John Wayne vs Clint Eastwood

[robertlouis]

But could Clint play the Quiet Man?

He played THE definitive quiet man in his first three movies lol.

[Merkurie]

Henry Fonda is a better comparison with Clint Eastwood than John Wayne.
Bruce Willis is perhaps more out of the Wayne tradition than Eastwood.

[Dino Velvet]

Henry Fonda is a better comparison with Clint Eastwood than John Wayne.
Bruce Willis is perhaps more out of the Wayne tradition than Eastwood.

Bruce Willis was also in Walter Hill's Last Man Standing.

[Merkurie]

"Last Man Standing"-- Kicked Ass!

Eventhough it was a remake of "Fist Full of Dollars".

[robertlouis]

Henry Fonda is a better comparison with Clint Eastwood than John Wayne.
Bruce Willis is perhaps more out of the Wayne tradition than Eastwood.

That depends on whether you mean image or contribution. What sets Eastwood apart is his generally fine body of work as a director - although anything involving that bloody orang outan should be omitted completely.

[Merkurie]

I mean acting style and chops. Eastwood has clearly studied Henry Fonda.
I don't think Fonda ever directed.
As far as contribution to film, Henry Fonda has a huge body of work, as an actor.

[MrBlonde]

I have tried and tried to get into and enjoy John Wayne films. I respect the fact that people are huge fans of his. I'd love to jump on that bandwagon but have never been able to. I think he was more a man of his times.

It's easy for me to get into Eastwood's Western characters. Such greyness in his parts in that he'll save the day(sort of) but commit several unsavory acts in the process. Not only a fan of the Leone trilogy but also like High Plains Drifter, The Outlaw Josey Wales, Pale Rider, and Unforgiven.

I'm also a big fan of Lee Van Cleef, Charles Bronson, Franco Nero, and Tomas Milian. All 3 Sergios(Leone, Corbucci, Sollima) are good directors too.

I couldn't have said it better myself. I feel exactly the same way about all of that. Clint was the man! I mean still is but for me as a kid, he was the man.

For many years nothing he did in a western could be matched. I wouldn't even consider another movie for the title "Best Western" if it wasn't one of his spaghetti western trilogy movies with special mention to the Unforgiven which really was probably his best in terms of "realness". But I reluctantly gave the title over to Tombstone a few years ago because damnit, even without Clint that movie rocked so hard. It was at least the best non clint western ever.

[ValerieNelson]

I have to go with Clint as well. I sometimes just skip to the final bar scene of "Unforgiven," since it does kick ass.

[Dino Velvet]

I have to go with Clint as well. I sometimes just skip to the final bar scene of "Unforgiven," since it does kick ass.

Gene Hackman was amazing in that film too.

[ValerieNelson]

Gene Hackman was amazing in that film too.

Also let's not forget Sir Richard Harris and Morgan Freeman.