Dirty Harry: The Enforcer (1976)

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Dirty Harry: The Enforcer (1976)

5/10

Starring

Clint Eastwood

Directed by James Fargo

Here is a Dirty Harry movie where I felt the co-star was a bigger star than the star actor himself. It is not that Clint Eastwood didn’t put up a great performance as usual, which is the same old, same old Dirty Harry behavior that we are all used to, but in this “The Enforcer” his co-star and partner was a woman Tyne Daly, who held her own beside Harry and delivered such a masterful performance that it made it easy for me to overlook this crappy script.

The movie is not great, but just a lame excuse to do another Dirty Harry movie. The problem I had with the movie was the villains. In the first Dirty Harry we had Scorpio who was insane in so many ways. He was a serial killer with a one track mind. And would stop at nothing until he got the money he wanted off the government. It was then we got a taste of Dirty Harry.

In the second (Magnum Force) we had another bunch of insane cops, turning themselves to judge and jury as they went about town taking down all the bad guys that they could round up, again Harry had to step up to the case since one of his friend got caught in the crossfire.

Here we have a bunch of guys who have a weird and divided purpose, blowing up things and getting themselves taken out one after the other like rats. It was like from the beginning that had no chance against this duo, and in the end thanks to a bazooka, they didn’t.

I didn’t get to see the challenge like I did in the first Dirty Harry movie, and I also didn’t get to enjoy the chase like I did in the second, just a bunch of guys being crazy and a priest who is in the middle and not doing the right thing.

Then comes Inspector Kate Moore (Tyne Daly) who then gave the movie the spin that it needed, she was up to the task as Harry’s partner and even saved his life during the movie. She stole the show in the brief time that she was on screen and made the movie worth watching.

I would have loved this movie more if the script was well tuned to fit the Dirty Harry first two movies that I saw, where Harry had to think outside the box to survive, here he just had to have a good partner, who always knew how to save the day, when Harry was too busy being Harry.

Dirty Harry: Magnum Force (1973)

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Dirty Harry: Magnum Force (1973)

6/10

Starring

Clint Eastwood

Directed by Ted Post

My biggest Issue with Magnum Force is that the movie is not as central focused as the firstDirty Harry. There were too many cases that Harry was attending to, before the movie then decided to focus on the killings being done by suspected police officers.

Because of this focus on the other cases this Dirty Harry movie was long and it is the longest of the Dirty Harry movie series, it is not the worse at least that I can say. The movie for one thing was suspense filled. While the whole incident was going on I was able to guess who the real culprit was, but I didn’t know how high up the corruption was.

Clint Eastwood’s acting was same as that from the first movie, which may be a plus to some and a minus to others who may feel like Magnum Force was just same old, same old Dirty Harry movie, not much difference.

Magnum Force is about a rage of murders going on in the city of San Francisco. Murder in itself is bad, but then what if the murders that occur are about the bad guys that think they are above the law?

Harry (Clint Eastwood) on the other hand is getting into more trouble than usual, finding it hard to deal with his supervisor Lt. Neil Briggs, who seems to be having it in for him at every turn.

In the station also is a bunch of rookies, who seem to be good shots and have Harry’s respect.

At first the killings of the “bad guys” was not taking too seriously by Harry, as he felt he already knew who the killer was. Then he got the bad news that his friend (who he suspected was the killer) was killed on duty by the same killers taking down the bad guys. Now Harry takes the case personal and hunts down the killers.

To be honest watching this DVD was hard, as it was long and there were times I caught myself dozing off to the delayed mayhem that seemed to be going on and then awake when I noticed that the main story was on.

The movie sprung some controversy after its release, there was a scene in it where a prostitute was killed using a drain cleaner. After the movie was released some murders happened using the same method, and one of the convicted persons said he got the idea from this movie.

Magnum Force is long, but it is an OK dirty harry movie.

Dirty Harry (1971)

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Dirty Harry (1971)

7/10

Starring

Clint Eastwood

Directed by

Don Siegel

Well, the Dirty Harry lines have come to stay over the years, so the decision to go see the film was one that has long been overdue in my case.

Dirty Harry is just in a league of its own as a movie and as a Police Officer he is ready to do all it takes to bring down the bad guy. Harry is constantly being held back by the rules and his boss. But here is a stubborn and determined guy and will do anything to get the job done.

Dirty Harry is popular for introducing into the crime genre the lone officer who is finding it hard to keep partners and always bumping heads with his superiors. The movie’s memorable speech:

I know what you’re thinking: 'Did he fire six shots or only five?' Well, to tell you the truth, in all this excitement, I’ve kinda lost track myself. But being this is a .44 Magnum, the most powerful handgun in the world, and would blow your head clean off, you’ve got to ask yourself one question: 'Do I feel lucky?' Well, do ya, punk?

Cannot be said better than the man himself Clint Eastwood. I have seen many of his movies in my days and I feel this is his best, the movie’s score in engaging and the portrayal of the villain Scorpio is one that will linger in my mind. The director got the actor Andy Robinson to play the role in a way that it will leave a mark, urging you to pray that Harry gets him in time.

