looses his wife and is left all alone, in the slums of Detroit. He worked at the Ford factory his whole life, and has lived in the same house this whole time. He is estranged from his family, and really just doesn’t have a whole lot going for him. Before his wife passed away, she asked the Priest in their church to make him go to confession, and that is his one and only goal. Eastwood lives his life, as if he was back in the war, and is not afraid to pull a gun on you if you step onto his property. His neighbors next door are Hmong, and when their son gets into trouble with a local gang (compiled of his cousins, and initiations involved him stealing Eastwood’s Gran Tornio), Eastwood comes to the rescue. When the young man tried to apologize for his actions, he is forced into cleaning and doing yard work until his debt is paid off. From then on it is a tale of how his heart is softened to letting people in and moving on with his life. This is one of Clint’s best films I have seen, and shows so much how just a little bit of compassion can go a long way. It is rated R, but strictly for the violence of a gang and few slips up of the S word. I paid for this film, and I would see it again!
Friday, January 23, 2009
Gran Torino
I cried. I am normally not an overly emotional person, and not usually in movies, but this film was amazing. I am sad that it was passed up for some Oscars! Clint Eastwood plays this older senile man, who
looses his wife and is left all alone, in the slums of Detroit. He worked at the Ford factory his whole life, and has lived in the same house this whole time. He is estranged from his family, and really just doesn’t have a whole lot going for him. Before his wife passed away, she asked the Priest in their church to make him go to confession, and that is his one and only goal. Eastwood lives his life, as if he was back in the war, and is not afraid to pull a gun on you if you step onto his property. His neighbors next door are Hmong, and when their son gets into trouble with a local gang (compiled of his cousins, and initiations involved him stealing Eastwood’s Gran Tornio), Eastwood comes to the rescue. When the young man tried to apologize for his actions, he is forced into cleaning and doing yard work until his debt is paid off. From then on it is a tale of how his heart is softened to letting people in and moving on with his life. This is one of Clint’s best films I have seen, and shows so much how just a little bit of compassion can go a long way. It is rated R, but strictly for the violence of a gang and few slips up of the S word. I paid for this film, and I would see it again!
looses his wife and is left all alone, in the slums of Detroit. He worked at the Ford factory his whole life, and has lived in the same house this whole time. He is estranged from his family, and really just doesn’t have a whole lot going for him. Before his wife passed away, she asked the Priest in their church to make him go to confession, and that is his one and only goal. Eastwood lives his life, as if he was back in the war, and is not afraid to pull a gun on you if you step onto his property. His neighbors next door are Hmong, and when their son gets into trouble with a local gang (compiled of his cousins, and initiations involved him stealing Eastwood’s Gran Tornio), Eastwood comes to the rescue. When the young man tried to apologize for his actions, he is forced into cleaning and doing yard work until his debt is paid off. From then on it is a tale of how his heart is softened to letting people in and moving on with his life. This is one of Clint’s best films I have seen, and shows so much how just a little bit of compassion can go a long way. It is rated R, but strictly for the violence of a gang and few slips up of the S word. I paid for this film, and I would see it again!
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