ArtisticallyChill

Sometime last month, Serena and I saw Gran Torino, Clint Eastwood’s latest movie in which he both starred in and directed. The movie is about Walt Kowalski, a veteran from the Korean War, who, despite his hardcore prejudices gets involved in the lives of his Hmong neighbors when their teenage son tries to steal Walt’s most prized possession: his mint condition 1972 Gran Torino. The family feels shamed and asks that the son work for Walt to restore honor to the family. Walt then begins to for a bond with the teen and his family and slowly begins to see beyond his prejudices.

Firstly, I’ve always been a Clint Eastwood fan ever since seeing him in The Good, The Bad, The Ugly. In fact, it was only his westerns that I could sit through and watch as a kid. In Gran Torino, Clint still knows how to act. However, I wish the dialogue could have been better written. The cut of the film could have been better too. There were a few times I felt didn’t feel the passage of time from once scene to the next. But overall, we both enjoyed the film’s story of aging, die-hard prejudices, the realization of one’s mortality, and the journey of redemption. Gran Torino is a sure classic Eastwood film that anyone will enjoy.

~ LoneWolf