I'm a wee bit of a Clint fan. Mostly the westerns.
"Go ahead, make my day" is from Sudden Impact.
The much longer "Did he fire six shots or only five? Well to tell you the truth in all this excitement I kinda lost track myself. But being this is a .44 Magnum, the most powerful handgun in the world and would blow your head clean off, you've gotta ask yourself one question: Do I feel lucky? Well, do ya, punk?" is one of two variations at either end of the movie Dirty Harry.
In some jurisdictions these movies preceded laws that excuse/permit ( in given circumstances for the legal defense against criminal/civil suits ) the use of deadly force and 'standing ground' against intruders. As opposed to the converse duty to retreat elsewhere. Whether either are good/bad law I make no comment. I'm just pointing out the movies preceding legal changes, at least in concept. I think one reason for the movies' successes, and also corresponding controversy, is how close the plots touched some urban realities.
I reckon Mr Eastwood's best movie was Unforgiven that showed all characters as morally grey & flawed in some aspect. Degrees of nastiness. A close second would be Gran Torino with even more ambiguity. Pale Rider had epic visuals with a clearcut goodie/baddie line. Firefox was a cold war action movie and/or spy spoof. I couldn't watch Mystic River, it was too close to a real life thing I knew of. It's hard to know what he is best at : acting, directing or producing.
Cheers, Mike.
I have made this letter longer than usual because I lack the time to make it shorter ...
... and my other CPU is a Ryzen 5950X :-) Blaise Pascal
I'm a wee bit of a Clint fan. Mostly the westerns.
"Go ahead, make my day" is from Sudden Impact.
The much longer "Did he fire six shots or only five? Well to tell you the truth in all this excitement I kinda lost track myself. But being this is a .44 Magnum, the most powerful handgun in the world and would blow your head clean off, you've gotta ask yourself one question: Do I feel lucky? Well, do ya, punk?" is one of two variations at either end of the movie Dirty Harry.
In some jurisdictions these movies preceded laws that excuse/permit ( in given circumstances for the legal defense against criminal/civil suits ) the use of deadly force and 'standing ground' against intruders. As opposed to the converse duty to retreat elsewhere. Whether either are good/bad law I make no comment. I'm just pointing out the movies preceding legal changes, at least in concept. I think one reason for the movies' successes, and also corresponding controversy, is how close the plots touched some urban realities.
I reckon Mr Eastwood's best movie was Unforgiven that showed all characters as morally grey & flawed in some aspect. Degrees of nastiness. A close second would be Gran Torino with even more ambiguity. Pale Rider had epic visuals with a clearcut goodie/baddie line. Firefox was a cold war action movie and/or spy spoof. I couldn't watch Mystic River, it was too close to a real life thing I knew of. It's hard to know what he is best at : acting, directing or producing.
Cheers, Mike.
So am I Doc
I watch Clint pretty much every day since I watch old tv shows here (Rawhide) "Rowdy Yates" all 8 seasons 217 episodes
And those classic "Spaghetti Westerns" especially with my other favorites Lee Van Cleef and Charles Bronson is supposed to be what got Clint started in movies by turning down the Sergio Leone movie " A Fist Full of Dollars" so he got Clint to play the part and after that he did several more.
As far as I know the only time Clint Eastwood and Charles Bronson worked together was this episode of Rawhide
I have been here a long time
I have been here a long time now and I NEVER would have guessed it was Kathryn using that Dirty Harry line
Maybe Mikey.....but Kathryn would have been my LAST guess.
https://youtu.be/mevxenJ6Mtc
(oh and ANNIET I plan on staying 59 for another 10 years
.....my quick drive-by........hello Mikey......and Doc.....and everyone else.
Don't the ladies say "you can never have too many dishes"??
Actually, I didn't know my
Actually, I didn't know my thread title was from a movie. I'm not much of a movie fan. BTW: I'm winning
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I'm a wee bit of a Clint fan.
I'm a wee bit of a Clint fan. Mostly the westerns.
"Go ahead, make my day" is from Sudden Impact.
The much longer "Did he fire six shots or only five? Well to tell you the truth in all this excitement I kinda lost track myself. But being this is a .44 Magnum, the most powerful handgun in the world and would blow your head clean off, you've gotta ask yourself one question: Do I feel lucky? Well, do ya, punk?" is one of two variations at either end of the movie Dirty Harry.
In some jurisdictions these movies preceded laws that excuse/permit ( in given circumstances for the legal defense against criminal/civil suits ) the use of deadly force and 'standing ground' against intruders. As opposed to the converse duty to retreat elsewhere. Whether either are good/bad law I make no comment. I'm just pointing out the movies preceding legal changes, at least in concept. I think one reason for the movies' successes, and also corresponding controversy, is how close the plots touched some urban realities.
I reckon Mr Eastwood's best movie was Unforgiven that showed all characters as morally grey & flawed in some aspect. Degrees of nastiness. A close second would be Gran Torino with even more ambiguity. Pale Rider had epic visuals with a clearcut goodie/baddie line. Firefox was a cold war action movie and/or spy spoof. I couldn't watch Mystic River, it was too close to a real life thing I knew of. It's hard to know what he is best at : acting, directing or producing.
Cheers, Mike.
I have made this letter longer than usual because I lack the time to make it shorter ...
... and my other CPU is a Ryzen 5950X :-) Blaise Pascal
Well done with the context Dr
Well done with the context Dr Mike!!
I am now winning though.
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So am I Doc
I watch Clint pretty much every day since I watch old tv shows here (Rawhide) "Rowdy Yates" all 8 seasons 217 episodes
And those classic "Spaghetti Westerns" especially with my other favorites Lee Van Cleef and Charles Bronson is supposed to be what got Clint started in movies by turning down the Sergio Leone movie " A Fist Full of Dollars" so he got Clint to play the part and after that he did several more.
As far as I know the only time Clint Eastwood and Charles Bronson worked together was this episode of Rawhide
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbqbfYcITVY
I am winning, I recently went
I am winning, I recently went over 300 million credits here at Einstein and will soon be starting another year too!!
Some Australians' one-day
Some Australians' one-day careers will be ended after this series.
Richard
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