Do You Feel...

Just recently I had the pleasure of watching Dirty Harry - for the first time ever

If you haven't seen the movie let me give you a little background straight from IMDB.

"A San Francisco cop with little regard for rules (but who always gets results) tries to track down a serial killer who snipes at random victims."

The cop; Harry Callahan (possibly the sickest name ever) is played by Clint Eastwood. IN HIS PRIME.


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I understand that some of you may be confused. Because the last movie you saw Clint Eastwood in was "Million Dollar Baby" - and he looked freakin jurassic, I mean older than your grandfather.








But there was a time when he had it all....




(****ing suave)








Long, long ago when Clint Eastwood wasn't giving boxing lessons.. he was a maverick cop with all the right stuff - he was dashing - a total bad*** - he had ridiculously awesome one liners - and carried a 44 magnum.

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Basically the first thirty minutes of the movie this guy never misses a shot. In fact he single handidly stops a bank robbery and throughout the entire shootout he is eating a hotdog. If you dont believe me the scene is right here...



Now you might consider Harry Callahan the antithesis of what you would actually want a cop to be like. Throughout the film he is breaking the law to get the criminals. At one point he brutually tortures a surrendered criminal in order to get a confession.

But to put things into perspective the film takes place in LA during a time where crime was running pretty rampant. Whats interesting is that the film brings up two issues that are still relevant today -

Obtaining a confession through torture. Criminals having more rights then the victims.

I ran across some law article actually written about the movie (just the first page) so you can see that im not making this stuff up (though they might be).

Law Article

Clint Eastwood went on to have two sequels to Dirty Harry - Magnum Force and The Enforcer. You might wanna pick those up.. but only if you want adrenaline injected straight into your veins. But don't rent them for a hot date or anything cause you really want to pay attention to these masterpieces.

No, really there are some incredible feats of cinematography throughout these movies and they are pretty classic.

But anyway I just recently renewed my blockbuster subscription so pony up for some more movie commentary in the near future.

And ya, I know it is Friday.