LOL I call bullshiat. He did not turn down Superman. Someone at the studio may have thought that it was an interesting idea, but he was never in the running. Once Reeve auditioned for Donner it was a done deal. Still remains one of the greatest casting decisions in cinematic history.

I always thought that Dirty Harry was cooler than James Bond.

Somethin' wrong, boy?

stoli n coke: Homr: /two for one!

I'll admit that Paint Your Wagon was a misfire, but you shut your whore mouth about Clyde.

"Paint Your Wagon" is hilarious. Clint Eastwood and Lee Marvin in a comedic Western musical?

I mean, they could have done a comedic WWII musical...

Freakman: Gran Torino was absurd. I can hardly believe he released it.

Meh. I don't think it was horrible, just overrated. But, I would have preferred it to be a direct sequel to Heartbreak Ridge with Eastwood reprising his role as Gunny Highway.

*spoiler*

I also would have preferred it if he would have killed the bad guys.

In fact, on second thought, Gran Turino sucked. You're right.

i didn't get it either. i thought it was excruciatingly slow-paced...watching it was like watching old people fark. good idea and all, but slow. like "unforgiven", another one of his directed movies...i love clint, even met him once, but the movies he directs are painfully slow in unfolding. beef up the script and increase the pace.

Fundamental Thereom Of Farkulus: but the movies he directs are painfully slow in unfolding. beef up the script and increase the pace.

This I don't get. I loved Gran Torino, although I can definitely see good reasons not to like it. Let's be honest- it was cheesy and overwrought at points. The climax was a bit... well, anyway.

But the pacing is not on the list of bad things about the film. Good Westerns (and let's be frank: Gran Torino, A Perfect World, Unforgiven were all westerns, even if they weren't period pieces) thrive on having a great deal of breathing room in the script. They're supposed to be long pauses between instants of violence.

Also, since nobody's swinging at the pitch I lobbed earlier in the thread:
I was having trouble with my adding. It's better now.

Homr: Maybe he can do an older Man With No Name?

I'd actually like to seem him play a Lee Van Cleef in For a Few Dollars More type character. He sort of did that in Unforgiven I suppose.

jeanwearinfool: STFU

You remind me of COM Services. You spit out messages, suggesting that something is wrong, yet they're not informative at all.

Asterix: I for one, thought "Unforgiven" was shiat. So was Gran Tourino.

I can tell you're more of a Bridges of Madison County guy arent ya.

/man card REVOKED

Kanaric: Should of done the dark knight returns adaptation as batman however.


Yeah, pity that didn't pan out. It woulda' been cool.
Along the same lines, it would be neat to see him as a supporting actor in a live-action version of Batman Beyond, which I heard was in early production.