Unforgiven (Part 1) - Our Story Begins

I have never been a fan of Westerns; the only one I've seen entirely was Blazing Saddles, and it was a satire which blew up every cliche in the films. Then there's Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid; I have never seen the entire film, but I like the music very much and it had come iconic scenes. Unfortunately, that's not enough to make me get into the genre. That's too bad, because it'll work against me for the next couple of weeks.
With that our of the way, Unforgiven is our next film, starring Clint Eastwood, longtime actor, western film veteran, and fitness enthusaist. It's set in Wyoming (one of the Great Plains states) in the early 1880's. Normally, most Westerns would be set in an arid, desert state like Texas or California and let the audience figure out the dates for themselves. However, the movie includes historical references and specific guns to make a clearer setting.
To get into the plot itself, we open to a brothel and a man cutting up (and possibly attempting to rape) a prostitute. Westerns have always featured prostitutes, but up until now, they were mostly can-can dancers or bar maids. They never did their actual jobs or made any references to what they were. One theme in the film is property, and another is vengeance. They go hand-in-hand when Delilah's pimp and Little Bill decide the cowboys' fates, and instead of being hanged or horsewhipped like the other girls demanded, he's promised twelve horses. It should've been assault or attempted murder, but instead, it's a matter of destroyed property.
Little Bill's priorities are also skewered. He kicks English Bob to a pulp because of how he treats his Chinese rail-workers, yet he always caters to corrupt businessmen. Corruption's another theme in the movie, as well as whether or not people can change. Even though William Munny apparently used to be an outlaw, it's love that sobers him up and makes him settle down. Where All Quiet in the Western Front, Citizen Kane, and The Seventh Seal make love seem like such a futile, useless thing, it's actually a force of healing in this movie. Like Eastwood's later films, this one deals with a man's relationship with his former wife and how he tries to move on. He doesn't only come back for the money, but also as some kind of warped chivalry. Little does he know reports about Delilah are greatly exaggerated...
Maybe the pimp will get a bullet in his head. Maybe Little Bill and Munny have some kind of past with one another. Maybe Munny will find out the truth about Delilah's damage. It's up to the film to decide all that.
P.S. I was wrong about English Bob; Little Bill just wanted to prove a point. Also, $1000 in 1881 would amount to $21,952.73 today. They must've been very good prostitutes or they're excellent money-savers.