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Sully – 2016 Eastwood

Many of the critics’ make note of it as well but Hanks is superb here and should’ve been nominated for his under-acting With Hanks this makes a nice comparison with captain phillips- which I adored- from 2013. Specifically their reaction shots and scenes in the hospital are two the best scenes in the films- both very different but powerful More a triumph of Hanks than Eastwood Supposedly the 2nd leg of Eastwood’s hero trilogy after American sniper in 2014 Hanks’ is certainly this modern day Jimmy Stewart- he’s impossible not to like and it’s hard to see anyone else

The Outlaw Josey Wales – 1976 Eastwood

Love the simple revenge story that certainly has many film counterparts including more recent updates including braveheart and gladiator. Woefully underrated in Feb 2017 at #952 on TSPDT Originally was directed by Philip Kaufman (the right stuff) but was apparently thrown overboard by Eastwood Certainly a mark of Eastwood as an auteur is the retribution themes throughout Eastwood’s career. This is pretty straightforward but certainly it’s more complicated in unforgiven, mystic river, high plains drifter and others Orson Welles apparently was an admirer of the film Amongst other things the film is well known for the continual spitting (narrative/character