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Being announced as his last acting role in his career, Clint Eastwood sure displayed a very convincing performance in his latest movie Gran Torino. At the golden age of 78, Eastwood still offers some great acting chops on top of his top notch directing with his lifelong experience being placed into good use.
A film about an old Korean war veteran who remained resilient to the changes of the modern society, adamant on traditions and good old practices that he deemed the world had lost during the passage of time over the years. Walt Kowalski lived his life apart from his two sons both physically and emotionally, for his sons showed no real care for their father, in a neighbourhood where most of his American neighbours had either moved on or moved away. A Hmong family living next to his house, together with the local Latino, African American and Hmong gangs, triggered his racial prejudiced temper when someone tried to steal his vintage 1972 Gran Torino. He was forced to confront the local Hmong gangsters one night when they attempted to take away a young boy next door, Thao, and was seen as the neighbourhood hero ever since. Through the kindness from Thao's family, Kowalski slowly relented from his rigid and defensive demeanour and came to face with certain sides of life that had been hidden from him ever since the war.
Where this film shone was in the regular dosage of crude humour that Eastwood delivered amidst his extremely believable role as Kowalski, with certain racial comments made throughout the whole movie without being apologetic. This allowed Kowalski's character to be more authentic, where his strong racial prejudice came along with his bitter experience during war in Korea. I personally liked the scene where Kowalski drove alongside a bunch of African Americans to save a Hmong young girl from their intimidation. Kowalski totally rocked with his invisible gun! (You will know what I mean by that if you catch the film) You will find yourself laughing constantly throughout the whole movie, especially in the film beginning and middle. The climax was followed by an unexpected ending that Eastwood rendered, which I assumed some relation to his vintage life experience being taken into consideration. At the end of the film, you will find another role model in your life whom you can relate to.
A funny film with strong acting performance by Eastwood as well as a nice touch on the theme of traditions, principles and racial discrimination amidst the post modern world. This comes highly recommended from MSR to everyone! You will not want to miss this.
Kacang Puteh, anyone?
A film about an old Korean war veteran who remained resilient to the changes of the modern society, adamant on traditions and good old practices that he deemed the world had lost during the passage of time over the years. Walt Kowalski lived his life apart from his two sons both physically and emotionally, for his sons showed no real care for their father, in a neighbourhood where most of his American neighbours had either moved on or moved away. A Hmong family living next to his house, together with the local Latino, African American and Hmong gangs, triggered his racial prejudiced temper when someone tried to steal his vintage 1972 Gran Torino. He was forced to confront the local Hmong gangsters one night when they attempted to take away a young boy next door, Thao, and was seen as the neighbourhood hero ever since. Through the kindness from Thao's family, Kowalski slowly relented from his rigid and defensive demeanour and came to face with certain sides of life that had been hidden from him ever since the war.
Where this film shone was in the regular dosage of crude humour that Eastwood delivered amidst his extremely believable role as Kowalski, with certain racial comments made throughout the whole movie without being apologetic. This allowed Kowalski's character to be more authentic, where his strong racial prejudice came along with his bitter experience during war in Korea. I personally liked the scene where Kowalski drove alongside a bunch of African Americans to save a Hmong young girl from their intimidation. Kowalski totally rocked with his invisible gun! (You will know what I mean by that if you catch the film) You will find yourself laughing constantly throughout the whole movie, especially in the film beginning and middle. The climax was followed by an unexpected ending that Eastwood rendered, which I assumed some relation to his vintage life experience being taken into consideration. At the end of the film, you will find another role model in your life whom you can relate to.
A funny film with strong acting performance by Eastwood as well as a nice touch on the theme of traditions, principles and racial discrimination amidst the post modern world. This comes highly recommended from MSR to everyone! You will not want to miss this.
Kacang Puteh, anyone?
Photo credits due: Yahoo! Singapore Movies
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