Ever'body, ever'were will say Clint Eastwood is the biggest yeller belly in the West.The last thing Blondie needed to do was remind us that he is the meanest God-Damn Son of a Bitch to ever sport a poncho, gnash a cigar, level a .44 Magnum, or sit on a porch with a cooler full of Pabst. But he did it anyway, probably because he is a mean goddamn sonofabitch. In the comic book series Preacher, the story of a war between angels and demons played out on the picturesque American landscape (the bloodline of Christ residing in an inbred bayou hellhole, atomic bombs dropped on Monument Valley, showdown with God at the Alamo...that sort of thing), Clint is the model for a character known as the Saint of Killers, a supernatural avatar of vengeance with a gravestone voice and rattlesnake eyes who stares down the devil himself. In Gran Torino he is slightly more badass.
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Gran Torino
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I say if America ever fought another civil war, we have to have it in the Monument Valley.
ReplyDeleteAnd Clint Eastwood (or Clint lookalike) needs to be a commander-in-chief on one of the sides.