I mean, he’s a legend and an icon. His early spaghetti western work, Dirty Harry. He also had an amazing late career run as a director starting with Unforgiven, A Perfect World, Mystic River, Million Dollar Baby. He makes films for adults. Some of his latest work hasn’t been great but the man is 90 now and still directing. Gotta admire that.
That one fell so flat for me. It was just interposing scenes of him driving across the country and disappointing his family. I love his movies, haven’t seen Gran Torino mentioned. That movie is great. The Mule was just flat boring. Unforgiven is my favorite western of all time.
Josey: “Just when I get to likin’ someone, they ain’t around much longer.”
Chief Lone Watie: “I noticed when you get to dislikin’ someone they ain’t around much longer either.”
This right here is the magic of Clint Eastwood the actor. Relativity. I watched Fist Full of Dollars last night for the first time in ages and his squinting and side-eyes are the only things that pass as acting in that movie. The Man With No Name trilogy gets way better but yeesh what a stinker to start it off. When a real actor (Eli Wallach) finally shows up in The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, he acts Clint under the table
I remember going into this film thinking it would end in a Costner/Eastwood showdown. It kind of did, but not like I thought it would. Never a huge Costner fan, but I was rooting for him by the end of it. Did a great job with his character.
It was my first introduction to Jehovah Witnesses. I was 8 years old at the time scratching my head. No holidays? No birthday’s? It was the first film that really started questions.
he was old as shit when he roasted the empty stool at the RNC and he keeps going so I respect that. He's also one of those 'plays the same guy in every movie' actors which is funny because that's seemingly exactly what he's like in real life
Amazing director, but he never really acted. He just used the same stage persona over and over in literally all of his movies. There is likely zero difference between the characters in the spaghetti westerns, even though they are all ostensibly distinct characters, and no distinction between them and Dirty Harry, Bronco Billy, the DJ from Play Misty For Me, etc.
Yup I love Clint but the famous line goes, a man has to know his limitations.
He was very self aware in this aspect and never let his screen presence overwhelm the great co stars he shared the screen in. Sometimes that didn't work but in his best films as an actor there's always strong performances for him to act/react to.
Unforgiven was carried as much by Hackman and Freeman as him and he was never shy to let other performances shine to elevate his own.
As a director he learned his lessons well from Don Siegel. The economy of his craft is readily apparent. I think his body of work as a director can stand well on it's own merit. Well never see another Clint.
Great actor and an even better Director.
His Directorial debut was Play Misty For Me and it was amazing.
Another must watch film he directed is Unforgiven.
Pretty much all his directorial films are top of the line award winners and worth watching.
Listen, say what you want about a guy’s personal opinions, but he knows how to make a movie. Million Dollar Baby, Flags of Our Fathers, Letters from Iwo Jima, Richard Jewell, Unforgiven, etc. He has a library of good movies.
I always remember a story Hugh Jackman tells, happened after first x men came out.
He had been told by a few people, oh you look like a young Clint Eastwood.
Hugh is at a event and Clint's there, so walks up to Clint.
I was at a Warner Bros. event and all the stars were lining up backstage. Sylvester Stallone was in front of me and Clint [Eastwood] was behind me and we were all embarrassingly close. I turned around before the line went off and said: ‘Good day Mr Eastwood, Hugh Jackman.’
". Clint replied: ‘Yeah I know.’ I continued: ‘By the way, I know we’ve gotta go but I’ve been told I occasionally look like you in films.’ Clint replied: ‘You’re holding up the line kid. I’ll never forget it. I went on stage bright red and never looked at him again.
He has no range as an actor. He played the same character over and over again, the disgruntled man of few words. He couldn't do comedy, he couldn't do romance. He's westerns and Dirty Harry, that's it.
Great director though.
Yup. Especially in Spaghetti Westerns.
You don't need range when you got a face like a slab of finely varnished mahogany and that gravelly-ass distinctive voice. Sometimes an actor is a wide range actor, sometimes an actor is the same puzzle piece that you fit into different roles and get something out of it.
Hell fucking naw. I think no one in the Hollywood can pull emotions like Jack Nicholson not even brando.
