Rating of
4/4
Grand Gran Torino
kcvidkid - wrote on 01/31/09
I loved this movie! I can count it as being among the one or two other movies that were my favorites for the year.
First of all, I understand why the trailers focus on the geriatric Dirty Harry angle: they want people to see it. But that's really a trick; it has so little to do with what I liked about the movie.
"Gran Torino" treads so closely along lines of the familiar, but never falls over. Every time you think something is bound to happen, the outcome surprises.
I've already ruined the movie for my brother by not issuing a spoler alert, so I won't do that again. However, I really don't think you can predict what is going to happen. I simply hoped that Clint, the anti-hero of the story, would end up doing the "right" thing. I guess that depends upon what you would consider the "right" thing. For me, it was an incredibly rewarding experience.
