LOL, what a coincidence (we've spoken on some of the James Bond boards), I'm in the same boat as you, even though I'm a 36 year old action/movie buff I'd never actually seen the Dirty Harry movies. I remember seeing bits and pieces of The Dead Pool when I was a kid and it was coming on HBO a lot, but I never saw the whole thing and I remember nothing. I have been meaning to watch them for a while and about a month ago I watched Dirty Harry which I really enjoyed and just now got around to Magnum Force which I finished about an hour ago. I liked it a lot more than the first which was great but I found a little disturbing. This one just kept me entertained and interested in the unfolding plot, even though a lot of it was pretty easy to guess. I liked the rivalry between old Harry and this little gang vigilantes just out of the academy. Particularly between Harry and Davis (David Soul) which I felt they kind of wasted. They built it up as them being great shots, the guy beats Harry in the shooting competition, and since he's the main bad guy who killed Harry's friend I figure it's going to end with the two of them drawing down on each other and Harry blowing him away. But no, they jump on their motorcycles, race across a couple of roofs and the guy just crashes and falls to his death.
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ActionJunkie007
8 years ago
HAHA Nice!!! Yeah, I totally know your name and we are the same age! I just turned 37 myself!!
I'm really glad I got around to these too!! And I did end up getting the Dirty Harry collection on BLuray because of how much I loved this film in particular. It has a great flow to it and truly great moments, like with his hot little Asian Neighbor and the vigilante cops angle was awesome!!
I get what your saying on the ending and a mano y mano kind of thing could have been cool, but I liked the big chase sequence! Though how the one cop just falls off the building into the water and we are to assume he dies was a bit of a stretch!
Overall, I find myself rating this one the best, but I do love The Dead Pool for the cast and the 80s vibe! And I get what you mean on the original too! I think that's what I like about it a lot. Its very gritty and "dirty" which makes for a fantastic period piece. I love how these are all R Rated action! These films made me a huge fan of Eastwood, who really, aside from The Perfect World and Gran Torino, I never much got into or watched anything he did.
Let me know when you check them all out and what you think of them overall!
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AdmiralTugBenson
8 years ago
I've always liked Eastwood but I haven't seen a whole lot of his stuff. Growing up my dad was big into Spaghetti Westerns and I saw most of his. Plus stuff like Unforgiven, Escape From Alcatraz, In The Line Of Fire, Heartbreak Ridge, Pink Cadillac (a weird 80's movie he did), those movies he made with the monkey and a not-too-bad mystery from the 00's I rented once for the hell of it called Blood Work. But I haven't seen Gran Torino, Million Dollar Baby or until now the Dirty Harry movies.
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ActionJunkie007
8 years ago
Unforgiven, Escape From Alcatraz, In The Line Of Fire, Heartbreak Ridge, Pink Cadillac
I haven't seen any of those! I've seen parts of ITLOF and PC, I think I might check out pink Cadillac again, just love 80s movies.
Growing up my dad was big into Spaghetti Westerns and I saw most of his
Are his westerns good? I thought I might wanna check them out at some point, even though Im so not a fan of westerns!
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AdmiralTugBenson
8 years ago
I'm not a fan of Westerns in general, but The Man With No Name trilogy (A Fistful Of Dollars, For A Few Dollars More and The Good, The Bad and The Ugly) is top notch. And The Unforgiven of course. Pink Cadillac is kind of fun and really 80's. It's sort of a buddy comedy with Clint Eastwood and Bernadette Peters on the run from some white supremacists. It's as strange as it sounds.
I just finished with the Dirty Harry series, and while I wasn't as crazy about The Enforcer I really loved the two 80's installments. Sudden Impact was better, and I liked seeing Harry in some small/sleepy town and the plot was good. The Dead Pool was pretty 80's, and not the best, but I found it very entertaining and remembered a few parts from HBO as a kid. I thought the ending with the "sh!t outta luck" line and the harpoon was epic.
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