Gran Torino, a Clint Eastwood movie Options

[Mr Laocean]

You went with too high of an expectation, obviously.

[Chillin]

lol, the trailer makes Clint Eastwood look like a nosy neighbor.

This post has been edited by Chillin: Jan 18 2009, 03:35 PM

[sks88]

youtube clips are pretty funny...movies looks good,

[Blackroses]

lol

I think saw the preview of that movie in the theater. I wouldn't pay a dollar to watch it. It's full of cliche crap and it's just another "stupid + hollywood + asian" movie.

[Mr Laocean]

lol, the trailer makes Clint Eastwood look like a nosy neighbor.

That's how Michigan people are.

[Federico]

I'm kinda surprised some of you guys liked it. There was several racist terms for Asians in it. I thought it was an ok movie. The ending pissed me off. =P

[AgentBach]

I'm kinda surprised some of you guys liked it. There was several racist terms for Asians in it. I thought it was an ok movie. The ending pissed me off. =P

some of them I've never heard of like zipper heads and jungle people. Usually when I think of jungle people, I think of blacks.
White people are so creative when they try to be racist.

[tangawizi]

not so sure i wanna watch this movie.. frm cnn's review, it sounds like another white man saves poor asians type-of-movie... tho they did say clint eastwood's angry isolated character gets redeemed by his frenship w the charming asian family. what is this? west versus eastern values??

[IbanezThep]

why does every one say they don't like the ending? I don't see anything wrong with it...

Don't forget that he was gonna die anyway! He just chose a more honorable way

[sks88]

If Clint made this movie about black gangs terrorizing the neighborhood and he called them the "n" word and all that...the outcome of his movie towards the media and press would be a TOTAL different outcome, and youll definitely hear jesse jackson and al sharpton on the the tv. Instead, Clint went the easy route..and decided the so called "hoodlum hmongs" should be the storyline...



overall...i still want to see it...even if it just one time..

[Congradufuckalat...]

In the end, the part where _______ was driving the _________ was fu-ked up for some reason. Felt like there was something missing.. maybe they should've added a scene where ________ hooked up with that hmong girl. I didn't like the ending at all.

[AgentBach]

you should see it. Asians should support a movie where Asians say more then 3 things and can speak with conjunctions in their sentences.

[Mr Laocean]

In the end, the part where _______ was driving the _________ was fu-ked up for some reason. Felt like there was something missing.. maybe they should've added a scene where ________ hooked up with that hmong girl. I didn't like the ending at all.

I know right, I hope he was going to drive the tight @$$ 4 door Civic

[aznboysee]

The ending sucked, but the overall movie was really good. hmmm I have to know o_O wth is a zipper head?

[Rusalka]

saw this movie recently. i was expecting it to suck cuz everyone kept sayin the acting was so bad but after watching the movie at a theater, i thought it was well worth my 10 bucks. the movie works on many levels and says a lot about america, most of'em true. even though the acting from Bee was not polished, the movie still wordks. i personally think it brings the movie down to earth and makes it even more accessable because Clint chose to use real people instead of actors. sure, clint had a choice of hiring a professional actors for the hmong, maybe even that korean dude form harold/kumar but it would've totally changed the vibe of this movie. i give Clint props for going with authenticity.

*SPOILER ALERT*
the movie has some subtle layers and messages. in a way, i thought the gran torino represented the america of old, his most prized posession. in the end, clint chose to give his gran torino to thao (moral, hard working individuals). maybe what clint is saying is that it is the end of white america as the majority. the american landscape is changing, whether white america likes it or not. so instead of fighting to hang on to it, he chose to give it to individuals who would take care of it.

This post has been edited by Rusalka: Jan 27 2009, 08:08 AM

[babyshanker]

they threw around too many slurs.... $hit was fu-ked up. now people are gonna think its ok to throw around chin.k or g.ook and think its acceptable.

[Dante]

Might watch it. My sister told me just to DL it but I really don't want to.

I thought of you when i was watching the movie cause the girl in the movie's last name was Her and i remember ur last name from wayyy back

[Rusalka]

they threw around too many slurs.... $hit was fu-ked up. now people are gonna think its ok to throw around chin.k or g.ook and think its acceptable.

it's not really what you say babyshank, it's what you mean. maybe that's another thing the movie is trying to point out. as americans, we're all slurs, from one ethnic group or another. no one is immune from prejudice.

[cloudyski]

you might as well go see it because if you want to go watch films only if it's with someone else, you'll never watch any movies in the theater.

i have friends to see it with, but i like watching deep movies alone so i don't get interrupted

and plus its more comfy at home


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note i did end up watching the movie, and it was really good. i liked it a lot. it made me really happy inside. ^.^

go watch it peeps!!

This post has been edited by cloudyski: Jan 27 2009, 08:27 PM

[LooN3y818]

all the asian actors were garbage, lol i think the best actors were the ones that couldnt speak english.


damn hollywood always make asians look gay and corny as fu-k. good clint acting though.




i disagree if clint made a movie about black gangs and he said N*gga, it wouldnt stir up too much contraversy because its a goddamn movie, there has been many movies where "N*gga" has been said.