hey ppl...i am a very very very very very big fan of clint eastwood ever since i saw his movie THE GOOD,THE BAD AND THE UGLY for the first time around eight years back(i hope my memory serves me right) I still remember that day when dad asked me to watch this movie since this happens to be one of his favorite movies'. and since i was new to chennai and no better thing to do...i sat down and watchd it...and my oh m...what a movie it was....especially the soundtrack...or the last scene invloving the classical mexican standoff....
I have seen quite a few of his movies since then and i thought i could write a post on the ones i loved a lot per se...
the latest one i saw is GRAN TORINO...the movie was release in late dec2008 in the u.s.a. and in jan 2009 in the rest of the world...(unfortunately...i dont think it released here in india)...i will come to this one later...
the best part about this guy is that...that not only does he acts in his movies...but also...directs ...co-produces and also scores the music for most of his movies...which according to me is a great feat(kamal haasan...he is the only one i can remember back home who is the closest in terms of equalling his feat)
THE GOOD THE BAD AND THE UGLY(1966)....
This movie starring Clint Eastwood as the good guy...LEE VAN CLEEFE as the bad guy...and ELI WALLACH as the Ugly( basically means he is a mix of both good and bad...and predominantly funny)
the story is that these guys are after a gold treasure buried somewhere in the caves by the two warring armies in the american civil war...
for more info...
check this out..
WIKIPEDIA LINK-THE GOOD THE BAD AND THE UGLY
MILLION DOLLAR BABY:
this movie stars clint eastwood, morgan freeman and hillary swank. this movie won four oscars. i guess most of u would have heard about this movie. iut came out in 2004 and i watched this in 2005. this is the story of how an amateur like hillary swank wants to work hard and prove herself as a successful boxer....and how an old trainer ...successful but down and out clint eastwood helps her in achieving this goal...amazing acting b the cast...love this movie....check it out..
WIKIPEDIA LIKE-MILLION DOLLA BABY(2004)
UNFORGIVEN(1992):
This movie got him three oscars...best picture...best actor ..
.and best director(told u...he is a genius)Unforgiven is a 1992 Western film produced and directed by Clint Eastwood with a screenplay written by David Webb Peoples. The film tells the story of William Munny, an aging and retired gunslinger who takes on one more job years after he had hung up his guns and turned to farming. A dark Western that deals frankly with the uglier aspects of violence and the myth of the Old West, it stars Eastwood in the lead role, along with Gene Hackman, Morgan Freeman, Richard Harris, Jaimz Woolvett, Saul Rubinek and Frances Fisher.
Gene Hackman btw happens to be among one of m favorites...also love hos performances in other movies such as behind enemy lines....under suspicion...crimson tide...etc
WIKIPEDIA LINK-UNFORGIVEN
CHANGELING:
This is a movie which was directed by him but he didnt act in it...angelina jolie gt the nomination for best actress in the oscars for this movie...a realyl great movie...which touches ur heart...its abt christine collins and her searching for her son who had been kidnapped b a paedophile...
and the corrupt los angeles police department...and how the give her back a kid which is not hers...i felt a tear drop down my eyes at the end of the movie...
i have seen this movie as well as the reader which stars kate winslet for whch she won the oscar...i think angelina deserved the oscar...and according to me the reader was kinda a depressing sort of a story(well executed tho) with nothing but total frontal and back nudity in the first forty five minutes...
WIKIPEDIA LINK-CHANGELING
LETTERS FORM IWO JIMA....FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS:
these are two different movies...but u can call them sister movies.. .both are based upon the same topic...the battle of iwojima...IWO JIMA is an island which was captured by the americans during the wwII...
Letters from iwojima showed the JAPANESE aspect of t stor...KEN WANTABE plays brilliantly as the japanese general...this movie is in japanese...ya i said it rite...a hollywood movie in japanase with english subtitles....i
Flags of our fathers showed basically the american aspect of the story....it showd the lifes of the 6-7 men who had become the so called "HEROES" after li fting that flag...pardon me for using the word 'so called' because only when u see this movie will u realize what i mean to say...
LETTERS FRIM IWO JIMA HAPPENS TO BE THE BETTER OF THE TWO MOVIES ACCORDING TO ME......these movies were released a couple of months apart in 2006...
WIKIPEDIA LINK-LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA
WIKIPEDIA LINK-FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS
GRAN TORINO:
this is the movie is w now...its the story of walt who is a ,man who is hated by everyone and especially hates his chinky neighbours...how he manages his life after his wife dies...his fights with his married children...and he gets on to the friendly terms wit his chinky neiggbors...and how he gets rid of the local gangs...
honestly...take this word me from for this...a master piece...the oscar guys were crazy not give it a single nomination...maybe they wanted just 1 clint wastwood movie to be nominated...(changeling)...the ocar morons dint even nominate the dark knight and wall-e in the best movie caegor...and the award went to a bullshit film like slumdog millionaire....
WIKIPEDIA LINK-GRAN TORINO
i have seen several more of his movies...but these were the best ones according to me...
there is this one more film which i want u ppl to see...
i haven seen this yet...will do tomoro nite....MYSTIC RIVER...sean penn won the best actor for this....directed by clint...
hope u enjoyed this post...and hope the links help u...
and hey 1 of my friends was telling mt that there is sme problem which is nt allowing him and others to comment...some javascript problem in the submit page...in case it persists...do temme in my orkut or fb page...