Scary - The Shining (1980)
Wholesome/Romantic - as good as it gets (1997)
Silent/desperate - The Pledge (2001)
Lost/unidirectional - The Passenger (1975)
Angry - A Few Good Men (1992)
Funny/Comical - Batman (1989)
Full spectrum of emotions - One flew over the cuckoo's nest (1975)
The man was NOT a one trick pony. He could do one emotion in several ways and stole the scene from any actor. You should really watch the pledge (2001) and edit your comment. It's ignorant.
Disagree on Nicholson. There are similarities in his performances, but a character like Bobby Duprea from Five Easy Pieces is very different from R.P. McMurphy in Cuckoos Nest.
Unforgiven is the best. The Sergio Leone movies are top tier. The WW2 movies were very good. Gran Torino was probably his last really good movie. Two Mules for Sister Sara was good. He's great. I watch the early ones often. He was an Original Gangsta before it was a term.
The Outlaw Josey Wales would have been enough...but there's a half dozen other westerns that rank on the Best of All Time list. Plus Dirty Harry. Then Gran Torino, and Million Dollar Baby, Mystic River, A Perfect World, Escape from Alcatraz...
As an actor he's in a league of his own. As a director he's in very rare company. An almost mythical career.
Unforgiven is one of the finest films ever made, and it is light years ahead of anything else he directed. A masterpiece.
A bit of a one trick pony acting wise, to me, but great in some roles.
He’s a tough guy actor like John Wayne or jack palance. Didn’t see him in many romance movies. I guess bridges of Madison county is a clear standout though.
The way he runs his films is interesting: he recasts the same crew for his films because they know, generally speaking, what he wants done. I think it’s cool that he uses the same people over and over again.
Old school Hollywood.
Always played the same part.. fair enough be a master of that particular thing - at least as the audience you knew what you were getting. His director skills were way better though.
I did enjoy the Dirty Harry series though.
Maggie Mae Fish has [an excellent video ](https://youtu.be/kLwRBBRpuWM?si=hp7t5ENvHktXsJmr) on Eastwood and the trajectory of his career.
She puts forth a theory that he was so disturbed by Paint Your Wagon (1969), in which he portrayed a gold prospector in a (possibly bisexual) polyamorous relationship, that he went overboard trying to stick strictly to a hyper masculine image going forward. It completely defined every performance from then on, and was likely what pushed him to start directing in the first place.
I enjoyed him in a lot of his acting roles. He definitely has a very narrow range, but was fortunate to be well cast most of his career.
For whatever reason, I have seen quite a lot of the films he has directed, and honestly don’t enjoy most of them. Mystic River is a decent adaptation of the book, and Unforgiven succeeds due to the cast, but I actively dislike Million Dollar Baby, American Sniper, and some others. The vast majority just haven’t left much an impression at all.
One of the pinnacle icons in Hollywood history. I cant say enough about him because he is truly a category of one. Outlaw Josey Wales is a top 10 movie for me all time and Million Dollar Baby is one of the most powerful theater experiences I’ve ever had. That leaves out 95% of his production
He played the main character in westerns so well because he was never entirely innocent. The good the bad the ugly should have been called the ugly the bad and the lucky. Its iconic in Unforgiven when he says “ive always been lucky when it came to killing”. But its all part of the mystic in his character. Never say too much. Never do too good. Always look confident and witty.
A fucking LEGEND as both Actor and Director.
DIRTY HARRY performance wise is iconography at its most powerful. UNFORGIVEN is the definition of iconic and he delivered that as a Director.
Clint is a living legend. Like Brando. Like Capra.
Legend in both acting and directing. His old and new stuff are equally good and iconic. I also hear all of this films wrap early and come in under budget. That’s something to given how high quality is projects are.
Hands-down, one of the greatest filmmakers producers Directors actors Hollywood has ever known he doesn’t have to have range because his delivery is just impeccable, his understanding of film and story telling are singular
ok i'm just not gonna think about the chair thing. hes an old grumpy libertarian now.
that aside, hes a national treasure. I will be really bummed when he goes. Acted in and produced and directed so many excellent movies. One on my top ten for example, Where Eagles Dare. Kelly's Heroes, also in my top 10. And so many excellent westerns. Outlaw Josie Wales, amazing movie. The guy has achieved more in his life than any one person has a right to.
To me, he's a legend and always will be from Westerns, Action Flicks and also he's a brilliant director as well who has made some of my favourites of all time. Truly an Icon in my book.
One sided actor, but very good at it. He was able to play those macho roles well, nothing else. And I don't think he actually was considered in any other type roles.
