So I have done music I like, music I dislike and TV shows I like, so now I move onto movies I think are awesome. Now as discussed earlier I have a little bit of a thing for Clint Eastwood, it's almost completely heterosexual, but I like a lot of his movies so I will only talk about the best of them.
A Fistful Of Dollars: This is the movie that started it all. Sergio Leone directed Spaghetti Western. Filmed in Spain with actors from Italy, Mexico, Spain, Germany and USA all speaking in their own language and then dubbed in English later. It was shot with a shoe-string budget and non-union crew and yet it is a classic movie and brought the western back into popularity. Clint had almost no dialogue and was famously "The Man With No Name" and yet he killed the part by walking with authority, squinting a lot and when he did talk he did it slowly and methodically. Leone reportedly took to Eastwood's distinctive style, and commented that "I like Clint Eastwood because he has only two facial expressions: one with the hat, and one without it". And then there is the classic shoot out scene with the metal plate under the poncho, classic from beginning to end. Without a doubt the best movie Clint made.
Kelly's Heroes: Just look at the crew list for this movie: Clint Eastwood, Telly Savalas, Don Rickles, Carroll O'Connor, Donald Sutherland, Gavin Macleod, Harry Dean Stanton and Karl-Otto Alberty. All in one freakin' movie! Totally under-rated movie with action, adventure and just a little swearing. Must watch!
Dirty Harry: Another successful series of movies for Clint set off with the perfect opening to any movie. With it came the classic lines:
Callahan: I know what you're thinking. Did he fire six shots or only five? Well, to tell you the truth, in all this excitement, I've kinda lost track myself. But being as this is a .44 Magnum, the most powerful handgun in the world, and would blow your head clean off, you've got to ask yourself one question: Do I feel lucky? Well, do ya punk?
[Thief surrenders]
Thief: Hey....I gots to know!
[Callahan pulls the trigger, but the gun just clicks on an empty chamber and he grins. Camera cuts to the thief mouthing "Son of a bitch!"]
Hang 'Em High: The story of an innocent man hanged by a posse for the crime of cattle russlin'. The cast was a who's-who of late 60's movie westerns and future stars: Ed Begley, Pat Hengle, Ben Johnson(no not that Ben Johnson), Bruce Dern, Alan Hale Jr (The Skipper!), Dennis Hopper. Clint survives the attempted lynching, and while working for a judge, one-by-one he gets his revenge!
A Fistful Of Dollars: This is the movie that started it all. Sergio Leone directed Spaghetti Western. Filmed in Spain with actors from Italy, Mexico, Spain, Germany and USA all speaking in their own language and then dubbed in English later. It was shot with a shoe-string budget and non-union crew and yet it is a classic movie and brought the western back into popularity. Clint had almost no dialogue and was famously "The Man With No Name" and yet he killed the part by walking with authority, squinting a lot and when he did talk he did it slowly and methodically. Leone reportedly took to Eastwood's distinctive style, and commented that "I like Clint Eastwood because he has only two facial expressions: one with the hat, and one without it". And then there is the classic shoot out scene with the metal plate under the poncho, classic from beginning to end. Without a doubt the best movie Clint made. (Sample clip: [The four Baxters aren't apologizing for laughing at his mule] I don't think it's nice, you laughin'. You see, my mule don't like people laughin'. Gets the crazy idea you're laughin' at him. Now if you apologize like I know you're going to, I might convince him that you really didn't mean it... )
Kelly's Heroes: Just look at the crew list for this movie: Clint Eastwood, Telly Savalas, Don Rickles, Carroll O'Connor, Donald Sutherland, Gavin Macleod, Harry Dean Stanton and Karl-Otto Alberty. All in one freakin' movie! Totally under-rated movie with action, adventure and just a little swearing. Must watch!(Sample clip: Oddball: [looking at aerial pics of the a remaining bridge] Beautiful. Moriarty: suppose the bridge ain't there? Oddball: [groans] Don't hit me with them negative waves so early in the morning. Think the bridge will be there and it will be there. It's a mother, beautiful bridge, and it's gonna be there. OK? Oddball: [Later: Oddball is looking through binoculars at the bridge] Still up! Oddball: [planes fly and bomb the bridge] ... No it ain't. See what sending out them negative waves did, Moriarty? Moriarty: That ain't my fault, Oddball, I've done nothing but have good thoughts about that damn bridge ever since we left!)
Dirty Harry: Another successful series of movies for Clint set off with the perfect opening to any movie. With it came the classic lines:Callahan: I know what you're thinking. Did he fire six shots or only five? Well, to tell you the truth, in all this excitement, I've kinda lost track myself. But being as this is a .44 Magnum, the most powerful handgun in the world, and would blow your head clean off, you've got to ask yourself one question: Do I feel lucky? Well, do ya punk?
[Thief surrenders]
Thief: Hey....I gots to know!
[Callahan pulls the trigger, but the gun just clicks on an empty chamber and he grins. Camera cuts to the thief mouthing "Son of a bitch!"]
Hang 'Em High: The story of an innocent man hanged by a posse for the crime of cattle russlin'. The cast was a who's-who of late 60's movie westerns and future stars: Ed Begley, Pat Hengle, Ben Johnson(no not that Ben Johnson), Bruce Dern, Alan Hale Jr (The Skipper!), Dennis Hopper. Clint survives the attempted lynching, and while working for a judge, one-by-one he gets his revenge! (Sample clip: Jed Cooper: You don't remember me, do you? Reno, Cooper Hanging Party: No. Jed Cooper: [showing his hanging scar] When you hang a man, you better look at him. )
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