Watched some of The
Eiger Sanction today. What with the constant boozing,
casual sexism, homosexual
stereotypes (check out Jack Cassidy as the amazingly flaming
Miles Mellough with a dog named "Faggot"), and prehistoric mountain climbing technology (in the early rock climbing scenes they're not even wearing
swami harnesses, just a loop of rope tied around their bodies; later
they're using around the waist belays) the
movie feels incredibly dated. But you know what's really dated? Clint's a
professional assassin who's standard fee is $10,000

Well, that's 40k in 2008 dollars... and he *does* work for the govt