Gran Torino
 

Gran Torino

Let's hear it for Clint.

"Get off my lawn!"

If any line had the potential for another "Go ahead, make my day." moment I'd say it is this one.

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The trailer looks good!

One of my top 3 'forgotten' musclecars too.

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me like

I hope they don't fuck up the GT.

I'll see it - if Clint Eastwood read the phone book, I'd probably watch! I went to Cordoba, Spain just to see where the spaghetti westerns were filmed.

Get a hold of the June Hot Rod - a comparo between old and new school ways of hot rodding....A Gran Torino with a 514ci engine making 600hp...with chassis and suspension mods to match.

I had to stop it at the 2 minute mark. Why do trailers have to show you the whole damn movie nowadays? Anyway it looks good. Is he directing?

This one is on my short list to go see. His character is like a mix between "Dirty" Harry and "Gunny" from Heartbreak Ridge. He still looks good for his age and still knows how to make a good movie or two.

Looks very good. He is a class act.

That pretty much sums it up for me. I met Eastwood when I was a little kid in the 60's. Needless to say, he made an impression.

I'll be sure to see it. The trailer for Terminator 4 looks good too. The new Star Trek...? ehhhh...I hope it's good, but I dunno.....

Looks great! Thanks for the link!

No doubt Clint Eastwood has been in a few dogs. I always figured that after he made "The Gauntlet" he had to walk up backwards to collect his paycheck.

His latest works have all been pretty good. "Million Dollar Baby" may of been his best work of all time. He knows how to make a movie, unlike the majority of the film makers out in Hollywood. Most of them wouldn't know a decent movie if one crawled up and bit them on the ass.

Just my less than humble opinion,
Chas

Just watched this last night. It's pretty good. The story is great, and Clint Eastwood is a riot as a jaded, growling old man. I think the "Tau" character could have been better (the acting was weak), but it was still an enjoyable movie.

"i finish things. that's what i do".:thmbsp:

I personally feel it's the best thing he's ever done !! Oscar for him and the movie,that's right you heard it hear first.Filmed in Detroit and I can relate to the character he plays.This is a do not miss movie....
I was always a Chevy man....

Can't wait to see it.

Me, either. An older guy stickin' it to punks appeals to me more & more every day, for some reason..

I'm looking forward to seeing this myself! I just love the title.

Eastwood is back......."old-school"!!:D

Russ

Clint's the only movie hero I've ever had and I'm really looking forward to this flick :thmbsp:

:lmao: :yes: :thmbsp:

The man is a national treasure. Thanks for reminding me to see this one, soundmotor.

Great! I didn't realize it was out already.

Definitely a must see, but I don't think it can top "Unforgiven", one of the greatest movies ever made.

Gene Hackman: You just shot an unarmed man!

Clint Eastwood: If you're gonna decorate your place with my friend, you better be armed!

You are welcome but I am sure you would've found out.

Might get to it this week if there is time.

Oh this is one the father in law and I will be seeing, no one does badass like Clint, no one.

I can't think of the name. But it seems like it's gonna be like that old Charles Bronson movie where he goes and cleanes up a neigborhood

Word of warning guys: I have it on good authority from a friend lucky enough to see preview showings of Gran Torino: that it is emphatically not a Dirty Harry or Death Wish kind of film. He enjoyed it immensely, and I trust his taste when it comes to films; but he used the word "surprised" and "unexpected" in reference to the themes, content, and plot of this one. He mentioned that one of his fellow movie-goers left in a huff, because he'd come looking for Unforgiven and didn't get it...

I've been trying to see this movie since it's limited release. It's now showing "expanded" whatever that means. But it's still not in any theaters anywhere near me and there are a lot of theaters around here.

I've seen it already and it's great! one of his best.:thmbsp:

The Ebert review seems to sum up for me pretty well what kind of film I thought it was from viewing the trailer.

But it doesn't appear I'll be seeing it anytime soon as it is only playing in one theater, in Boston, and nowhere in the 'burbs.

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That move should be titled "Designed to Fail".

I know what you mean Soundmotor.

When No Country For Old Men was in wide release (supposedly) in theaters, I really wanted to see it. I had to wait for the DVD release though, as the closest theater showing it, was an hour's drive away. I simply can't see the logic in offering up a major film in only one theater, especially in a market as large as Boston.

Death Wish I & II are pretty good.

Rome

Oh, I dunno; I thought it was pretty much of a deliberate sendup of action flicks. The scene where the cops literally shoot a house to pieces while the hero and heroine escape undetected is classic Keystone Kops stuff. Not to say I'd pay money to see it again, but it was more 'shaggy dog' than 'dog'.

True, Clint has released a few "turkeys" in his time.....but we tend to forgive because he is "Clint", after all:D

...besides, his good stuff far outweighs the not-so-good stuff:thmbsp:

Russ

Some of you Clint fans might not be aware of how the hollywood trade papers sometime around '69 "jumped-the-gun"....so to speak....by rushing to conclusion that 'ol blue eyes Mr. Sinatra was gonna play "Dirty Harry". Sinatra backed out of the role....AFTER advertisments were already made! Here is one of those rarely seen ads. I think it'd be a completely different movie with Sinatra.
http://www.the-dirtiest.com/images/Sinatra.jpg

Interesting. The Dirty Hairy I know would never carry a briefcase! :no:

Different director (Don Siegel, not Irvin Kershner, directed DH), too.

That's better :)

Man, I LOL'd when I saw that in the preview, while he's sighting down the barrel of his shotgun. I love Clint in this new role as... a cowboy? I guess it's the only role he's ever known... ;) ;)

Looks like a great flick and it's on my shortlist of movies to go see-- my girlfriend (a pretty crazy movie affeciano) wants to come with me, too! :banana:


Philip.