

4. The heroine's mother may still not understand until the end of the film why his daughter chooses a thief, but a murderer, as his lifelong partner.

In fact, after watching this film, we know that this man is very principled, he is also responsible, and he is very loyal to his wife.

Although these things are what we see on the surface, in fact, a large part of the reason why this person makes that woman choose to spend his life with him is that he is reliable.

What he said, he would do it, even if the young man who promised said he was going to kill, even if he encountered great difficulties, even if his partner was about to quit, he didn't say anything depressing, he still To finish this task.

And this is very rare in marriage. In fact, many men's responsibilities for the family in marriage are always more in words, and those who can really do it and put it into action are often very Less.

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Unforgiven quotes

  • Strawberry Alice: Just because we let them smelly fools ride us like horses don't mean we gotta let 'em brand us like horses. Maybe we ain't nothing but whores but we, by god, we ain't horses.

  • The Schofield Kid: Like I was saying, you don't look no meaner-than-hell, cold-blooded, damn killer.

    Will Munny: Maybe I ain't.

    The Schofield Kid: Yeah, well, Uncle Pete says you was the meanest goddamn son-of-a-bitch alive, and if I ever wanted a partner for a killin', you were the worst one. Meaning the best, on account as your's as cold as the snow and you don't have no weak nerve nor fear.

    Will Munny: Pete said that, huh?

    The Schofield Kid: Yeah, yeah he did. I'm a damn killer myself. 'Cept, uh, I ain't killed as many as you because of my youth.