Has anyone else here seen Gran Torino?
I liked it a lot, and would have loved it except for a few quibbles (some minor, one major).
Don't you have an elsewhere to be?
Cordelia ,'Lessons'
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Anne W. - Jan 11, 2009 3:23:58 pm PST #9489 of 10000
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
tiggy - Jan 11, 2009 6:57:51 pm PST #9490 of 10000
I do believe in killing the messenger, you know why? Because it sends a message. ~ Damon Salvatore
I loved it, Anne. i've seen it twice now.
Frankenbuddha - Jan 11, 2009 8:17:36 pm PST #9491 of 10000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I'd say that in R&GAD, he's not particularly morally conflicted nor suspect, but rather kind of an innocent fool.
Very, very true, and my bad on forgetting that one. Roth and Oldman really need to do another movie. Or a sketch show for BBC. Or something, cause they were such a great team in that. But still so far away from the concept of Jim Gordon, which is probably why I didn't think of it.
Polter-Cow - Jan 12, 2009 7:39:55 am PST #9492 of 10000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I loved it, Anne. i've seen it twice now.
Really? I don't even know what it's about, and I'm irrationally annoyed at every new Clint Eastwood movie since EVERY SINGLE ONE is hailed as, like, THE NEXT GREAT CONTRIBUTION TO THE HISTORY OF CINEMA. I didn't like Million Dollar Baby very much, and that's the only movie of his I've seen. And Mystic River is the only other one I'm really interested in, although I am moderately interested in Unforgiven since I know Clint knows his Westerns.
Hayden - Jan 12, 2009 7:53:45 am PST #9493 of 10000
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
I think Clint suuuuuuucks as a director. I've hated just about everything he directed other than Unforgiven and (for some strange reason) High Plains Drifter. But I mainly only like them in the context of his Leone movies.
megan walker - Jan 12, 2009 7:57:24 am PST #9494 of 10000
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
If you like westerns, Unforgiven is definitely a must-see.
Speaking of westerns, we were testing out our new TV and Once Upon a Time in the West with the 52" LCD and the surround sound was incredible.
We followed that up with Blu-Ray
Kill Bill.
I had never realized what a Morricone rip-off homage the music in that was.
tiggy - Jan 12, 2009 8:03:08 am PST #9495 of 10000
I do believe in killing the messenger, you know why? Because it sends a message. ~ Damon Salvatore
P-C, i'm not normally an Eastwood fan either. still haven't seen Million Dollar Baby. however, this one just had a great story for me. plus, he's funny. i was not expecting it to be as funny as it was. if you're very sensitive about bigots, this may be a tough movie to swallow. at first.
erikaj - Jan 12, 2009 8:11:10 am PST #9496 of 10000
Always Anti-fascist!
I can't get past the fact that, quite literally, the trailer shows Clint as an old dude telling kids to get off his lawn. Does he yell at clouds, too?
Polter-Cow - Jan 12, 2009 8:12:40 am PST #9497 of 10000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
plus, he's funny.
I can't believe there is not more Internet hilarity hoopla over the fact that in the trailer, he literally tells a bunch of kids, "Get off of my lawn!"
Ha ha ha, x-post!
erikaj - Jan 12, 2009 8:36:24 am PST #9498 of 10000
Always Anti-fascist!
Ha, ha! No way! `I am not sure how to distinguish good direction, exactly, but I *thought* it was more than manufactured crip outrage that made MDB feel like it took a year and a half. I'm not sure what my compatriots expected...HS going right from the canvas to the local ILC to begin a satisfying but ill-paying life of disability advocacy? I don't even want to see that movie and I made it up.