Gran Torino
A Man Hmong People
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Life. Death. Faith. Friendship. Family. Loyalty. Race relations. The economy. The ol' American Way. Suburban decay. Doing the right thing. And even the Detroit Lions (sorta). All of these hot topics are flawlessly weaved into
Gran Torino,
Clint Eastwood's 30th film as a director, and what may ultimately be his final screen performance (SAY IT AINT SO!). In what is w/o question one of the bestest films of the year,
GT may also be it's mos funniest (eat your farts out Judd Apatow!). It's also one of the finest fictional movies about the state of America today that we've seen in quite sum thyme... that happens to be hidden in the open of this vigilante street justice genre flick. Clint plays Walt Kowalski, a grizzled old Korean War vet (what a stretch!) who embodies the sarcastic loathing of Andy Rooney and the razor/racist sharp tongue of Archie Bunker (only Easty could make 7 zillion Asian stereotyped quips and not only get away with it, but make ya laff yer face off... unless yer name is
Spike Lee). His wife's recently passed on, his white neighbors have long since moved away and he doesn't have much to look forward to, cept sittin on his porch sipping Pabst Blue Ribbon and indulging in any form of tobacco (hactually sounds like the good life to us!). He doesn't want anything to do with his new immigrant neighbors... that is until his hand is (magnum) forced. Local gangs start harassing a defenseless boy and his sister (amateur, yet effective enuff performances by
Bee Vang and
Ahney Her) and Clint comes to their rescue. Each time he extends his sword, he lowers his shield and in turn starts to open his heart. He becomes more of a father figure to these kids than he had ever been to his own. It sounds like sum dang cheesy stuff, but lessthenone, the cheese works and tastes grrrrreat! So what about the car in the title? Juss another thing for us to give the film an accolade for: bestest use of a Gran Torino in a movie this century! Then again
Starsky & Hutch wasn't much competition in that category... although
Gran Torino coulda been the greatesteest movie mt EVERest had it had
Brande Roderick undressing
He Thought of Cars: the predecessor to
the Ford Torino was
the Ford Fairlane. The predecessor to the
Gran Torino film is fortunately not
The Adventures of Ford Fairlane. Maybe tis was
Pink Cadillac?
Verdictgo:
Breast In ShowGT is currently playing in NY/LA and will start expanding like crazy this Friday and even mo on Xmas
and until next thyme the balcony is clothed...
pee es - Clint, please don't EVER die. wees don'ts want to think of what American cinema woulds bees w/o yous
pee es 2 - wonder what he thinks of
the Gorillaz song named after him?