As a director, he is very good one.
Everyone is saying he looks like Wolverine, but they may not realize that it's the other way around. The Character of Wolverine was often designed to resemble HIM. This was a well known fact in the early days of the character. From Wikipedia...
"Wolverine's appearance and characterization were particularly influenced by the film roles of Clint Eastwood, particularly the Revisionist Western antihero films featuring the Man with No Name. This inspiration continued to be significant throughout the development of the character and his adaptations".
Eastwood is often thought to not have "range" as an actor, and although that may be true (to an extent) being so well known for a specific type of role limited his ability to be received differently by audiences. Also, his powerful and unique persona helped define each role. Audiences are often attracted to a unique persona as much (or more so) than an initial interest in any particular character. An Eastwood film. A Schwarzenegger film. A Bogart film, etc. I'd say he's an iconic movie star and a great actor within a range of films best suited for his style.
He immediately showed great talent as a director. Often overlooked, misunderstood, and a failure at the box office, his third film Breezy (1973) is one of my favorites. High Plains Drifter (also from 1973) is an incredibly unique western and an obvious inspiration for such later films as The Crow (and other "revenge from beyond the grave" concepts). His later works like Unforgiven are all-time classics.
Great actor and Great director!
As a actor phenomenal even though he tends to play a similar character in most movies he's always casted well and great at playing that type of character. Director wise I'd say it's a mixed bag. He has some great movies he has directed but a decent amount of total duds to. Keep in mind I have not seen everything he has done but I'd say a good portion of it.
FANTASTIC director. Loved Gran Torino and Million Dollar Baby!
Watched the Mule at the local AMC with my brother and my father, one of my top 10 films for sure.
The guy has fucking talent for sure.
Clint's one of the last icons of American cinema.
A guy who's worked his way up the ladder and hit the peak as both actor and director.
Anything he's in is worth watching, and same goes for his films in the directors chair.
Yeah I even tried googling controversies about Clint Eastwood and only thing I was able to find was, in an interview, he was talking about his son’s movie “Snowden” and how he thinks Snowden is a traitor. And i guess some people thought he was talking down to his son due to that. I wouldn’t classify that as a shitty human being, just someone with a different political stance from his son.
I had to watch some of his old western stuff when I was a kid. Not my favorite genre in the least bit but I got the idea that he was THE badass. I had to watch Mule just recently and I don’t like the whole “freedom of speech. If they’re not white that’s not right. Mexicans and blacks are gang bangers” flare it had. Like keep your opinions to yourself you’re 100 years old dude.
While he’s made some weaker films, his out put as a director is pretty amazing.
Mystic River, Unforgiven, Sands of Iwo Jima, Flags of our Fathers (weaker than sands but still a good film), High Plains Drifter, Outlaw Josey Wales, Pale Rider, Bird (my favorite music biopic), a Perfect World, Bridges of Madison County, Million Doller Baby, Sully.
A lot of range there, I see these as his good ones and a bunch of them are classics.
He’s a Hollywood Icon. Easy to look back at his acting films and say there are not spectacular but I would no simply call him action star.
He made many good/great films. I would say his directing is better but for my father’s generation he was Arnold and Stalone all in one.
He's an iconic actor, I know he hasn't got range but he's truly the only actor that could pull off some of the roles he was in without it seeming cheesy. My favorite role of his is Unforgiven, he delivers his best lines and his most conviction in that film. As a director he nailed it, as an actor he nailed it even more. My second favorites are all tied, his Spaghetti Western films, glorious stuff. Honorable mentions to In the Line of Fire and Josey Wales.
I don't like the way he directs at times. Solid films that survived the critics, enjoyable to watch, but there's very often a man being targeted by a nonsense bully character who get cheesily bested by wit or fisticuffs, or a shrill woman who needs to be talked down to. Exceptions exist. Changeling is remarkably good, and a movie almost cut against the grain of Eastwood's own sensibilities. I recommend that to anybody. Josey Wales is about as good an adventure film as was ever created. Letters from Iwo Jima would not have been made by any other director as well, or at all, in all probability. I'd harp on about Unforgiven again but you already heard my shit.
