#30 Clint Eastwood Movies

There are many reasons why Clint Eastwood's movies are loved by Hawaiians. He had the coolest movie titles (The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, Dirty Harry) and did exactly what a man wants to do in life, which involves getting the girl, acting before thinking (normally, shooting the bad guys) and riding off into the sunset with a ton of money. From the classic war movies to his western classics and modern day cops and robbers flicks, he was the man that started it all because he had everything Hawaiians like about movies: action, action, and action.

Before Stallone and Arnold, heck even before Bruce Willis became an action star, Eastwood was "action movies." Hawaiians love seeing brawls and things get blown up. And Mr. Eastwood's movies never failed to provide exploding buildings, bar fights, flipping cars, shoot outs and guys falling from a second story window. He had the biggest explosions, the maddest stunts and the coolest weaponry. At times he used two six-shooters, a double barreled shotgun, a machine gun and a 44-magnum. And he never failed to improvise something into a deadly weapon like a car or a harpoon gun.

In most recent years, although he does less acting, the liking for his movies has crossed into the movies he's directed and produced. “Flags of Our Fathers” and “Letters to Iwagima” are revolutionary in respect to capturing the reality of war from both the U.S. and Japanese perspectives in the battles of the Pacific region during World War II.

Of course, not all his movies were hits with Hawaiians. “Pink Cadillac” and “Every Which Way but Lose” would be forgettable, or at least Hawaiians that have seen these movies wish they could forget them. Who wants to see a man synonymous with action driving a pink caddy or hanging out with an orangutan, and actually thinks he’s some force to be reckoning with? No Hawaiians that’s for sure. Hawaiians stay true to the real Clint.