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Clint Eastwood (you feel lucky?)

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Good, Bad and the Ugly was ok? Easily the best western ever made.
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Ehhhh, one of. But I do have to stick up for the Duke. I am a big fan of Clint, and John Wayne. Favorite western ever is definitely Rio Bravo though. Followed by........Tombstone.

However there is one movie that's in my top 5 ever, and Clint directed it. Midnight in the Garden of good and evil. Of course Cusack is God as well :)
 
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I gotta say that I used to rib my old man about watching Clint and the Duke consistently when he was home from sales trips, now I find that I'll sit down and watch Eastwood's movies too. I like a few John Wayne films, but I think Eastwood is better. I think he's a better actor, don't hang me for saying it. First time I watched the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly all the way through I was floored, great film.
 
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"I would like to grow up to be like Clint Eastwood. Eastwood the director, Eastwood the actor, Eastwood the invincible, Eastwood the old man. What other figure in the history of the cinema has been an actor for 53 years, a director for 37, won two Oscars for direction, two more for best picture, plus the Thalberg Award, and at 78 can direct himself in his own film and look meaner than hell? None, that's how many."

-- Roger Ebert, review for Gran Torino.
 
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Dryden;1388033; said:
"I would like to grow up to be like Clint Eastwood. Eastwood the director, Eastwood the actor, Eastwood the invincible, Eastwood the old man. What other figure in the history of the cinema has been an actor for 53 years, a director for 37, won two Oscars for direction, two more for best picture, plus the Thalberg Award, and at 78 can direct himself in his own film and look meaner than hell? None, that's how many."

-- Roger Ebert, review for Gran Torino.
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Great find Dryden, thanks for sharing
 
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John Wayne made some crappy movies too. I like and respect the Duke, but I'll take Eastwood, especially after Unforgiven, which showed he could still make a great Western an entire generation later than many of his others.
 
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I would take either of em. The Duke is known only for westerns, but he had some good non-westerns as well. McQ comes to mind. Awesome detective flick.

Not to mention his war flicks. Longest Day is amazing. So was In Harms Way.
 
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BuckeyeNation27;1388665; said:
is this thread about the actor or the cowboy from 1885 who died when a locomotive he hijacked fell into a ravine?
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I'm pretty sure it's about the guy on the left...

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Buckeye Buh Nim;1080883; said:
Let's not dismiss some of Eastwoods directorial efforts

White Hunter Black Heart
Unforgiven (which is just a heluva flick)
Million Dollar Baby (maybe overrated in my opinion)

I still haven't seen is Iwo Jima films, but I understand they are that good.
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Still haven't seen Flags of Our Fathers-the book is excellent, but Lanterns in the Wind is outstanding-a great study of true honor among soldiers.
 
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