gran torino yesterday. it was the only movie in a LONG time i actually WANTED to see. i don't know why i just felt compelled. for the first half hour i thought it was an acceptable movie. pure eastwood. grizzled looks, growls, feistyness, no nonsense. nothing more, nothing less. in the back of my mind i was thinking, hmmmmm is this all there is? then something happened. the movie started to develop depth and focus (well to me it happened after about that first 1/2 hour). oh i knew a bit of the background story. i'm not giving anything away here (because it has been talked about in EVERY review, you can tell by the previews and when anyone associated with the movie gives and interview, they talk about it too) when i say, it's about a recently widowed, retired auto-worker, korean war veteran, racist man with a gran torino - who starts seeing things a might bit differently thanks to his hmong neighbors. the characters were all well defined. i could feel what walt (eastwood) felt about his sons and their families. you can almost feel walt's pain (in more ways than one) i hear this is eastwood's last acting role. if true, it's the PERFECT last (acting) movie for him. eastwood WAS walt kowalski and walt kowalski was someone you ended up liking even though he was still a widowed, retired auto-worker, korean war veteran, racist man with a gran torino. i loved this movie and i highly recommend it
oh and one more thing, at 78 MR EASTWOOD CAN STILL KICK ASS
ew review
rotten tomatoes review
salon review
nyt review
wapo review
picture: Bee Vang, left, and Clint Eastwood in a scene from "Gran Torino."
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