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Old 19th June 2011, 03:50 PM
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Sorry Prince, in my eyes Sudden Impact is worse than The Dead Pool. I really have a dislike for scrawny whiny Sondra Locke (in all his films).

Just as a footnote - A bad Clint film is still better than a great Michael Bay film. No film made by Clint has ever sunk to the depths of Transformers.
Agree on both counts.
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Old 19th June 2011, 07:27 PM
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The Dead Pool was the first DH film that I saw at the cinema and I really enjoyed it. It's a pretty good film as far as I'm concerned. The only thing missing from it was the great Albert Popwell. And as for Sudden Impact, there are some classic scenes in there. Harry going back to the coffee shop at the beginning of the film with the "go ahead, make my day" line, and my personal favourite, the scene near the end on the boardwalk when Sondra Locke is getting roughed up and Harry appears in silhouette, holding the .45 Automag and the music kicks in.
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Sorry Prince, in my eyes Sudden Impact is worse than The Dead Pool. I really have a dislike for scrawny whiny Sondra Locke (in all his films).

Just as a footnote - A bad Clint film is still better than a great Michael Bay film. No film made by Clint has ever sunk to the depths of Transformers.
Yeah, I know that. But that's what I like about her in that film - you never know whether she's really tough or a just a wispy girl.

There's so much good stuff in Sudden Impact. A mature Clint, still badass but aged like good wine; quite a few really funny scenes (I love that nasty dog ); Pat Hingle and Bradford Dillmann; a dark moody setting; fantastic one-liners (just think of the great To me you're nothin' but dogshit, you understand? dialogue;... I could think of many more pros - maybe you watch the flick again some time.

I totally agree on your second statement, though.

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The Dead Pool was the first DH film that I saw at the cinema and I really enjoyed it. It's a pretty good film as far as I'm concerned. The only thing missing from it was the great Albert Popwell. And as for Sudden Impact, there are some classic scenes in there. Harry going back to the coffee shop at the beginning of the film with the "go ahead, make my day" line, and my personal favourite, the scene near the end on the boardwalk when Sondra Locke is getting roughed up and Harry appears in silhouette, holding the .45 Automag and the music kicks in.
The Dead Pool ain't too bad. It's a must see just because of Jim Carrey dying from an overdose.
Popwell is really cool; I very much like his character in Sudden Impact.


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Old 19th June 2011, 08:12 PM
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I don't think Firefox is as bad as people make out. It's definitely down a notch or two from the usual Clint standards we expect but I was the other way around with it. Enjoyed the film for the first hour or so then when he got into the plane lost interest. Also, felt it turned into Star Wars for the final half an hour though that's probably down to having the same affects team work on it.

Watched Tightrope a few nights ago & really enjoyed it. If they'd of shown a few more of the killings on screen & in more detail it could of almost been a straight out slasher.
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Watched Tightrope a few nights ago & really enjoyed it. If they'd of shown a few more of the killings on screen & in more detail it could of almost been a straight out slasher.
You're right. The plot of the movie would be suitable for a slasher - maybe the film would have become that if Michael Reeves (RIP) had directed it.

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I have the 35 films, 35 yrs box set of Clint so i've been watching them in order of the box set. So now i'm upto Tightrope so looks like i might watch some big Clint today. All this talk of Clint has made me want to watch some.
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Been looking at picking up Tightrope on dvd, but since I want it in the Clint Eastwood collection cover from a few years ago, it looks like I may have to stump up the cash for the Japanese dvd.


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The cover in my collection is big Clint standing next to a window with blue shades of light seeping through
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Yeah, that's the new cover. Like most of the Eastwood dvds re-released recently, it's bloody awful.


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