Gran Torino...

So I came out of this movie thinking "Wow". I do believe Clint Eastwood is one of the best directors working in film today. If you like movies about crusty old guys and off-color dialogue, then you'll like this. Definitely worth the price of admission. And as a side bonus there's a Watchmen trailer that looked decent. Maybe they can pull that off. *shrug*


-Will

I think this movie looks great, I just hope the racial undercurrent of the film doesn't stomp all over the characters.

I am looking forward to this as well!

Okay, so I've not seen it, but I really can't get past the whole "old guy pretends to shoot gang members mockingly, and somehow they fail to ever kill him" thing.

I assume this is done credibly?

I just assumed Clint Eastwood shot half of them in the middle of it, like an old time western set in downtown LA

I'm assuming Eastwood ends up getting shot by the end.

hancock.tom wrote:

I just assumed Clint Eastwood shot half of them in the middle of it, like an old time western set in downtown LA

Ha! It's not set in LA. It's set in (or near) Detroit. I definitely want to go see this for that reason. Plus it looks like a good movie. The role almost seems like a reprisal of Gunny.

hancock.tom wrote:

I think this movie looks great, I just hope the racial undercurrent of the film doesn't stomp all over the characters.

A valid concern. I didn't think it did at all. If anything it gave Eastwood's character credibility. I believed Walt Kowalski. Hell, I've known old farts like Walt Kowalski. Sure they were racist bastards but at least they were honest. They called it like they saw it. No hidden agendas, no bullshit. In this era of PC nonsense where everyone is so afraid to offend anyone, it was refresing to see a character that is so decidedly old-school.

I won't give anything away from the plot. It's a good movie so go see it and decide for yourself.


-Will