they were decently treated, they were decently fed and then they were decently shot
Clint Eastwood once again (directing as well as starring)-- The Outlaw Josey Wales . By the time the opening credits come to Eastwood's director credit, we've seen the titular Josey's wife and son murdered by Union soldiers and Josey join up with Confederate guerrillas. We've seen more war footage already than in the entire Civil War section of How the West Was Won , and just barely over ten minutes in, the guerrillas are surrendering. But, not Josey. He stays right where he is and says, "This isn't what happened last week! Have you all got amnesia? They just cheated us! This isn't fair! He didn't get out of the cock-a-doodie car!" Sorry, wrong film. More like, they just cheated us, we lost the war and have to be one country again. The cheating follows, actually--the massacre of the surrendered guerrillas... And, the Western hinges on the Civil War once again. And, it's a sore subject in this country in the present. As Josey tells Lone Wa...