Clint Eastwood Reminds Us That He’s a Badass, And We Aren’t

Posted by Neil Miller (neil@filmschoolrejects.com) on January 2, 2009

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Clint Eastwood is still a badass, and I would go as far as to say that he will remain that way until the day he dies. At age 78, the 4-time Oscar winning writer/director/producer/composer/all-around badass is still getting rave reviews for playing a man with a gun and some unchecked anger. In his latest film, Gran Torino, Eastwood plays an aging Korean War vet who finds it difficult to live with a new community of Asian neighbors. And as I said in my review, he puts on his scowl, picks up his gun and goes to work as he has for so many years.

In a recent interview with Esquire, Eastwood took time to look back on some of the things he’s learned in his 78 plus years on this Earth, even going as far as calling out the current generations as ‘the pussy generation’:

We live in more of a pussy generation now, where everybody’s become used to saying, “Well, how do we handle it psychologically?” In those days, you just punched the bully back and duked it out. Even if the guy was older and could push you around, at least you were respected for fighting back, and you’d be left alone from then on.

I don’t know if I can tell you exactly when the pussy generation started. Maybe when people started asking about the meaning of life.

Absolutely perfect. Once again Clint reminds us that no matter how old he is, he would still kick all of our asses. Take that, Spike Lee.

[via Premium Hollywood]


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  • Ehhh, I'm on the fence about seeing Gran Torino. I've heard such mixed reviews on it, that I'm not even sure if it's a hit or a flop.
  • Pussy.
  • I'll still watch it, Clint is back and this brings the 'Dirty Harry' back to the big screen.
  • Matt
    Oh man its such a great movie. Sooooo worth the watch.
  • Doesn't matter whether it is a hit or a flop, Eastwood is enough to carry the film for me. I will see it the day it hits my town.

    Sad part about his Esquire inteview is that he is right about so many things. The pussification of our country is well recorded over the last generation. Its all about avoiding responsibilty and never taking a stand with todays youth. They have been told their whole lives it is wrong to fight for what you believe in and they live thier lives that way, up to electing a president who promises to take care of them and make the playing field equal. Pussies.
  • Nevernude
    Well i for one, are prepared to fight any man who calls me a pussy.
    But only after im done watching High School Musical.
  • Because of that statement by Eastwood. I vote him in for president. Forget the HOPE and CHANGE.....He would DE-PUSSIFY AMERICA (yes i just said de-pussify)
  • David G
    Gran Turino delivers a different Clint. He was even a bit funny. Not in a way that hurts his rep but funny nonetheless. It is a good film to see. True Eastwood style.
  • Big K
    So lemme get this straight, according to some of you internet tough guys, the blame for young America's "pussification" can be placed squarely at the feet of Barack Obama (who just rose to prominence only 4 years ago), and the ACLU, who might go up against a frivilous issue (to us) from time to time, but also helps to keep motherfuckers from burning crosses on my lawn?____How about the trust-fund baby who wore a filghtsuit but never flew in combat?____Or his vice-president who never shot shit outside of his hunting buddy?____Get this straight: Much like rappers who are only tough on wax, Clint Eastwood is tough shit ONSCREEN. I am in awe of his work as an actor and a director, but that tough stuff ain't all real. Yeah, you might fight a bully back and win the respect of your peers, but that same bully could put a hot bullet through your skull for disrespecting him and all you'd be is a respected dead guy. That's how the real world spins.____Israel and Gaza are currently blowing each other the fuck up without asking questions like, “Well, how do we handle it psychologically?”. ____See how well that's working out?
  • I think that might be the best rebuttal I have seen in a long time. Let's try and leave Obama and the ACLU out of this. It's not as if things would be improved extremely if they weren't present in America.
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