Dirty Harry

I knew this was supposed to be a "classic" but it didn't automatically grab me as something I needed to watch; not being too familiar with Clint Eastwood, I kinda had it down as a bit of a macho boy-film. Borrowed it from Matty, though, and I'm glad I did.

I knew I was going to like it from the opening sequence. I have a real soft spot for 70s crime stuff - the gloves! The silencer! The funk soundtrack and massive yellow font! I was hooked even before Harry got called into the mayor's office and started being stroppy at having his valuable crime-fighting time wasted by the suits in City Hall. Next thing I knew he was foiling a bank robbery while facing the other way and eating a hot dog ("the usual")...doesn't get much better really.

Yeah, it was silly - some very questionable police procedure and, if you stop to think about it for too long, a bit fascistic. But to be honest, if you stop to think about it for too long, you'll be missing the point that this is a simple world, where the bad guys are Bad, and Harry has to be even Badder just to protect the Good guys. So switch off your brain and enjoy the macho-boy-film aspect of it, as well as the highly entertaining 70s suits.