Clint Eastwood

catallus · 13-04-2014 01:42AM

Rik Mayall is the best actor, as actors go.

Riddle101 · 13-04-2014 02:02AM

The worlds greatest actor ever by a long shot.

I don't know, I think Robert DeNiro, Daniel Day Lewis, Gary Oldman, Al Pacino and Marlon Brando would go ahead of Clint Eastwood.

mixery · 13-04-2014 02:11AM

Dirty Harry punks!

The Backwards Man · 13-04-2014 02:12AM

Pfft, he wasn't even the best actor in Thunderbolt and Lightfoot

George Kennedy, now there's an actor. Cary Grant, James Stewart, Audrey Hepburn, John Wayne, the aforementioned Mr.Eastwood. Kennedy pistol-whipped them all, and is still going strong.

LizzieJones · 13-04-2014 02:18AM

The Backwards Man wrote: »

George Kennedy, now there's an actor. Cary Grant, James Stewart, Audrey Hepburn, John Wayne, the aforementioned Mr.Eastwood. Kennedy pistol-whipped them all, and is still going strong.

There is an episode of Bonanza that George Kennedy is great in.

tippspur · 13-04-2014 02:23AM

I wouldn't say he's the worlds greatest actor but he's certainly one of my favourites.
a little known film of his called 'thunderbolt and Lightfoot' in which he starred with Jeff Bridges is one of my favourite ever films.

tippspur · 13-04-2014 02:27AM

catallus wrote: »

"Man who stands in front of camera and reads lines written by others lauded for genius."

Now that's just a stupid thing to say.:(

Capt'n Midnight · 13-04-2014 02:28AM

LizzieJones wrote: »

There is an episode of Bonanza that George Kennedy is great in.

ever seen cool hand luke ?

Sergio Leone said of Eastwood – “As an actor, he has two expressions: with, and without the hat”

Pat Mustard · 13-04-2014 02:31AM

Kintarō Hattori wrote: »

Oh and he was also a Mayor in the past.

He also composed the music for Mystic River and several other films.

And who could have delivered these lines with such a cold blooded intensity as Clint, as aged gunslinger William Munny, returned to avenge his friend Ned:

That's right. I've killed women and children. I've killed just about everything that walks or crawled at one time or another. And I'm here to kill you, Little Bill, for what you did to Ned.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0B5lFuTUhso

He may not be the best the actor in the world, but he doesn't need to be, with such an immense screen presence.

jamaamaj · 13-04-2014 02:50AM

I would not say, the greatest actor, But Clint would be up there in my top ten of films i love seeing actors in,

Grew up watching his movies, My favorite would have to be Kellys Heroes.
Must have watched it about 15 times or more.

Class act Clint.

suicide_circus · 13-04-2014 05:24AM

http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/clint-the-man-with-no-shame-26152887.html

Big hero of mine growing up. But apparently in real life, an arsehole, particularly to Sondra Locke

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sondra_Locke

zcorpian88 · 13-04-2014 05:38AM

An all time great actor, grew up on his movies and I would be a relatively young fan. Watched Kelly's Heroes so many times as the Sunday matinee on RTE growing up.

The Dirty Harry movies are the best as well. I honestly can't watch those enough, and the spaghetti westerns. The Good, The Bad and The Ugly being my fave.

Movie's seemed so simple and just great in his day and they can stand the test of time, now they just CGI the f**k out of everything and everything has the same look. I'd love to be blown away by a modern American movie without it being super packed with CGI.

ruthloss · 13-04-2014 07:48AM

Sir Osis of Liver. wrote: »

The worlds greatest actor ever by a long shot.

'ever'., seriously???

McDermotX · 13-04-2014 08:07AM

catallus wrote: »

"Man who stands in front of camera and reads lines written by others lauded for genius."

Why don't you just sit there and bleed a while, before you taste some real pain.

Lampshade78 · 13-04-2014 08:24AM

When I was a kid I thought he played the terminator, not Arnold.

shootermacg · 13-04-2014 08:35AM

zcorpian88 wrote: »

An all time great actor, grew up on his movies and I would be a relatively young fan. Watched Kelly's Heroes so many times as the Sunday matinee on RTE growing up.

The Dirty Harry movies are the best as well. I honestly can't watch those enough, and the spaghetti westerns. The Good, The Bad and The Ugly being my fave.

Movie's seemed so simple and just great in his day and they can stand the test of time, now they just CGI the f**k out of everything and everything has the same look. I'd love to be blown away by a modern American movie without it being super packed with CGI.

There will be blood, best american movie ever made! DDL is without a doubt the best actor known to man.

No country for old men, is another classic.

Soft Falling Rain · 13-04-2014 08:42AM

catallus wrote: »

"Man who stands in front of camera and reads lines written by others lauded for genius."

I'll piss on your grave pal.

DEFTLEFTHAND · 13-04-2014 09:59AM

"What are you Spooks looking at?" :pac:

Gran Torino which he directed too I think. I love the way he incorporated old insults/slurs such as spook, spade, slope, gook and zipper head into the script, it made it feel very authentic. The old racist factory worker and Korean War veteran Walt.

tallus · 13-04-2014 10:21AM

Always loved his movies but I really like movies he directed. Mystic River, Changeling, Gran Torino, etc.
The Eiger Sanction was another of his lesser known movies also starring George Kennedy, an excellent watch.

mad muffin · 13-04-2014 10:26AM

His name is Maximus Clintus Eastwoodus, actor of many great movies, director of many more and loyal servant to his TRUE passion, Phallus Maximus. Father to 7 children from 5 different women and god knows how many more.

mike65 · 13-04-2014 11:06AM

White Hunter Black Heart is where its at.

LizzieJones · 13-04-2014 11:45AM

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

ever seen cool hand luke ?

Many years ago.

MadYaker · 13-04-2014 12:05PM

He's isn't the greatest actor ever, in terms of acting he's a bit of a one trick pony, but it's a very good trick. Where he really excels is in directing and production.

13-04-2014 12:09PM

He picks movies that suit his style, and he always delivers. He was a looker in his early days for sure. I love his Dirty Harry character, the one-liners alone are worth the watch.

Play Misty For Me is the movie that Fatal Attraction tried to be, but failed miserably.

2thousand14 · 13-04-2014 04:15PM

Ted, you're not going to believe it! Clint Eastwood's been arrested for a crime he didn't - oh, wait, it's a film.

kerry4sam · 13-04-2014 04:19PM

Sir Osis of Liver. wrote: »

The worlds greatest actor ever by a long shot.

Oh you've nailed it! Kellys Heroes is one my favourite with Clint ( have a lickle lookie here - WWII soldiers go AWOL to rob a bank behind enemy lines). Brilliant movie!

LizzieJones · 13-04-2014 04:29PM

Candie wrote: »

He picks movies that suit his style, and he always delivers. He was a looker in his early days for sure. I love his Dirty Harry character, the one-liners alone are worth the watch.

Play Misty For Me is the movie that Fatal Attraction tried to be, but failed miserably.

I really enjoyed his performance in The Beguiled

13-04-2014 04:32PM

LizzieJones wrote: »

I really enjoyed his performance in The Beguiled

Now there's one I've never seen! I'm just doing a search online now for a download of it to watch later.

Thanks for the recommendation

Ann Landers · 13-04-2014 04:36PM

LizzieJones wrote: »

I was literally scared to open this thread.

Really? He's old, and not a particularly nice person.

LizzieJones · 13-04-2014 04:38PM

Ann Landers wrote: »

not a particularly nice person.

You're not sounding like one either at this point.

Clint Eastwood

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