Taxi Driver & Dirty Harry

In one of my 70s mood (again...), I've managed to get hold of the VCDs for this 2 movies. I've been hearing much rave about this 2 shows, and was wondering what all the fuss was about...

Dirty Harry stars Clint Eastwood, hah, who else, as a cop in San Fran, more intent on his brand of justice than what the law allows him to dish out. Clint had a lot of hair ! and he is so bald now. Anyways, the film would be mostly remembered for its enduring cop-to-baddie quote.

Imagine this : Shootout on the streets, after a bank robbery. Clint fires his .44 Magnum, killing all the baddies one by one, and he walked up to the last one. Injured baddie sitting down, shotgun just slightly out of reach. He bleeds as he tries to reach for it for 1 last shot against Clint.... then ...

Hally Callahan (Clint Eastwood): 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 kind of lost track myself. But being as 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 a question: Do I feel lucky? Well, do ya, punk?

wow.

Anyways, not to spoil the movie for you, he said that another time later on, with a little difference. heh go catch it.

Heres another very quotable quote. The movie's got loads of it heh. It's said this is the one that sparkled off all the off-beat cop movies

[Harry Callahan has to explain why he shot a man]
Harry Callahan: Well, when an adult male is chasing a female with intent to commit rape, I shoot the bastard. That's my policy.
The Mayor: Intent? How did you establish that?
Harry Callahan: When a naked man is chasing a woman through an alley with a butcher's knife and a hard-on, I figure he isn't out collecting for the Red Cross!
[walks out of the room]
The Mayor: He's got a point.

And... this is a parody done by WWE for wrestlemania. Wrestlemania goes to hollywood! Courtesy of Undertaker heh.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lf4CcQmRpqU

2nd movie: Taxi Driver.
Robert De Niro's claim to fame. Well, ok that's debatable cos he portrayed a fantastic young Don Vito Corleone in the Godfather II just a few years earlier than this movie, but he wasn't the main star then. That was Al Pacino's movie. Taxi Driver is really a good show. Its not all action-packed, nor comedy .. I see it more of a social reflection of life in NYC in the 70s. De Niro is a war veteran who turns taxi driver, and his life as a taxi driver (albeit a lil mentally unstable) is chronicled to good detail in this show.

And Martin Scorsese is a real genius, the cinematography is wonderful to behold. Can't explain here, gotta watch it for yourself if you can.

Travis: You talking to me? [talks to mirror]

heh. That was the memorable one.

And guess what. WWE did another parody for their wrestlemania promo ad.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xld4vdtY2fc

Having said all that, my favourite movie of all time will still be the Godfather Trilogy, especially part I and II. Maybe some other time I will explain why. But if you haven't caught it before. Please do so. Before you die. Or you will regret !