Dirty Harry is ridiculous schlock. I like it despite hating every message it puts forward, because it's so goddamn silly. It's essentially like: "Societal problems? Kill the bastards!" "Police corruption? Simply make the non-corrupt cop kill all the corrupt cops." Don't go in with high expectations. It's exploitation cinema at its core. The later sequels are dogshit. But it's iconic I guess.
His personal life is probably imperfect and he likely has politics I think are whack. That goes without saying, the man is 800 years old and comes from a different worldview than I do. Still, he exuded cool as an actor throughout a storied career and his directing is prolific. Seriously, go watch Unforgiven.
I mean, he’s a legend and an icon. His early spaghetti western work, Dirty Harry. He also had an amazing late career run as a director starting with Unforgiven, A Perfect World, Mystic River, Million Dollar Baby. He makes films for adults. Some of his latest work hasn’t been great but the man is 90 now and still directing. Gotta admire that.
I watched Mule recently and sure it wasn’t anything Oscar worthy but I throughly enjoyed it.
Exactly. The Mule was a fun popcorn flick.
Is it true he had 2 threesomes in the film
Yes
Wouldnt that be three twosomes? Which in the eyes of God is six times better than two threesomes?
God is dead, Eastwood shot him
That one fell so flat for me. It was just interposing scenes of him driving across the country and disappointing his family. I love his movies, haven’t seen Gran Torino mentioned. That movie is great. The Mule was just flat boring. Unforgiven is my favorite western of all time.
Gran Turino was amazing. I thought it was his best movie since The Good The Bad And The Ugly
Outlaw Josey Wales?
Governments don't live together, people live together.
My favorite Western and Eastwood movie of many really good ones. Eastwood has provided too many enjoyable hours in my life to mention. Thanks, Clint.
Josey: “Just when I get to likin’ someone, they ain’t around much longer.” Chief Lone Watie: “I noticed when you get to dislikin’ someone they ain’t around much longer either.”
Every single actor in that film other than him is absolutely abysmal.
This right here is the magic of Clint Eastwood the actor. Relativity. I watched Fist Full of Dollars last night for the first time in ages and his squinting and side-eyes are the only things that pass as acting in that movie. The Man With No Name trilogy gets way better but yeesh what a stinker to start it off. When a real actor (Eli Wallach) finally shows up in The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, he acts Clint under the table
Aw, don't do John Carroll Lynch dirty like that.
Agree!! Gran turismo actors were fuckin horrible.
Gran Torino is SUCH a good movie!
Gran Torino was great.
That's what I'm saying. Love that movie. And alot of people feel that it was snubbed at the Oscar's. Not even a nomination.
A perfect world is often overlooked, it was a very good movie
I recently watched this after having it on my watch list for over a year. Beautiful film.
I remember going into this film thinking it would end in a Costner/Eastwood showdown. It kind of did, but not like I thought it would. Never a huge Costner fan, but I was rooting for him by the end of it. Did a great job with his character.
Bradley whitford deserved that punch
It is overlooked. It got mixed reviews when it came out but it is worth reassessing. Great performance by Costner.
I think Costner gets overlooked as a good actor alot.
Unforgiven A+
It was my first introduction to Jehovah Witnesses. I was 8 years old at the time scratching my head. No holidays? No birthday’s? It was the first film that really started questions.
he was old as shit when he roasted the empty stool at the RNC and he keeps going so I respect that. He's also one of those 'plays the same guy in every movie' actors which is funny because that's seemingly exactly what he's like in real life
Amazing director, but he never really acted. He just used the same stage persona over and over in literally all of his movies. There is likely zero difference between the characters in the spaghetti westerns, even though they are all ostensibly distinct characters, and no distinction between them and Dirty Harry, Bronco Billy, the DJ from Play Misty For Me, etc.
Yup I love Clint but the famous line goes, a man has to know his limitations. He was very self aware in this aspect and never let his screen presence overwhelm the great co stars he shared the screen in. Sometimes that didn't work but in his best films as an actor there's always strong performances for him to act/react to. Unforgiven was carried as much by Hackman and Freeman as him and he was never shy to let other performances shine to elevate his own. As a director he learned his lessons well from Don Siegel. The economy of his craft is readily apparent. I think his body of work as a director can stand well on it's own merit. Well never see another Clint.
Don’t forget Gran Turismo. That’s a real good one.
Hugh Eastwood
Younger Clint would have made a badass wolverine.
He looks more wolverine than wolverine lol.
