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Author Topic: Gran Torino (2008) David Stambaugh Film God Posts: 4021 From: Eugene, Oregon Registered: Jan 2002 posted 02-26-2009 07:03 PM                        quote: Mike Blakesley I can't remember what kind of truck Clint was driving Walt "I'll blow a hole in your face then go inside and sleep like a baby" Kowalski was a retired Ford assembly line worker. He drove a Ford pickup truck.  |  IP: Logged Chad Souder Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 962 From: Waterloo, IA, USA Registered: Feb 2000 posted 02-26-2009 08:55 PM                     A product placement deal with a truck that was 20+ years old? I hope you were being sarcastic.  |  IP: Logged Justin Gorka Expert Film Handler Posts: 174 From: High Wycombe, England Registered: Apr 2006 posted 02-27-2009 07:11 PM                     I enjoyed this. The subtext is especially relevant in the UK! 4/5  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 03-04-2009 09:10 PM                        quote: Chad Souder A product placement deal with a truck that was 20+ years old? Why not? 20 year old Ford pickup that is still running = I enjoyed this film very much. I agree with most of the sentiments already expresed in this thread -- the supporting acting wasn't all that great, but it was overshadowed by Eastwood's performance. He was on Letterman promoting this movie recently and amazingly, he sounds nothing in "real life" like he did in the movie. His voice is actually still very smooth. We've had a couple of people say they don't like the ending, but I think it has a perfect ending. Things work out the best for everyone concerned. I half-expected the kid to come out of nowhere and blow the bad guys away at the last possible second, but that doesn't happen...and the movie is much better for it. Really the only thing that bugged me about the film was ... it showed two Catholic funerals, and neither one of them bore even the slightest resemblance to a real Catholic funeral. Since Catholicism is so important to the story line here, I'd think they would have gone to the trouble to get it right. (I.E. Caskets should have been closed; there should be signs of a Mass being held, etc.) That small gripe aside, and the fact that it's doing a booming business here, lead me to give it a four out of five star rating.  |  IP: Logged John Wilson Film God Posts: 5438 From: Sydney, Australia. Registered: Dec 1999 posted 03-04-2009 10:46 PM                     The ending is the best part! It saved the entire film for me. I saw the interview also on Letterman. In fact, here it is. He obviously wanted to channel the character from Heartbreak Ridge again.  |  IP: Logged Sally Ann Burgess Expert Film Handler Posts: 120 From: Queenstown, New Zealand Registered: Apr 2008 posted 03-14-2009 04:42 AM                     Loved it loved it loved it. In fact I was so keen, I went in to work at 6am to do the test screening. I can't stand watching films with other people because they're either on their phones texting or they talk through it. Anyway...I agree with John about the ending. I saw it coming not long before it happened but was still moved by it.  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 03-14-2009 09:42 AM                        There are a LOT of parallels between this movie and John Wayne's last film, "The Shootist." It's a smiliar story but in the old west and with much less comedy (and a somewhat different ending). Anyone who enjoyed this movie and hasn't seen "The Shootist" should check it out!  |  IP: Logged Tony L. Hernandez Expert Film Handler Posts: 158 From: Windsor, CO, USA Registered: Dec 2005 posted 04-16-2009 03:33 AM                     I really loved every minute of this film. I saw it about 3 weeks ago at the Cinema Saver 6 in Fort Collins, Colorado. I enjoyed the storyline, the photography and than characters. I loved getting to watch an elderly "bigot", very set in his ways slowly break down and learn to love those different then himself, albeit in his own way. One of the most beautiful human interest stories I have seen in me life!  |  IP: Logged

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