A Fist Full of Blue Collars
17. Dec, 2008 
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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 Show
GT 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?