Dirty Harry as said above is about a San Francisco Homicide Inspector Harry Callahan (Clint Eastwood). Harry is known popularly as Dirty Harry because of the way he handles his cases and his regular misstep with his superiors. A serial killer hits the town and he killed a lady in the beginning of the movie and promises to continue to kill people daily, until the city meets up with his demand of $100,000.

Harry was on the case and with his new partner they cornered Scorpio, but he later got away, and then raised his demands and this time kidnaps a little girl.

Time is running out as the girl is said to be kept in a hole with limited oxygen, either the city pays up, or Harry catches him before it is too late.

This movie is the beginning of the Dirty Harry Franchise a Franchise, I plan on watching back-to-back.

The Chronicles of Narnia: Voyage of the Dawn Treader (2010)

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The Chronicles of Narnia: Voyage of the Dawn Treader (2010)

6/10

Starring

Georgie Henley

Skandar Keynes

Will Poulter

Ben Barnes

Liam Neeson

Directed by Michael Apted

C.S Lewis’ The Chronicles of Narnia: Voyage of the Dawn Treader is a classic in my own books. I recall reading the book and how I felt when I Aslan was helping rip off Eustace scales by pawing on the ground, I felt like I too needed to rip off the scales of sin in my life, which has changed me into a beast that I no longer recognize.

The transformation from the beast back to the boy was done by the aid of Aslan, and that goes to show that we too can be transformed if we let God do it for us. The acting is another thing, I guess seeing Edmond and Lucy grown and Peter and Susan no longer being part of the Narnia story made it easier to concentrate on the ability of both (Edmond (Skandar Keynes) and Lucy (Georgie Henley)) to be able to carry the movie as the new leads, one ability thanks to Prince/King Caspian (Ben Barnes) dashing performance all three were able to handle.

The story is true to the book, and they did their very best to make sure that the lessons from the book were not hidden or over looked. As a standalone movie, that is watching this movie without reading the book first, this movie holds its own ground. The acting was good, the cinematography was excellent and the visual effects were captivating enough to keep you glued.

The Chronicles of Narnia: Voyage of the Dawn Treader takes place three years after the events of Prince Caspian, Lucy and Edmund Pevensie are now staying with their cousin Eustace Scrubb who is by far the most annoying and irritating brat they have come to know.

Edmund keeps tries to get listed to go to war, but he is too young to enlist in His Majesty's Armed Forces, and Lucy wants so much to be as beautiful as her sister Susan.

At their cousin's home a painting of a ship on the ocean transports Lucy, Edmund and Eustace into an ocean in Narnia. There in the ocean they are rescued by the ship in the painting and they met Prince Caspain who is now King on board the Dawn Treader, as he is on a voyage in search of the seven Lords of Narnia whom his uncle Miraz banished.

Voyage of the Dawn Treader is a great movie one that I bet you will love, the Christian themes are not hidden and the movie idea is well thought through, kudos to the producers for such a dashing movie. In comparison with the other Narnia movies, well this movie will be in the third place behind the first two.

The sad thing is that we may have to wait more years before we get to see another “The Chronicles of Narnia” story, because the makers Walden Media have lost the rights to the C.S Lewis books.

Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues (2013)

Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues (2013)

6/10

Starring

Will Ferrell

Steve Carell

Paul Rudd

David Koechner

Christina Applegate

Directed by Adam Mckay

Anchor Man 2, to be honest I was very skeptical about this movie because after seeing the first part, I felt how much lower in the area of stupidity can the movie go that in the end it will not end up being just a waste of my time. Well the writers went one step lower and the movie didn’t stink, which is just amazing.

Anchor Man 2 rode on the idea of what made CNN, CNN. The movie is based on the launch of the first 24 hours news station. The downside though (which I may be wrong in some couple of years) is that the movie is not half as quotable or as memorable as its predecessor, but it is just as funny which is what I wanted. The onslaught of jokes is another thing; it just kept coming at you, when you think it is safe to look away, there comes another, right splat in your face.

My overall actor of the movie was Steve Carell who played Brick Tamland, I just couldn’t get enough of him, his acting and voice was just enough to keep me laughing.

Plot:

Having left San Diego for New York City, Ron Burgundy (Will Ferrell) is living the high life with his wife Veronica Corningstone (Christina Applegate) and son Walter Burgundy. However, when the boss decides to promote Veronica to full time lead anchor and fire Ron, everything changes. Now heading back to San Diego, Ron is washed up and working part time at Sea World. His shot at redemption though comes in the form of a man named Freddie Schapp, who's an executive producer at the Global News Network, the world's first 24 hour round the clock news channel. He hires Ron, who proceeds to reunite the news team of Champ (David Koechner), Brick (Steve Carrell), and Brian (Paul Rudd), and head back to New York City.

While there Ron and his news team are given the graveyard shift and a challenge. Ron comes up with a radical new idea to transform the news and that puts him at the top of the game once again. But how long will Ron's newfound fame last?

Culled from IMDB

In the end, time will tell if this movie will become as quotable as its predecessor, but one thing I stand to say is that it is just as funny and it will bring in the box. If this will make the producers want to take a look at Anchor Man 3, I just hope they package a script just as good or even better than this one.

Anchor Man 2: The Legend Continues is a must watch.