Posted on 12/16/2018 9:10:57 AM PST by rktman
Clint Eastwood continues to astound me. My better third (by weight) insisted on an outing to catch the matinee showing of The Mule. I am ashamed to say I was not eager for this one – thinking perhaps Eastwood might have reached and passed his point of diminishing returns. But I went along to make her happy.
I was wrong. The man who gave us Gran Torino and Unforgiven has once again handed us a real-world and thoughtful tale of suspense, humor, intrigue, emotion, and humanity – all with flawed human characters that find the audience's sympathy. No gratuitous sex, pandering caricatures, or mind-numbing pseudo-ultra-violence need apply. All you need to know is that this is Clint Eastwood at his finest.
The Mule. Don't miss it.
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
“No gratuitous sex”
Wrong. I mean unless a ménage a trois featuring an 88 year old isn’t considered gratuitous nowadays...
For $14 a ticket, it better have gratuitous sex, pandering caricatures, and mind-numbing pseudo-ultra-violence.
Well I hated Gran Torino. The character was over the top I have never met anyone who talked that way.
and mind-numbing pseudo-ultra-violence ... including machine guns and helicopters ... better yet, machine guns IN helicopters ...
14 is cheap. My theatre - Pacific Cinerama Dome is $31.00 for non matinee. Tourist trap but within walking distance
I love all that Clint Eastwood produces...but my favorite Eastwood film is “The Outlaw Josey Wales”. I have two very favorite scenes: “The Granny Hawkins” scene where old Granny smoking her pipe, utters back to Josey, as he tries to pay her for what he bought...and, she says to him “you kin pay me when ya see me agin, Josey Wales”: as she shows Josey the love that both the north & south gave to their fighting men.
And the second scene is the classic “Ten Bears pow wow with Josey Wales” when Ten Bears utters back to Josey...”It shall be life”!!!
;-) As I said, free tickets is hard to beat.
Don’t get me wrong, it’s a good movie, but I have to wonder what the author of this piece was watching. Maybe he took a bathroom break during those parts.
SOP growing up at Fort Rucker for a couple years in the mid- to late-1960s. Dime a dozen.
Grew up in a small town of ~800 and we had a guy very much like the character from Gran Torino. Gruff, irritable acting, annoyed. All the kids were scared to death of him, but if you got up the courage he gave out the best halloween stuff.
Adults were very reserved around - looking back I think it was a very deep respect more than fear.
His wife was a saint - sorta the sunshine piercing his fog. When she passed you could almost watch him crumbling over the last few years of his life.
Clint nailed the typical 60s and 70s era infantryman in that one... a crusty old NCO
You want realism in a movie?
Superhero movie made 35 million and Clint made 17 million this weekend. Doesn’t seem your title adds up.
NOT my title. Please contact the author at american thinker. ;-)
I saw it yesterday and liked it.
There were a couple weird scenes I didn’t really understand (innocent Mexican guy getting pulled over by the cops and panicking in an over-the-top manner), but the movie moved along well. The movie never insulted Western Civ or America, sorta like American Sniper, which I also liked.
Clint Eastwood’s own real daughter plays the role of his daughter in the film.
Basically a good movie and I would recommend it to all freepers.
You are sheltered.
The title was not referring to box office but to value, quality, worthwhile.
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