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Mystic River (2003)
Simply a very good movie
Being a fan of Clint Eastwood, I felt I should see this movie, even though he's not in it. The movie would be worth seeing, even just because of the cast of solid actors Sean Penn, Tim Robbins, Lawrence Fishburne. Sean Penn is (IMHO) one of the best actors of our era. Throw in an interesting story and you've got a movie well worth seeing.
If you look at the overall story of the movie it doesn't seem that compelling, yet when I watched the movie I got totally sucked in (I had actually planned to tape it on pay-per-view, and watch it the next day). I watched the first 20 minutes of it, and ended up staying up and watching the whole movie until 1:00am. That's the kind of movie it is.
I don't feel I need to say too much more about it, the title sums it up nicely. Good one Clint!
Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo (1966)
Excellent in many ways
I saw this film for the first time just recently, and wished I had seen it earlier. I have seen other Clint Eastwood westerns, which are usually good entertainment, but I think this is the best Eastwood western that I've seen. The cinematography was great, and the soundtrack was well suited to the scenery. Clint was strong and silent in this movie. Also worth noting is Eli Wallach's performance as "the ugly", which I felt was very good. I suppose having a European director is what made it a different movie from most of the western. The Movie looked at times like a European movie that should have subtitles, of course that could be because I already knew that it was filmed by an Italian director in Spain. Mix that with the fact that the theme is American (cowboy western) theme, and it comes out superbly. Bottom line is, it's definitely a movie worth seeing.
Waydowntown (2000)
Better than expected
Much better than expected! I wasn't expecting this movie to be anything special, in fact I really didn't know much about it, other than the fact that it was filmed in my hometown of Calgary. That's really the reason I watched it in the first place, you know...just to see if you recognize anything or anybody. I actually found this movie to be quite entertaining, and was glad to have seen it. It's a unique movie, that has some pretty funny parts in it. There isn't much in the way of scenery, and I'm sure the budget wasn't very big either, but they did well with what they had. This is a movie that I had recommended to others.