BRAINSTORMING - gran torino
mellow
low amount of diolauge
clint eastwood was really good
the original story was set in n. minneapolis
spacious
slow but steady pace with a couple dramtic scenes
Gran Torino is the model of the car Clint owned
hmong gangs
stubborn
lo fi feeling
urban living in a tough city
getting involved with bad people
present time
real life issues
relateable
ironic ending
REVIEW of Gran Torino
Gran Torino is a story based on true elements of the author's expericances while in minnesota. It was released a few years back, and was the first film Clint Eastwood had starred in for some years. The plot is based around Clint's experiance living in N. mpls as he is becoming older. You can tell his family cares about him, although they are caught up in the typical modern day famliy life style, one which Walt(Clint) rejects. He is a man of the military, and seeing his grandchildern act so disrespectful is something that he just doesnt want to deal with. The area in which Walt is living is slowly starting to be overrun by Hmong families, you can see his resentment towards that, holding some rascism due to the generation he was rasied. One of the young boys of these families gets mixed up with the wrong people; and was caught trying to steal Walt's Gran Torino. The family of Thao is so embarassed that they basically beg Walt to let the boy do work for him. Clint eventually befriends Thao, and the irony is at the end he actually gives his Gran Torino to him. I personally enjoyed the movie, however many people I have talked to felt like it didn't have enough "action" and was just plain boring. It does move at a slow pace for main part, but thats something I don't really mind. Overall I would give it an 8/10.
