Peter Civardi – Google

Vastly overrated! Excellent acting, but the writing lacked continuity. And that happened because the great writing that was evident in the early episodes went downhill after the original creators left for new projects, and the reigns were handed over to a succession of less talented writers who tried to keep the cash cow alive with imitations of the superior early work. And then a very promising TV series became a soap opera that went on and on and on with hard crafted less original adventures. I watched every single episode. For the last 20 or so, I couldn’t wait for the damn thing to end. My time was wasted. I’ll be disappointed for quite a while.

This movie was made almost a half century ago. It is a million miles short of Quentin Tarantino’s work, but for its time it was simple, effective, and memorable. Clint Eastwood started out in crude, manipulative violent movies. We used to make fun of them for their very limited dialogue. Few of us understood that dialogue was limited to make it easier and cheaper to dub the characters into any number of languages. The directors, producers, and stars had the last laughs - all the way to their banks! Today, film buffs revere Clint Eastwood. He’s still making movies and most of them are pretty darn good! Go see this movie. If you are over 50, you’ve probably already seen it a few times. It’s worth your time again, if only to use the miracle of film as a Time Machine to see what San Francisco was like before it turned into the horrible place it has become in 2024.

Over hyped and tedious. I walked out mid movie. Haven’t done that this century. How this happened. I suspect that the movie cost a fortune to make, and that an especially large amount was set aside to promote it. Great cast, superb photography, and elaborate special effects - yet the 3-hour finished product was a bore. Apparently, lots of money, favors, and threats were spread around to create a huge buzz about this film. Unfortunately, it is not particularly interesting.