Clint Eastwood

[Ray McKigney]

As far as his directing, I would put Mystic River right up there at the top. Seems like Affleck studied it pretty closely before he made Gone Baby Gone.

[Jay]

So many great ones.

 

A couple of clunkers too like, "Paint Your Wagon"

 

Unforgiven was great of course, also "Absolute Power" in which Gene Hackman is brilliant.

 

Love the Dirty Harry movies and even the spaghetti westerns.

[Blarg]

My mom had the soundtrack to that movie and played it quite often, and as a kid I loved it. I used to be able to sing all of the songs on it by memory.

You were destined to be a sailor one day.

[Adam]

A Perfect World is my personal favorite. Mystic River is a close second.

[Ray McKigney]

A Perfect World doesn't get enough credit. I really enjoyed that one.

[HaloMilliVanilli]

Grew up on Clint.  High Plains Drifter was my favorite for a long time, similar story-line in Pale Rider.  Loved all the Dirty Harry films and the spaghetti westerns too.  Just watched Thunderbolt and Lightfoot the other day.  Nowadays, I'd probably put Unforgiven at the top of the list though.  An incredible study of a hard-ass killer who develops a conscience as he ages, but never loses that nastiness.  "We all got it comin', kid".  Love that movie.  One that doesn't get a ton of love that I haven't seen in a while is "The Gauntlet".  Like that one too.

[ten ocho recon scout]

A Perfect World doesn't get enough credit. I really enjoyed that one.

agreed. Flawless movie that never got enough credit, and has been kind of forgotten.

Gonna make it a mission to watch that again sometime this week

[ten ocho recon scout]

Grew up on Clint. High Plains Drifter was my favorite for a long time, similar story-line in Pale Rider. Loved all the Dirty Harry films and the spaghetti westerns too. Just watched Thunderbolt and Lightfoot the other day. Nowadays, I'd probably put Unforgiven at the top of the list though. An incredible study of a hard-ass killer who develops a conscience as he ages, but never loses that nastiness. "We all got it comin', kid". Love that movie. One that doesn't get a ton of love that I haven't seen in a while is "The Gauntlet". Like that one too.

"we all got it coming kid" is my favorite scene

Gauntlet was great. Remember watching it w my dad a few times as a kid.

I like bridges of madiso...i mean firefox, too

[Redondo]

This is a classic scene

 

[Glen]

No love for Pink Cadillac?

[the dude abides]

I ain't happy.  I'm feeling glad.

Got sunshine in a bag.

I'm useless, but not for long.

The future is coming on.

[ten ocho recon scout]

No love for Pink Cadillac?

i think i memtioned it in the crap movies i like thread.

Its a lame, lame movie..vut im a sucker for most movies of that era (which had lots of turds)

[Sam Sanchez]

Not my favorite, but Thunderbolt and Lightfoot could use some love too. Fun movie with Clint Eastwood and Jeff Bridges.

[Vegas Halo Fan]

I never understood Eastwood's infatuation with Sondra Locke, or with putting her in his movies. She wasn't overly hot, she couldn't act, and the writers gave her a character name taken from a manufacturer of water coolers.

[Angel Oracle]

Even though it doesn't get the love that Dirty Harry does, The Enforcer shows great conflict and interaction between Harry and his new female partner on the force (a young Tyne Daly) as Harry is trying his best to adjust to having a female partner on the force.

Not to mention Harry's frustration with the new protocols on the force 

[ten ocho recon scout]

Sagreed AO, theres a few scenes from that movie that are spot on..very truthful in terms of how the line guys feel vs admin...

[LBHalos17]

Since my screen name comes from one of his movies I guess that says something. I like the westerns more than the Dirty Harry movies but the cool character with the squint and the low volume voice works great for those characters. My favorites would be either Unforgiven or The Good, The Bad and the Ugly although I think Eli Wallach is what really made that movie for me.

The Good the Bad and the Ugly is one of the best westerns ever made!  But, I prefer For a Few Dollars More over it.  The movies have different vibes, but I always loved the cat-and-mouse shootout at the end of Dollars.

[LBHalos17]

Honorable mention to Kelly's Heroes. Donald Sutherland stole the show but that's because he's Donald f*****g Sutherland.

Yep!

One of my favorites from Clint.  I love the cast in it.

[Homebrewer]

Watched Absolute Power for the first time in a long time the other night.

It was one of the first films he also directed and produced.

I remember reading the book when it was "hot", and thinking the movie lacked something...even though it wasn't bad.

20 years later...the movie still lacks something, it still isn't bad,  just sort of bland. 

[Tank]

perfect description, homebrewer.

 

the book was terrific, but the movie just couldn't capture that for some reason.

[ELEVEN]

As far as his directing, I would put Mystic River right up there at the top. Seems like Affleck studied it pretty closely before he made Gone Baby Gone.

Dennis Lehane wrote both novels, and both are far superior to the films.

Unforgiven is the best Western ever.

[ELEVEN]

Grew up on Clint. High Plains Drifter was my favorite for a long time, similar story-line in Pale Rider. Loved all the Dirty Harry films and the spaghetti westerns too. Just watched Thunderbolt and Lightfoot the other day. Nowadays, I'd probably put Unforgiven at the top of the list though. An incredible study of a hard-ass killer who develops a conscience as he ages, but never loses that nastiness. "We all got it comin', kid". Love that movie. One that doesn't get a ton of love that I haven't seen in a while is "The Gauntlet". Like that one too.

Pale Rider is awesome.

[Ray McKigney]

Dennis Lehane wrote both novels, and both are far superior to the films.

 

Did not know that. Makes a lot of sense now.