Let’s settle this: Death Wish or Dirty Harry

Let’s settle this: Death Wish or Dirty Harry Jul 12, 2019 19:55:48 GMT Power Ranger likes this

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Post by dirtypillows on Jul 12, 2019 19:55:48 GMT

Jul 12, 2019 18:37:22 GMT Power Ranger said:

Which series is better?

I feel that they are both excellent.

I chose Death Wish myself. Dirty Harry’s first two films are excellent, it’s third ok but it’s fourth is really bad IMO. But Death Wish 2,3,4, are all passable. So DW just wins on consistency (sure, DW 5 sucks, but it’s the fifth entry, not the fourth).

And then lastly it’s because of Bronson. Eastwood’s appeal in Dirty Harry is sky high, he’s excellent, but the appeal of Charles Bronson is like an innate quality that humankind was born with.

It’s a close call, but I choose Death Wish.

I would agree with you this. Clint is awesome as Dirty Harry Callahan. The original movie was excellent. The second one, "Magnum Force" was entertaining and mildly special (love David Soul and Robert Urich together! Such cuties!) and "The Enforcer" was fairly drab, despite Tyne Daly's appeal. She was sweet.

The first "Death Wish" movie was low down fun. And the rest of them (i saw two and three) were passable crap. But, in the end, like you said, it comes down to Charles Bronson. He is effortlessly appealing, almost lovable. Clint is great, but Charles had something special that is hard to define. You can tell that he want to be left alone, for the most part, but he is an extremely decent human being. He wins out.