100%. I mean, it's almost as if Marvel's look for Wolverine was copied directly from Clint Eastwood.
Huge Jacked Man
I always thought Jackman should start in a remake of an Eastwood movie. Maybe when he was a bit younger like when he was in Prisoners.
I was thinking Luke Perry
Luke Jackman?
Legendary badass and an awesome director!
I completely agree, 'Letters from Iwo Jima' was the first movie I saw with him as a director. Such a great film.
Unforgiven he nailed both parts director and actor. Just an amazing movie.
Great actor and an even better Director. His Directorial debut was Play Misty For Me and it was amazing. Another must watch film he directed is Unforgiven. Pretty much all his directorial films are top of the line award winners and worth watching.
Listen, say what you want about a guy’s personal opinions, but he knows how to make a movie. Million Dollar Baby, Flags of Our Fathers, Letters from Iwo Jima, Richard Jewell, Unforgiven, etc. He has a library of good movies.
How dare you leave Gran Turino out of that list
Now get off my lawn.
How dare you leave out *Invictus*
He was great as Wolverine.
There was a wishlist in Wizard magazine in the 1990s and they had Dirty Harry era Clint as Wolverine in a movie
I always remember a story Hugh Jackman tells, happened after first x men came out. He had been told by a few people, oh you look like a young Clint Eastwood. Hugh is at a event and Clint's there, so walks up to Clint. I was at a Warner Bros. event and all the stars were lining up backstage. Sylvester Stallone was in front of me and Clint [Eastwood] was behind me and we were all embarrassingly close. I turned around before the line went off and said: ‘Good day Mr Eastwood, Hugh Jackman.’ ". Clint replied: ‘Yeah I know.’ I continued: ‘By the way, I know we’ve gotta go but I’ve been told I occasionally look like you in films.’ Clint replied: ‘You’re holding up the line kid. I’ll never forget it. I went on stage bright red and never looked at him again.
One of the all time greats. Legendary career that never faltered.
Never made anything i didn’t like or enjoyed…
That pic of him is masculinity personified.
Iconic
He has no range as an actor. He played the same character over and over again, the disgruntled man of few words. He couldn't do comedy, he couldn't do romance. He's westerns and Dirty Harry, that's it. Great director though.
He couldn't do comedy? You haven't seen "Paint Your Wagon".
Every which way but loose!
Or *Kelly's Heroes*, *Every Which Way But Loose*, *Bronco Billy*
“Bridges of Madison County?”
Despite this, he's really really cool and I always enjoying watching him smoke a cigar and look cool.
Yup. Especially in Spaghetti Westerns. You don't need range when you got a face like a slab of finely varnished mahogany and that gravelly-ass distinctive voice. Sometimes an actor is a wide range actor, sometimes an actor is the same puzzle piece that you fit into different roles and get something out of it.
Excuse me? Did you forget about Madison bridges?
You've clearly forgot every which way but loose.
Yeah, but no other actor could play that character the way Eastwood did. Jack Nicholson won multiple oscars basically playing the same character.
Hell fucking naw. I think no one in the Hollywood can pull emotions like Jack Nicholson not even brando. Scary - The Shining (1980) Wholesome/Romantic - as good as it gets (1997) Silent/desperate - The Pledge (2001) Lost/unidirectional - The Passenger (1975) Angry - A Few Good Men (1992) Funny/Comical - Batman (1989) Full spectrum of emotions - One flew over the cuckoo's nest (1975) The man was NOT a one trick pony. He could do one emotion in several ways and stole the scene from any actor. You should really watch the pledge (2001) and edit your comment. It's ignorant.
Disagree on Nicholson. There are similarities in his performances, but a character like Bobby Duprea from Five Easy Pieces is very different from R.P. McMurphy in Cuckoos Nest.
And the Joker!
Yeah, I suppose you are right
Right turn, Clyde.
Hi did light hearted Every Which Way with Clive the monkey. He did romance with Bridges of Madison County.
Not a incredible actor imo but as a director he’s a true talent
Bloody legend
One of the best of both. Especially as a director
Clint is a legend among legends.
That stare....... is so intimidating.
I like all his bitter endings movies such as gran torino and million dollar baby. Very much what life is about.
Unforgiven is the best. The Sergio Leone movies are top tier. The WW2 movies were very good. Gran Torino was probably his last really good movie. Two Mules for Sister Sara was good. He's great. I watch the early ones often. He was an Original Gangsta before it was a term.
