Gran Torino

CreepyPirate · **Posted:** February 23rd, 2009, 11:16 am

Has anyone bothered to see this yet? It's not action packed, fast paced guns blazing crazyness so i suppose it's not everyones thing but it's one of the best films I've seen in a while.

It's definitly one of Clint Eastwoods best films, guys getting on a bit now so if this is the last film hes in hes definitly ended on a high note i think. If you're capable of sitting through a film without drifting off because theres not mass shoot outs every five minutes i recommend looking into it.

What about you, did you like it? Seen it? Didn't like? Not interested? Why?

Adbot · **Posted:** February 23rd, 2009, 11:16 am

jointntoday · **Posted:** February 23rd, 2009, 11:48 am

unless there's a whole bunch of blood and things blowing up, i get bored with moives really easy. so odds are ill not watch it.

Kyle · **Posted:** February 23rd, 2009, 11:58 am

Yeah i loved it, mostly for the fact he has 1000 names for Asian people. Great story line and Eastwood is always great.

Bogrollbloke · **Posted:** February 23rd, 2009, 12:07 pm

Looking to see it very soon, TV trailer looked awesome. How anyone can only enjoy films with blood splattering all over the place is beyond me though.

Clint Eastwood is awesome, hope this lives up to expectations.

Shreder · **Posted:** February 23rd, 2009, 1:09 pm

Yes I watched it and enjoyed it very much.
very suspenseful and the ending was not expected.
I told my friends the next day that they had to see it.
( i watched it online since it wasn't in theaters near me)
XD

Total Plox · **Posted:** February 23rd, 2009, 4:09 pm

I'm not into the huge action movies at all, I'm much more driven to story, but this movie definitely missed the mark for me. First of all, his "transformation" went by way too fast. One minute he hates his neighbours guts, the next he's having dinner at their house. I don't remember the details exactly of the rest of the movie (I found it really boring, not because it wasn't all BANG BANG BOOM, but because I felt that it was ultimately going nowhere),

Spoiler for ending:

but the ending was also a huge disappointment. I would have liked to see him at least go down fighting, instead of waving his finger around like a little sissy.

Anyway, wasn't a movie for me. It just wasn't interesting. And believe me, I'll sit through the most uneventful movies imaginable if it has a good story to tell.

Adbot · **Posted:** February 23rd, 2009, 4:09 pm

Bogrollbloke · **Posted:** February 24th, 2009, 10:10 am

Total Plox wrote:

I'm not into the huge action movies at all, I'm much more driven to story, but this movie definitely missed the mark for me. First of all, his "transformation" went by way too fast. One minute he hates his neighbours guts, the next he's having dinner at their house. I don't remember the details exactly of the rest of the movie (I found it really boring, not because it wasn't all BANG BANG BOOM, but because I felt that it was ultimately going nowhere),

Spoiler for ending:

but the ending was also a huge disappointment. I would have liked to see him at least go down fighting, instead of waving his finger around like a little sissy.

Anyway, wasn't a movie for me. It just wasn't interesting. And believe me, I'll sit through the most uneventful movies imaginable if it has a good story to tell.

Spoiler for story:

Spoiler for ending:

This film has to be a modern great, it's unbelievably amazing. I've just recently watched Trainspotting and Goodfellas for the first time, both amazing films who have stood the test of time, and Gran Torino is even better than those. I literally welled up at the end, fantastic epic film. Can't stress it enough.

Total Plox · **Posted:** February 24th, 2009, 12:33 pm

Bogrollbloke wrote:

Total Plox wrote:

I'm not into the huge action movies at all, I'm much more driven to story, but this movie definitely missed the mark for me. First of all, his "transformation" went by way too fast. One minute he hates his neighbours guts, the next he's having dinner at their house. I don't remember the details exactly of the rest of the movie (I found it really boring, not because it wasn't all BANG BANG BOOM, but because I felt that it was ultimately going nowhere),

Spoiler for ending:

but the ending was also a huge disappointment. I would have liked to see him at least go down fighting, instead of waving his finger around like a little sissy.

Anyway, wasn't a movie for me. It just wasn't interesting. And believe me, I'll sit through the most uneventful movies imaginable if it has a good story to tell.

Spoiler for story:

Spoiler for ending:

This film has to be a modern great, it's unbelievably amazing. I've just recently watched Trainspotting and Goodfellas for the first time, both amazing films who have stood the test of time, and Gran Torino is even better than those. I literally welled up at the end, fantastic epic film. Can't stress it enough.

Um, there's no need to explain the movie to me, I did watch it. I understand fully why he did what he did at the end, I just thought it was dumb. I don't understand how people like this movie, it was just so uneventful and boring to me. But whatever, people are allowed to have their own opinions.

power crazy · **Posted:** February 24th, 2009, 2:47 pm

I really want to see this film becuase the trailer looks really good. Also I hear that Clint Eastwood did a superb job acting. Also G4's Attack of the Show made fun of the trailer calling is "Grumpy old man growling and being racist." haha. My friend says that Eastwood's character is a bit racist during the film though.

Shreder · **Posted:** February 24th, 2009, 5:30 pm

If you would like to watch it online, it's posted on yahoo videos.
here you go!

[links removed]

Brad · **Posted:** February 25th, 2009, 4:55 am

I thought it was a pretty amazing film. Didn't really think much of it when I saw the trailer but I got dragged to it and was hooked the whole way through. The ending was as good as any other film I've seen. Really didn't see it coming though, wasn't sure how it was going to end. Which I guess made it all the better.

Duke Juker · RSBandB Donor since 07/01/2010

I haven't seen Gran Torino yet, but I've watched Clint in some of his cowboy and Dirty Harry films. Talk about kick***. The man is a stud.
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