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abe55 12-15-08 10:58 PM

Best Clint Eastwood Directed Movie
 
Which movie directed by Clint Eastwood do you think is his best, or your favorite?

NoirFan 12-15-08 11:46 PM

Unforgiven, though he has a few severely underrated films under his belt that are not poll options: A Perfect World, Breezy, and Honkytonk Man.

William Fuld 12-16-08 01:29 AM

Bird

Boba Fett 12-16-08 01:33 AM

White Hunter, Black Heart

wm lopez 12-16-08 07:39 AM

You should have listed his 1st PLAY MISTY FOR ME.

bjh_18 12-16-08 07:43 AM

Why leave out his two latest - Changeling and the fantastic Gran Torino?

For me it's Letters From Iwo Jima with Unforgiven being a very, very close second.

Sanjuro37 12-16-08 08:15 AM


Originally Posted by bjh_18 (Post 9136183)
Why leave out his two latest - Changeling and the fantastic Gran Torino?

Because Changeling sucked and Gran Torino looks fun but dumb.


I say Unforgiven, followed by Letters From Iwo Jima. Mystic River was a bit of sloppy adaptation of the novel, but it's got 2 or 3 of the best acting performances of the decade, so I'll put it third.

marty888 12-16-08 08:37 AM

Possibly UNFORGIVEN, but I voted for "other" in honor of the 1993 film <b>A PERFECT WORLD</b>.

tommyp007 12-16-08 08:45 AM

I dub thee....Unforgiven.

Charlie Goose 12-16-08 09:21 AM

His best is Unforgiven, but my favorite is Pale Rider.

Hokeyboy 12-16-08 09:49 AM

Unforgiven, easily, but wait... The Outlaw Josey Wales is my favorite "traditional" Western ever.

Tough choice. I still went with "Unforgiven" though.

bjh_18 12-16-08 10:00 AM


Originally Posted by Sanjuro37 (Post 9136246)
Because Changeling sucked and Gran Torino looks fun but dumb.

As opposed to some of the others up there? Changeling wasn't great, but Gran Torino is Eastwood's finest performance in ages. Clearly you haven't seen it because it's far from "dumb." Is it a life-altering film? No. But it's still very good, and it's certainly much better than some of the films that are listed.

chris_sc77 12-16-08 10:38 AM

I picked The Outlaw Josey Wales but probably should have picked Pale Rider.

JOE29 12-16-08 11:05 AM

I love High Plains Drifter. That's my favorite from Clint.
Even Mel Brooks did a spin off of this which was one of his best Blazing Saddles.

Shannon Nutt 12-16-08 11:32 AM

This one:

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Mondo Kane 12-16-08 01:31 PM

Favorite is High Plains Drifter. Best would have to be Unforgiven. Considering that I didn't care for it all for this movie during it's original release. But this is one of those films that gets better with age.

Dr Mabuse 12-16-08 01:44 PM


Originally Posted by Shannon Nutt (Post 9136711)

My man.

I love that film.

Shannon Nutt 12-16-08 03:30 PM


Originally Posted by Dr Mabuse (Post 9137073)
My man.

I love that film.

Yeah, but don't believe me. "I don't know nothing...not one damn thing." :)

Torchur317 01-05-09 03:53 PM

Re: Best Clint Eastwood Directed Movie
 
Mystic River

comanche_doyle 01-05-09 07:01 PM

Re: Best Clint Eastwood Directed Movie
 
white hunter/black heart
a perfect world
unforgiven.

He has others that I like but these are gems.

The Bus 01-05-09 07:04 PM

Re: Best Clint Eastwood Directed Movie
 
Unforgiven is great but I love Mystic River.

A Perfect World is good too but its been ages since I saw it.

Sanjuro37 01-05-09 07:07 PM

Re: Best Clint Eastwood Directed Movie
 

Originally Posted by bjh_18 (Post 9136488)
but Gran Torino is Eastwood's finest performance in ages. Clearly you haven't seen it because it's far from "dumb."

Forgot about this. Well, I did see it, and my guesses were right: fun but dumb, unless "maybe you shouldn't be racist" and "white people are spoiled" is a brilliant statement.

Dr Mabuse 01-05-09 07:24 PM

Re: Best Clint Eastwood Directed Movie
 
No.

You pretty well missed the 'statements' in the movie apparently, I've seen a lot of people do just that with this film.

CardiffGiant 01-05-09 09:33 PM

Re: Best Clint Eastwood Directed Movie
 
I'd go Unforgiven, A Perfect World, then Mystic River.

kms_md 01-05-09 09:39 PM

Re: Best Clint Eastwood Directed Movie
 

Originally Posted by Matt Millheiser (Post 9136453)
Unforgiven, easily, but wait... The Outlaw Josey Wales is my favorite "traditional" Western ever.

Tough choice. I still went with "Unforgiven" though.

my thought process exactly.


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