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Re: Your favorite Clint Eastwood character
I saw most of the Eastwood westerns when I was in high-school, and that was a loooong time ago, so I've been trying to re-watch them all whenever they show up on TCM. I consider myself something of a fan, but there's one film -- the one where he literally paints the town red -- where his character rapes two women. I was uncomfortable with it as a teen, and I might find that unwatchable now as a midddle-ager. I'm looking forward to seeing that one again just to see what's happened to my tolerance for that.
I'm not sure (my memory is fuzzy), but I think his character in Two Mules for Sister Sara rapes the Shirley MacLaine character, too.
I'm with Mel: I really, really, really like him as The Preacher in Pale Rider. It's my favorite of the westerns I can remember. Also love him in Million Dollar Baby.
And yes: like almost every guy who loves movies, I love Dirty Harry.
But my favorite, and the reason I voted for OTHER in the poll above, is Robert Kincaid in The Bridges of Madison County, the film that made me fall in love with Eastwood as a director. I've only read excerpts of the novel and found it kind of terrible (sorry to the fifty million readers who clearly disagree), but this is a very, very well-made movie. Eastwood and Meryl Streep are fantastic here, and the film is directed with a quiet dexterity I find impressive. That scene at the end is heartbreaking and beautiful, and it drives me insane that the film was nominated for only one Academy Award (Streep for best actress). 1995 was a great year for film (something I don't say very often), but BRAVEHEART? Really?
I saw most of the Eastwood westerns when I was in high-school, and that was a loooong time ago, so I've been trying to re-watch them all whenever they show up on TCM. I consider myself something of a fan, but there's one film -- the one where he literally paints the town red -- where his character rapes two women. I was uncomfortable with it as a teen, and I might find that unwatchable now as a midddle-ager. I'm looking forward to seeing that one again just to see what's happened to my tolerance for that.
I'm not sure (my memory is fuzzy), but I think his character in Two Mules for Sister Sara rapes the Shirley MacLaine character, too.
I'm with Mel: I really, really, really like him as The Preacher in Pale Rider. It's my favorite of the westerns I can remember. Also love him in Million Dollar Baby.
And yes: like almost every guy who loves movies, I love Dirty Harry.
But my favorite, and the reason I voted for OTHER in the poll above, is Robert Kincaid in The Bridges of Madison County, the film that made me fall in love with Eastwood as a director. I've only read excerpts of the novel and found it kind of terrible (sorry to the fifty million readers who clearly disagree), but this is a very, very well-made movie. Eastwood and Meryl Streep are fantastic here, and the film is directed with a quiet dexterity I find impressive. That scene at the end is heartbreaking and beautiful, and it drives me insane that the film was nominated for only one Academy Award (Streep for best actress). 1995 was a great year for film (something I don't say very often), but BRAVEHEART? Really?
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