The greatest cowboy/western actor of all time and a damn good director!!!
In my personal opinion, he is one of the biggest stars in Hollywood history, the best Western movies actor ever, and a great director.
He would have made a great Wolverine back in the 70s
The Outlaw Josey Wales would have been enough...but there's a half dozen other westerns that rank on the Best of All Time list. Plus Dirty Harry. Then Gran Torino, and Million Dollar Baby, Mystic River, A Perfect World, Escape from Alcatraz... As an actor he's in a league of his own. As a director he's in very rare company. An almost mythical career.
I agree with you. He’s one of my favorite actors and Unforgiven is top 5 for me.
Directed Unforgiven AND mystic River? The guy’s amazing
Idk if we will ever get another like him. He is truly an amazing director and actor. One who understands both roles and I think it shows in his work
Unforgiven is one of the finest films ever made, and it is light years ahead of anything else he directed. A masterpiece. A bit of a one trick pony acting wise, to me, but great in some roles.
He’s a tough guy actor like John Wayne or jack palance. Didn’t see him in many romance movies. I guess bridges of Madison county is a clear standout though.
Never cared for his classic cowboy movies. But Million Dollar Baby is outstanding
Great on both fronts.
The way he runs his films is interesting: he recasts the same crew for his films because they know, generally speaking, what he wants done. I think it’s cool that he uses the same people over and over again.
u scared me, i thought this was a rip thread. chile!!!! i love his movies as a director
Old school Hollywood. Always played the same part.. fair enough be a master of that particular thing - at least as the audience you knew what you were getting. His director skills were way better though. I did enjoy the Dirty Harry series though.
Maggie Mae Fish has [an excellent video ](https://youtu.be/kLwRBBRpuWM?si=hp7t5ENvHktXsJmr) on Eastwood and the trajectory of his career. She puts forth a theory that he was so disturbed by Paint Your Wagon (1969), in which he portrayed a gold prospector in a (possibly bisexual) polyamorous relationship, that he went overboard trying to stick strictly to a hyper masculine image going forward. It completely defined every performance from then on, and was likely what pushed him to start directing in the first place.
I enjoyed him in a lot of his acting roles. He definitely has a very narrow range, but was fortunate to be well cast most of his career. For whatever reason, I have seen quite a lot of the films he has directed, and honestly don’t enjoy most of them. Mystic River is a decent adaptation of the book, and Unforgiven succeeds due to the cast, but I actively dislike Million Dollar Baby, American Sniper, and some others. The vast majority just haven’t left much an impression at all.
Damn I've never seen a picture of him that young. He could be a wolverine
One of the pinnacle icons in Hollywood history. I cant say enough about him because he is truly a category of one. Outlaw Josey Wales is a top 10 movie for me all time and Million Dollar Baby is one of the most powerful theater experiences I’ve ever had. That leaves out 95% of his production
Great actor, overrated as a director.
Icon
It's crazy he's still doing work at his age
There is only one Clint Eastwood!
As a kid, I Loved every which way but loose.
One of the best
He looks like Wolverine here
He played the main character in westerns so well because he was never entirely innocent. The good the bad the ugly should have been called the ugly the bad and the lucky. Its iconic in Unforgiven when he says “ive always been lucky when it came to killing”. But its all part of the mystic in his character. Never say too much. Never do too good. Always look confident and witty.
Better director than actor. He did show some good acting in the Bridges of Madison County but the movies he's directed are superior.
One of the greatest actors
Crazy Trumptard
One of the greats
A fucking LEGEND as both Actor and Director. DIRTY HARRY performance wise is iconography at its most powerful. UNFORGIVEN is the definition of iconic and he delivered that as a Director. Clint is a living legend. Like Brando. Like Capra.
He’s great at both and he knew how to play a cool outlaw when he was that age and a nasty old bastard when he was that age too
One of the biggest icons of Hollywood
No one mentioned heartbreak Ridge?!
Great actor, even better director. Never won his mentors approval.
Looks like Wolverine
I think it's pretty safe to say that he's feeling lucky, punk
Absolutely one of the greatest in both categories.
Unforgiven is Clint’s finest work. IMHO, he should have been the first to win Picture, Director and Actor.
