Gran Torino

A beautiful movie of one of the most remarkable, decorated and dedicated actors in Hollywood.

Grand Torino is about one man, Walt Kowalski. A bitter old man, a veteran from the Korean War. The war made him cold and he takes it out on his own family who see him as a nuisance. When a new Asian family comes to live in the house next door he slowly makes new friends with them. But that new friendship is put to the test when a violent gang attacks them. Walt Kowalski is faced with a difficult question on how to handle that threat.

Grand Torino is Clint Eastwood his final acting movie, and boy what a movie it is. Even though he was 78 at the time of this movie he played as the main hero and directed it. It is a masterpiece. It is an fitting end to an acting career of more than 5 decades.

I watch this once a year or so. I would imagine the cancel culture police wouldn’t let this movie be made today, but it’s a gem. My grand parents lived in Dearborn and their house was identical to Walt’s so there’s a little extra nostalgia for me. My grandpa was an MP in the Korean War and his last name was Kowalski too so this movie brings a lot of memories back.

Incredibly film, with a fantastic, suspenseful and film ending. This is such an amazing, deeply religious and Christian film that I have watched over and over. A masterpiece by the director who doesn't care how racist you think he is. A classic Clint Eastwood film.

10❤- Masterpiece 💯
9❤- Excellent
8❤ - Amazing 👌
7❤- Great 🌞
6❤ - Good 👍
5❤ - Average 🤕
4❤ - Bad but watchable :octagonal_sign:
3❤ - Bad 😭
2😡- Awful :face_vomiting:
1:face_with_symbols_over_mouth: - Bull Shit

Rewatched this after like 15 years. Plot was good and what I remembered basically. Humor holds up.

Sentimental movie that might make you tear up a little

Can't believe I waited so long before I watched this movie. It's brilliant! Must see for everyone!

There's a lot to unpack about 'Gran Torino', probably way more than I could offer an opinion on.

I fully acknowledge the talk about this film's potential impact on the world, namely for Hmong Americans (see: Bee Vang's op-ed), and I'm not saying it's perfect one bit. I admittedly do have a difficult time separating film and real life, to me films are just fictional things but I get they can/do have real world implications.

Strictly as a film, it is entertaining. Clint Eastwood is remarkably good at being a super racist and super grumpy old man, who literally hates every single person he encounters across the opening portion of the film. His character's lines in this are nuts and his delivery with them is incredible - the look of utter disgust on Walt Kowalski's face when someone pisses him off in a new way is just amusing to watch. If not for his on point delivery, it wouldn't have worked.

Eastwood is the only actor in this worth talking about on a grander level, though I could've done without his ropey singing at the end, but I did enjoy the showings of the earlier mentioned Vang, Ahney Her and John Carroll Lynch - not that the latter does much, I just like the guy as an actor... all stems from 'The Walking Dead', he's in literally one episode back in 2015 and yet I always remember his character.

I'm not sold on the ending, Walt isn't exactly redeemed and it does reek of white saviour let's be real, but it didn't affect my enjoyment in film terms to be honest.

I am a huge Eastwood fan and have seen all of his movies. Many of them more than once. Gran Torino is on of his best and after watching it for the second time I raise my rating from "8" to "9".

It's a great journey from the bitter man who's nothing left to live for to a man who discovered something worth dying for.

Great storyline, great acting, really emotional. The only downsides, which prevented this movie to get my all time favourite, were some predictable moments and some "as if"-moments.
Still a must-see in my opinion.