pvtwalsh Reviews

Eyes (2005–2007)

Great Show

[27 April 2005]

This is a great show. Tim Daly is perfect with the one liners and sarcastic humor. The supporting cast, whose names I don't know yet, are also very good. All the acting is great, the story lines are engaging, and the suspense is at just the right level. Its been a while since I've seen a TV show that really captured my interest like this. Apparently the deceit and double-dealing has started early, but you'll have to watch the show to get that. Another good thing is that you can enjoy each episode on its own, but they are all linked to each other with the subplots. If you like your crime shows with some humor and class, less technical talk(a plus for us unknowledgeble gadget geeks) and characters you can care about, start watching this show now! Wednesdays at 10pm, on ABC.

High Plains Drifter (1973)

Excellent but disturbing movie

[8/10 · 23 January 2005]

This movie is certainly one of Eastwood's more disturbing and darker ones. An excellent film about corruption and revenge in the Old West. Eastwood plays a drifter who wanders into a corrupt mining town. The townsfolk are hiding something. They are scared about three criminals who are being released from jail and coming to town. The townsfolk hire the drifter to protect them, after he kills the three men the town originally hired for protection.

SPOILER

Clint Eastwood IS Jim Duncan, the sheriff who was whipped and driven out of town. During the flashbacks, its Eastwood's voice. In the opening scene, Eastwood quickly turns his head towards the sound of a cracking whip, and finally in the very end, when the little guy is making a headstone for Jim Duncan, he says to Eastwood: "I never got your name" and Eastwood replies "You already know it". I think that is all pretty conclusive evidence for who he is in this excellent film.