Gran Torino

Pros: Entertaining, Eastwood is intriguing as usual
Cons: Racial epithets overdone, mixed messages

Clint Eastwood is back again with another late, end of the year, award contender. One source has suggested that this could be Clint’s last acting role, but I’m not sure how true that is.  Gran Torino takes its name from the 1972 model ...

Pros: Ahney Her
Cons: Like other Eastwood movies, could stand some editing tightening

Idiosyncratic Preface (for those who read my epinions sequentially):I was not expecting Clint Eastwood's (2008) "Gran Torino" to have so many continuities with the movie I watched and epined about just before it: Johnnie To's " ...

Pros: Entertaining, interesting story.  Strong performances.
Cons: Won’t appeal to everyone.

As some actors get older, they continue to play characters that are much younger.  Many times that doesn’t work that well and the movie suffers overall as a result.  In the last few years, some older actors have started playing age ...

Pros: Clint Eastwood, strong story, stays interesting for the duration, intriguing themes
Cons: it needed just a little more editing

Gran Torino is another intriguing film from Clint Eastwood that blends his superb directing talents with his ability to become a character on the screen.  Taking a story written by Dave Johannson, and a screenplay by Nick Schenk, Clint ...

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I would define America as a country that is so sensitive to racial insensitivity that, at its core, it's obviously insensitive.  The feel good movies concerning race Hollywood manages to produce are ludicrous, from Amistad to ...

Pros: Well done story
Cons: Supporting cast acting a little amateur

I'd classify Gran Torino as a guy movie, in the same vein of Glengarry Glen Ross. Although the language isn't constantly foul (although in Clint's movie, there's lots to be heard), and there are not too many guns a blazing, I have to say that this was ...

Pros: Great Eastwood moments, entertainment between Thao and Walt
Cons: Slow pace, simple story

Clint Eastwood has been a busy little bee the past ten years. After the award-winning Mystic River film he returned a year later with 2004's equally stunning Million Dollar Baby. 2006 wasn't a slow year for him either with two back-to-back ...

Pros: Decent acting, Themes, Most of the direction.
Cons: PACING!, Generally unlikable characters, Difficult to watch.

It is a strange thing to fly in the face of public opinion with any frequency - though I ought to state right off the bat that "Gran Torino," despite being repetitive, stiflingly slow and difficult in the beginning makes a comeback of epic proportions ...

Pros: Eastwood, the plot, the young actors who played Walt's neighbors
Cons: slow pace at times

I watched Gran Torino last night, and throughout the film I kept noticing John Cougar's "Little Pink Houses" playing in my head. The movie is more than just the tale of a grumpy old man trying to deal with his Asian neigbors, it's an essay on the ...

Pros: Gritty, insightful, and intense.
Cons: Some of the acting by supporting cast was a little flat.

Director- Clint EastwoodStarring- Clint Eastwood, Bee Vang, Ahney HerWalter Kowalski (Eastwood) wants to spend his remaining years left alone. Having just lost his wife, he's digusted with the greedy behavior of his family, annoyed by the ...

Pros: Well acted.  Some humor.  Some unexpected twists.
Cons: Some typical foul language and violence, but not more than neccessary.

Wasn't sure if I even wanted to watch Gran Torino, but, my wife rented it and I happened to have nothing to do at the moment, so I watched it as well.Overall, it was good.  I was interested to see what type of character Eastwood would ...

Pros: Powerful performance by Clint Eastwood, Unique and compelling story
Cons: Racial comments, slow moving, some bad acting by supporting cast

Clint Eastwood stars as Walt Kowalski who is a disgruntled Korean War veteran that still carries around guilt from his experiences in the war. It is these memories that haunt him on a daily basis, so much so that he would rather be ...

Pros: heart felt, eye opening, life changing.
Cons: Starts a bit slow.

My fiance and I watched this movie the other night! Wow, what a great movie. Cross between the movie Crash and a modern Clint western set in the city. It started a bit slow, but don't let that discourage you. Press on! Clint keeps that attitude like ...