Thursday, November 4, 2010

Switching Titles

I think it is very possible to switch the titles to "Do the Right Thing" and "Unforgiven."

In "Do the Right Thing," there are so many chances to place the word unforgiven into different scenes. Especially at the end when the town starts a riot. For example, the viewer learns that Mookie has a child and that he is not very supportive of his girlfriend or the baby. I'm sure his girlfriend Tina will never forgive him for this. At the end, Radio comes in to start something with Sal. Sal didn't have to, but he smashed Radio's radio into pieces. This is what starts the whole commotion. No one in the town will be able to forgive him because his actions indirectly kills Radio.

In "Unforgiven" there are so many actions that could be questioned. Did they do the right thing? Will kills more than a handful of men in the bar at the end. Was it justified? Personally I didn't really like the characters of any of the men in the bar. But he killed some innocent men out of anger and guilt. Did Ned do the right thing by leaving? I think he did the right thing, however what does he get for it? Lots of pain and death. He would have been better off if he had just tagged along with Will and Scholefield. That makes me wonder if the good guy ever gets what he deserves? (Which brings me back to Sal who actually loved what he did, but because of a group of aggressive men came in and aggravated him, he lost his whole business). I don't think they do. I think Scholefield did the right thing by deciding to never kill again. He may have been the only one...

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