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Edgy MD May 08 2009 02:53 PM |
Clint Eastwood plays a grumpy old veteran, chasing immigrant neighbors off his lawn and away from his prized 1972 Gran Torino, until a lack of beer and other circumstances conspire to bring their lives together.
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sharpie May 09 2009 05:55 AM |
Saw it in the theaters in February. Clint was chewing the scenery all over the place. Despite all of the hokey stuff and overacting I kind of liked it.
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Nymr83 May 10 2009 12:09 AM |
Eastwood made an "eh" script watchable
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Edgy MD May 11 2009 08:30 AM Edited 3 time(s), most recently on May 11 2009 03:12 PM |
The funny thing is how many of the scenes in this film you may have seen in other Clint Eastwood films.
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Farmer Ted May 11 2009 03:05 PM |
Zero nominations from the Academy. Unreal.
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Frayed Knot Aug 14 2009 01:26 PM |
"The funny thing is how many of the scenes in this film you may have seen in other Clint Eastwood films"
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Edgy MD Aug 14 2009 01:34 PM |
Sounded for all the world like a Tom Waits composition, and I was a little surprised it wasn't.
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Fman99 Aug 14 2009 01:47 PM |
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Funny, I went right to In the Line of Fire on that one. But you're right, for every movie you list above you could swap out another one.
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metirish Mar 27 2010 08:43 PM Re: Gran Torino (2008) |
Just saw this on HBO. Very watchable .Edgy sums it all up nicely .
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Vic Sage Apr 07 2010 02:43 PM Re: Gran Torino (2008) |
surprisingly moving despite being formulaic. Of course, he created the formula.
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Elster88 Apr 07 2010 07:48 PM Re: Gran Torino (2008) |
One of the secretly exciting things about this forum is opening a movie forum post from Vic Sage.
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Edgy MD Apr 08 2010 05:44 AM Re: Gran Torino (2008) |
I think about this movie all the time. My wife was sickened by it --- she can't stand any film with a rape in it.
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metirish Apr 08 2010 06:54 AM Re: Gran Torino (2008) |
At first I thought the priest was just another way of showing how much of a horrible person Eastwood's character was , and I don't think he amounted to much more than that.
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themetfairy Apr 08 2010 07:48 AM Re: Gran Torino (2008) |
I thought the priest's character was to demonstrate that nice, well-meaning people who toed the line were powerless to rectify the situation.
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Edgy MD Apr 08 2010 08:01 AM Re: Gran Torino (2008) |
I just thought he wasn't much of an actor.
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metirish Apr 08 2010 08:36 AM Re: Gran Torino (2008) |
Yeah Edgy , that and just waltzing up to someone at his house or in the bar with his buddies and confronting him, maybe 50 years ago priests did that but not now.
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Vic Sage Apr 08 2010 09:15 AM Re: Gran Torino (2008) |
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just for that, i'll start working on a Eastwood filmography.
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Frayed Knot Apr 08 2010 12:44 PM Re: Gran Torino (2008) |
The priest's part in the flick and his conflict with Walt also sets Clint up for his none-too-subtle, 'why yes, I am a martyr' scene at the end.
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Elster88 Apr 24 2010 07:46 AM Re: Gran Torino (2008) |
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*waiting patiently*
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Edgy MD Apr 24 2010 09:40 AM Re: Gran Torino (2008) |
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He was a pretty dorky priest.
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Ashie62 Apr 25 2010 10:36 AM Re: Gran Torino (2008) |
I'm taking the Priest to be irrelevant. Clint Eastwood as protector of the vulnerable at any cost. He does this well, Million Dollar Baby, The Unforgiven, Gran Torino and I'm sure many more.
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soupcan Apr 26 2010 12:55 PM Re: Gran Torino (2008) |
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What? Something happens to her!? Thanks. Geez.
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Vic Sage Aug 16 2010 04:05 PM Re: Gran Torino (2008) |
i finally got around to the EASTWOOD FILMOGRAPHY:
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John Cougar Lunchbucket Jul 16 2011 10:27 PM Re: Gran Torino (2008) |
Finally saw this tonight, I was quite moved.
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