The movie is about a retired gunslinger William Munny, played by director and star Clint Eastwood, who is asked to take on one last job by a young man named The Schofield Kid. He brings along his old partner Ned Logan, played by Morgan Freeman. The only thing standing in their way is Sheriff Little Bill Daggett, played by Gene Hackman.
After watching this movie I started thinking, and I thought, why don't we have anymore good western movies? The last one to come out was 3:10 to Yuma with my boy Russell Crowe, and I thought the movie was great, but it went by hardly noticed. There have been so many good ones like The Quick and the Dead, Dances with Wolves, Tombstone, Wyatt Earp, and the countless old westerns like Cimarron, and True Grit. Westerns used to rule movie theaters. It's how Clint Eastwood got his start, and it made stars out of people such as John Wayne, and Gary Cooper. But now the genre is hardly in existence.
I really think the genre should make a comeback. We should celebrate how America used to be. The genre is all about redemption and trying to make a living for yourself in a time when America was changing. I think it is an interesting time in American history that should be shown. I feel like there are still so many great stories to tell of the Wild West. This is my personal plea to Hollywood to make more great American western movies!
I agree now that you mention it there really isn't any westerns anymore.
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