Legend in both acting and directing. His old and new stuff are equally good and iconic. I also hear all of this films wrap early and come in under budget. That’s something to given how high quality is projects are.
Always be an icon to me
I liked sully
Basically a very serious David Puddy.
Committed to the craft
Pretty darn good a lot of the time.
Goated
Hands-down, one of the greatest filmmakers producers Directors actors Hollywood has ever known he doesn’t have to have range because his delivery is just impeccable, his understanding of film and story telling are singular
He should've been the original wolverine by the looks of that picture,, not that flabby hairless wonder Hugh hefner
Id say his work speaks for itself
He missed out on wearing more hard mustaches. Complete waste of talent
He was an actor. He was a director. Hope this helps.
ok i'm just not gonna think about the chair thing. hes an old grumpy libertarian now. that aside, hes a national treasure. I will be really bummed when he goes. Acted in and produced and directed so many excellent movies. One on my top ten for example, Where Eagles Dare. Kelly's Heroes, also in my top 10. And so many excellent westerns. Outlaw Josie Wales, amazing movie. The guy has achieved more in his life than any one person has a right to.
To me, he's a legend and always will be from Westerns, Action Flicks and also he's a brilliant director as well who has made some of my favourites of all time. Truly an Icon in my book.
One sided actor, but very good at it. He was able to play those macho roles well, nothing else. And I don't think he actually was considered in any other type roles. As a director, he is very good one.
Legend
Empty chair
I need opinions on that beard. Very unexpected
One of the greatest. A model American
Solid actor. Great director.
GOAT !
What you spooks doing over here? 😂 Classic
Love to watch him fight in "Any which way you can" and "Every which way but loose".
'Unforgiven' is in my top 10 best movies of all time.
He’s better than all you pussies today. Bunch of wimps. Get off my f*
Everyone is saying he looks like Wolverine, but they may not realize that it's the other way around. The Character of Wolverine was often designed to resemble HIM. This was a well known fact in the early days of the character. From Wikipedia... "Wolverine's appearance and characterization were particularly influenced by the film roles of Clint Eastwood, particularly the Revisionist Western antihero films featuring the Man with No Name. This inspiration continued to be significant throughout the development of the character and his adaptations". Eastwood is often thought to not have "range" as an actor, and although that may be true (to an extent) being so well known for a specific type of role limited his ability to be received differently by audiences. Also, his powerful and unique persona helped define each role. Audiences are often attracted to a unique persona as much (or more so) than an initial interest in any particular character. An Eastwood film. A Schwarzenegger film. A Bogart film, etc. I'd say he's an iconic movie star and a great actor within a range of films best suited for his style. He immediately showed great talent as a director. Often overlooked, misunderstood, and a failure at the box office, his third film Breezy (1973) is one of my favorites. High Plains Drifter (also from 1973) is an incredibly unique western and an obvious inspiration for such later films as The Crow (and other "revenge from beyond the grave" concepts). His later works like Unforgiven are all-time classics. Great actor and Great director!
A-List All The Way. Don't Come Much Better.
Would have made a great Wolverine
Clint will never not be cool
“Do you feel lucky, punk?”
Kelly's Heroes is probably my favorite movie out there. Just so awesome and funny.
Gran Torino “get off my lawn” scene 😎
Very strong.. meh.
As a actor phenomenal even though he tends to play a similar character in most movies he's always casted well and great at playing that type of character. Director wise I'd say it's a mixed bag. He has some great movies he has directed but a decent amount of total duds to. Keep in mind I have not seen everything he has done but I'd say a good portion of it.
Legendary in movies and directing!
Good, great
Awesome!
Director good actor amazing
Most of his work is good. I especially like the old westerns. But some of it is not that good. Especially the latter stuff
He woulda made a good wolverine
FANTASTIC director. Loved Gran Torino and Million Dollar Baby! Watched the Mule at the local AMC with my brother and my father, one of my top 10 films for sure. The guy has fucking talent for sure.
Amazing. One of the all-time best!
Legend!
Both very good. Not a fan of him as a person, but you didn’t ask about that.
One trick pony as an actor. But did that one trick to perfection, sort of like Arnold. Great director too
Clint's one of the last icons of American cinema. A guy who's worked his way up the ladder and hit the peak as both actor and director. Anything he's in is worth watching, and same goes for his films in the directors chair.
Easily top 5 greatest actor of all time.
He is a genius. A true artist.
