{"id":11621,"date":"2009-07-05T15:00:06","date_gmt":"2009-07-05T13:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/blog\/?p=166"},"modified":"2009-07-05T15:00:06","modified_gmt":"2009-07-05T13:00:06","slug":"every-which-way-but-loose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2009\/07\/05\/every-which-way-but-loose\/","title":{"rendered":"Every Which Way But Loose"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start -->\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0077523\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-167\" title=\"Every  which way  but  loose\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/every_which_way_but_loose.jpg?resize=279%2C400&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Every  which way  but  loose\" width=\"279\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Clint Eastwood has been directing too many dramas recently, so I thought I&#8217;d dig out something from the years long gone, something where he acted one of his superman roles.\u00a0 &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0077523\/\">Every Which Way But Loose<\/a>&#8221; is one of those films.<\/p>\n<p>Now, I don&#8217;t have much to compare this film to, because it&#8217;s from the year 1978, and I was only born in 1978.\u00a0 But it has more packed into it than most of the action films I&#8217;ve seen during my childhood &#8211; fist fights, biker gangs, corrupt police, exotic animals, car chases, and a true friendship and a true love with a broken heart.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, now this film looks way aged and most of the special effects cause no reaction but a smile.\u00a0 But if I saw this in the 80&#8217;s, I guess I&#8217;d be all over this film.\u00a0 And even in these modern days, I&#8217;ll give it a <strong>4 stars<\/strong> rating.\u00a0 Not bad at all.<\/p>\n<!-- google_ad_section_end -->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start -->\n<p>Clint Eastwood has been directing too many dramas recently, so I thought I&#8217;d dig out something from the years long gone, something where he acted one of his superman roles.\u00a0 &#8220;Every Which Way But Loose&#8221; is one of those films. 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