Movie: Gran Turino
Been meaning to write this post just because we really loved this film but I wasn’t sure how to write about it. There were so many good things about this I don’t know where to start. It was one of those movies that makes you think about over and over again in your head. Many themes throughout the movie: life, death, redemption, justice, inner city, gangs, fighting your personal demons, finding peace, racism, coming of age, and I’ll even include finding God… though I’m not sure the catholic priest did such a good job at that. You can see a lot of symbolism in the movie.
The acting wasn’t all that, Clint Eastwood directed and pretty much carried the acting. The other characters were largely Hmong actors who weren’t that great at acting, but they didn’t need to be. The story carried itself and Clint Eastwood played the part that he was meant to play.
Both my wife and I highly recommend this movie, though full of foul language and the grit of life when have a run down town, a war vet, and gang related activity. But you can’t help but root for Clint Eastwood throughout the movie… through his good and his bad.
Anyways, to summarize this movie… it is bittersweet.