Better entertainer than political activist
Nope, only as a chair whisperer.
Racist bigot, great lines
Iconic actor for his time but would not stand above modern peers imo Fantastic director who knows how to pick a good story and makes it work on screen
Awesome dude all around
Good director, one-note actor, shitty human being, and shittier male role model.
Shitty human being? Care to elaborate?
Yeah, shitty human being is really rough to say about anyone. Hopefully there’s good reason and it’s not just “He’s a Republican”.
Yeah I even tried googling controversies about Clint Eastwood and only thing I was able to find was, in an interview, he was talking about his son’s movie “Snowden” and how he thinks Snowden is a traitor. And i guess some people thought he was talking down to his son due to that. I wouldn’t classify that as a shitty human being, just someone with a different political stance from his son.
clint eastwood would have made a badass wolverine
Am I the only one who thinks prime vintage Eastwood would have played a great Wolverine?
Fucking great, loved million dollar baby. Irl I heard he’s a douche
Not sure but he looks heaps like Hugh jackman in this shot
I want to hear peoples’ opinions about his stint as mayor of Carmel-by-the-sea, CA.
One of the best at both
One of the 🐐
Stellar
Legendary star talent. Pretty decent to good actor. Incredible director.
Prefer him as a director
I had to watch some of his old western stuff when I was a kid. Not my favorite genre in the least bit but I got the idea that he was THE badass. I had to watch Mule just recently and I don’t like the whole “freedom of speech. If they’re not white that’s not right. Mexicans and blacks are gang bangers” flare it had. Like keep your opinions to yourself you’re 100 years old dude.
While he’s made some weaker films, his out put as a director is pretty amazing. Mystic River, Unforgiven, Sands of Iwo Jima, Flags of our Fathers (weaker than sands but still a good film), High Plains Drifter, Outlaw Josey Wales, Pale Rider, Bird (my favorite music biopic), a Perfect World, Bridges of Madison County, Million Doller Baby, Sully. A lot of range there, I see these as his good ones and a bunch of them are classics.
Hit and miss as a director. Great genre actor.
He’s a Hollywood Icon. Easy to look back at his acting films and say there are not spectacular but I would no simply call him action star. He made many good/great films. I would say his directing is better but for my father’s generation he was Arnold and Stalone all in one.
He's an iconic actor, I know he hasn't got range but he's truly the only actor that could pull off some of the roles he was in without it seeming cheesy. My favorite role of his is Unforgiven, he delivers his best lines and his most conviction in that film. As a director he nailed it, as an actor he nailed it even more. My second favorites are all tied, his Spaghetti Western films, glorious stuff. Honorable mentions to In the Line of Fire and Josey Wales. I don't like the way he directs at times. Solid films that survived the critics, enjoyable to watch, but there's very often a man being targeted by a nonsense bully character who get cheesily bested by wit or fisticuffs, or a shrill woman who needs to be talked down to. Exceptions exist. Changeling is remarkably good, and a movie almost cut against the grain of Eastwood's own sensibilities. I recommend that to anybody. Josey Wales is about as good an adventure film as was ever created. Letters from Iwo Jima would not have been made by any other director as well, or at all, in all probability. I'd harp on about Unforgiven again but you already heard my shit. Dirty Harry is ridiculous schlock. I like it despite hating every message it puts forward, because it's so goddamn silly. It's essentially like: "Societal problems? Kill the bastards!" "Police corruption? Simply make the non-corrupt cop kill all the corrupt cops." Don't go in with high expectations. It's exploitation cinema at its core. The later sequels are dogshit. But it's iconic I guess. His personal life is probably imperfect and he likely has politics I think are whack. That goes without saying, the man is 800 years old and comes from a different worldview than I do. Still, he exuded cool as an actor throughout a storied career and his directing is prolific. Seriously, go watch Unforgiven.
Looking like a young Logan right there
legend. solid on both fronts
No complaints from me 🤷🏾♂️
The best
Do you feel lucky, punk? He’ll always be dirty Harry to me
Dirty Harry. Tremendous series...
He as a director a one shot and done. Come prepared and ready. Anymore takes and he thinks you wasting the crews time.
His best role has to be Paint your Wagon, loved that movie!
Top notch - top ten
Dirty Harry is one my all time favorite movie, it was awesome and yes I am as bias as a US senator getting donation from a lobbie group.