Comments on: Review: Gran Torino

By: bob

bob — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 23:52:06 +0000

ok, he did NOT pull a shotgun when he went out to the garage it was a military rifle – m1 garand i think – might have been a 1903 but i can’t tell lol

By: bob

bob — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 13:06:54 +0000

I disagree that Walt was a racist. The movie clearly pointed out that Walt was good friends with the barber and the construction super and showed that Walt treated everyone with his rough, rude bantor. Even when it he befriended Sue, he made one “racist” comment after another about eating dogs, etc. and the gook food, which he genuinely enjoyed.

Walt did not become a different person when he sacrificed himself for the Asians, that is exactly who he always was.

Even when he “confessed” he didn’t have much to confess which surprised the priest, as Walt was always a hard working honorable person.

He had friends from a wide variety of races. His sons family, however, might always refer to the asians as asian american, but would never sit down and eat dinner with them or fix their dryer. Who is the racist? The politically correct liberal that waives the “Asian-American” flag around, or the guy that, with his actions, did everything he could to actually help them including giving his life?

By: Duanne Welsh

Duanne Welsh — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 15:30:06 +0000

I can’t say enough about the work of all the actor’s and actress’s well done,well done.Clint you amaze me every time i see your name.If this is your last i thank you and Farewell ,you always went ahead and made my day.
Cheers
Duanne Welsh

By: Gelu H

Gelu H — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 21:30:04 +0000

Deeply impressed. Profound message. Probably the only one that will work today as 2000 years ago.
I think Walt is a true Christian Orthodox icon of waht every one of us should become in todays world. I think Clint showed us through Walt character that is possible for the modern American to be transformed and get to the “… knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ” (Ef.3:14) , through Love and Self Sacrifice. Well done Clint!

By: Jessie

Jessie — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 05:41:09 +0000

I think Eastwood played this part to perfection. Walt reminded me so much of my own father and others like him from an older generation. He just wants to be left alone and avoid the possibility of having to discuss the things he may have done that now haunt him. He doesn’t respect the people around him who don’t live up to the same codes he does, and he is not aware of any reasons why they shouldn’t live by the same codes. He is polite and intelligent while simultaneously being crass and ignorant. Such a true portrait!
It’s refreshing to see a movie truly reflect what people are like, rather than how they should be. That’s what makes art instead of trash.

By: Mike

Mike — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 22:58:14 +0000

This film is so utterly true. This is the way it is.
And those who do not like it, don’t like it because it IS so politically incorrect, the thought police can’t seen to get this one beat down.

By: Larry Thornberry

Larry Thornberry — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:05:33 +0000

Your review is generally right on, Clark. But Walt would be all over you for not knowing the difference between a shotgun and the M-1 rifle Walt uses to chase off the would-be car thief and the gang bangers. The M-1 was the main rifle GIs used during WWII and Korea.

By: Lambie

Lambie — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 00:20:47 +0000

I really enjoyed this film. It got off to a slow start and the insults and swearing were over the top, but then once I stayed with it, I realized there is real character development here, relationships formed, and a real moral selfless lesson at its final, gripping conclusion. I was deeply impressed.

By: 2 out of 10

2 out of 10 — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 18:20:00 +0000

I barely…just barely…made it through this whole movie. the unchecked racism, the utter lack of character development, the ham-handed acting and Clint Eastwood singing the closing song. I’ll repeat that. Clint Eastwood. Singing. This movie was a big barrel of stupid and I defy you to prove me wrong. We meet Walt, bitter xenophobe, and his next door neighbors, shy, foreign, aloof. It ends much the same, only one of the characters is dead.

By: coffee

coffee — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 20:47:27 +0000

Clint Eastwood used his outward crankiness to come across as tough and yet also heroic at the same time, well done i’d say