True Crime: Dirty Harry On Viagra
08-31-99, 09:41 PM
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Mr. Eastwood is evidently trying to usurp Bob Dole's position as the Viagra poster boy.
He starts this movie hitting on a woman who appears to be at least 35 years younger than he is. But he's no lecher: the woman playing his wife is only 22 years younger than he is, and the woman playing his mistress is a scant 29 years younger than he. And, of course this 69 year old man has a daughter who appears to be 3-4 years old.
Eastwood plays a fallen investigative reporter, who is partially reformed: on the wagon, but sleeping with his boss's wife. He is tasked with writing a story about a man being executed at San Quentin that night.
Is there any chance the man was wrongly convicted?
Is it possible that there is some evidence overlooked by the convict's attorneys on 6 years of appeals?
Is there any chance that Clint will figure all of this out in less than 24 hours?
Aside from some pretty obvious plot contrivances, I'm getting a little tired of Clint's on-screen persona. When Eastwood made "Unforgiven" and "In The Line of Fire", I thought it showed great promise for a renaissance of his career. Both of those movies showed a tough guy grown older, men who were used to being tough dealing with the frailties of age.
His persona in "True Crime" seems to be daring you to root against him. I did.
Audio and Video transfer: Good, not great.
Extras: A fairly interesting documentary about a reporter in Texas whose story was, I guess, the inspiration for Eastwood's movie. The documentary is marred by inserting largely irrelevant clips of Eastwood's movie.
He starts this movie hitting on a woman who appears to be at least 35 years younger than he is. But he's no lecher: the woman playing his wife is only 22 years younger than he is, and the woman playing his mistress is a scant 29 years younger than he. And, of course this 69 year old man has a daughter who appears to be 3-4 years old.
Eastwood plays a fallen investigative reporter, who is partially reformed: on the wagon, but sleeping with his boss's wife. He is tasked with writing a story about a man being executed at San Quentin that night.
Is there any chance the man was wrongly convicted?
Is it possible that there is some evidence overlooked by the convict's attorneys on 6 years of appeals?
Is there any chance that Clint will figure all of this out in less than 24 hours?
Aside from some pretty obvious plot contrivances, I'm getting a little tired of Clint's on-screen persona. When Eastwood made "Unforgiven" and "In The Line of Fire", I thought it showed great promise for a renaissance of his career. Both of those movies showed a tough guy grown older, men who were used to being tough dealing with the frailties of age.
His persona in "True Crime" seems to be daring you to root against him. I did.
Audio and Video transfer: Good, not great.
Extras: A fairly interesting documentary about a reporter in Texas whose story was, I guess, the inspiration for Eastwood's movie. The documentary is marred by inserting largely irrelevant clips of Eastwood's movie.
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09-03-99, 11:51 AM
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I enjoyed the film, overlooking some of the items you mentioned.
There are typically only 9 plots in all films, so the finale came as no big surprise.
If you're a Clint Eastwood fan, you'll still want this in your collection. And it can be had for under $10 if you shop.
Also, I enjoyed the play-back features as the alleged murderer revealed. The pieces to the puzzle were not discovered until the mother of the other potential murderer happened to be wearing . . . well, I won't spoil it.
I love San Francisco and the bay area. Hayward is an interesting city. The shockeroo was the tragedy that occurred just after the opening scene with Clint at the bar.
As for the character . . . did he ever change? I think so. Not totally, but at least he regained his ability to regain the one talent he had . . . that of having a true hunch without booze giving him the wrong signals.
Jer
There are typically only 9 plots in all films, so the finale came as no big surprise.
If you're a Clint Eastwood fan, you'll still want this in your collection. And it can be had for under $10 if you shop.
Also, I enjoyed the play-back features as the alleged murderer revealed. The pieces to the puzzle were not discovered until the mother of the other potential murderer happened to be wearing . . . well, I won't spoil it.
I love San Francisco and the bay area. Hayward is an interesting city. The shockeroo was the tragedy that occurred just after the opening scene with Clint at the bar.
As for the character . . . did he ever change? I think so. Not totally, but at least he regained his ability to regain the one talent he had . . . that of having a true hunch without booze giving him the wrong signals.
Jer
