re: Stories where the "good guys" are actually the "bad guys"

Still think Munney and Ned were the bad guys.

Their whole life they were bad guys - rotten human beings who murdered women and children.

And then they are bounty killers - take some money to kill two Cowboys for cutting up a whore.

The movie makes a big point that it's a huge moral issue and revenge is needed - but gloss over the fact that Munney doesn't give a shite about that. His pig farm is dying and he needs the dough. So he takes the contract killing.

Little Bill is just protecting his town - and he made Restitution to Skinny who got two prime Ponies. (And for people to say that's not Restitution to the whore) - whores owed their innkeepers/pimps back then (Skinny would pay for their passage from back East to the West and pay for their housing and food - and then get a % of the whore's earnings...

So basically Little Bill knew what the deal was...if Skinny's whore couldn't earn...he was out of a huge investment and rightfully was due them Ponies.

I mean Little Bill should've charged the guys with mayhem...

But not doing so doesn't make Clint and Freeman the good guys.