Friday, December 29, 2006

Inductee #3: Harrison Ford (inducted circa 2002)

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Harrison Ford was Indiana Jones and Han Solo. Indiana Jones AND Han Solo. How much more damn handsome could two characters be? One a swashbuckling, gritty, woman seducing fighter for good. The other a reckless, indifferent, sardonic smuggler (with his own spaceship...SCORE!) with an affinity for large dogs. Indiana Jones AND Han Solo. Man. Handsome. Damn.

Let's check the man holy trinity.
Submarine movie? K-19 Widowmaker...check.
Spy Film? Jack Ryan...check.
Was he a knight? Actually, no...but we'll happily substitute futuristic private eye (Blade Runner). You could also make the argument that, for many, Star Wars has become the modern heroic myth and that, furthermore, Solo's transition from detached mercenary to committed combatant for peace and justice gives him a place at the proverbial round table.

Now, I know he's made some stinkers lately. But, consider the rest of his work pre Ally McBeal and earring.

Fugitive, Witness, Presumed Innocent, American Graffiti
, and a cup of coffee in one of the greatest war movies of all time, Apocolypse Now. I have a faint recollection of Mosquito Coast, and that was pretty good too.

So there you go...his damn handsomeness is ozone off the charts, he was Indy, Han AND Jack Ryan. That boy good. He good.

Internet Movie Database Entry

Wikipedia Entry
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