Post by Rob W. Case on Jan 15, 2009 22:48:28 GMT -6
Clint Eastwood does it again. Since the his last film “Million Dollar Baby” in 2004, Clint Eastwood shows that his talent is still as good as it was when he created his first major blockbuster.
Gran Turino is about an angry Korean War vet by the name of Walt Kowalski who sees the world that is changing around him grow for the worse. As the self-centeredness and lack of respect from his own family madly irritates him, the constant ethnic wars occurring all around him embitters him, and the Asians who live next door hate him as much as he hates them, a unique string of events begin to occur.
As Walt’s relationship with his neighbors currently remains rocky, he finds that he may have a little more in common with them than he had previously thought. He sees in them virtues that too many Americans around him take for granted, or do not care about at all.
At the risk of spoiling the structure of the movie, or the flow for which it leads, I will stop right there.
The film had numerous messages within it that were thought provoking and just downright wise.
Some of the wisdom that I picked up from the film are as follows….
(Gangs)
No matter who you are in life, there will always be people who will try to cause you to follow a road they want you to follow, and in so doing will try and stop you from creating your own path of success.
(Walt’s Relationship with the Neighbors)
Some people who may act mean towards you might not be as mean as you think they are. They might be people who desperately need consideration and may need to feel wanted, valued, and loved, and in turn you may learn something wise from them that will trigger prosperity in your corner as a result.
Knowing the heart of your enemy and Causing your enemies to act on their own nature might be the only thing needed to defeat them.
If I had to scale this film from one to five, I would have to give it a five. The film is rated R for language and violence.
For more information on this movie, visit:
www.thegrantorino.com/
Gran Turino is about an angry Korean War vet by the name of Walt Kowalski who sees the world that is changing around him grow for the worse. As the self-centeredness and lack of respect from his own family madly irritates him, the constant ethnic wars occurring all around him embitters him, and the Asians who live next door hate him as much as he hates them, a unique string of events begin to occur.
As Walt’s relationship with his neighbors currently remains rocky, he finds that he may have a little more in common with them than he had previously thought. He sees in them virtues that too many Americans around him take for granted, or do not care about at all.
At the risk of spoiling the structure of the movie, or the flow for which it leads, I will stop right there.
The film had numerous messages within it that were thought provoking and just downright wise.
Some of the wisdom that I picked up from the film are as follows….
(Gangs)
No matter who you are in life, there will always be people who will try to cause you to follow a road they want you to follow, and in so doing will try and stop you from creating your own path of success.
(Walt’s Relationship with the Neighbors)
Some people who may act mean towards you might not be as mean as you think they are. They might be people who desperately need consideration and may need to feel wanted, valued, and loved, and in turn you may learn something wise from them that will trigger prosperity in your corner as a result.
Knowing the heart of your enemy and Causing your enemies to act on their own nature might be the only thing needed to defeat them.
If I had to scale this film from one to five, I would have to give it a five. The film is rated R for language and violence.
For more information on this movie, visit:
www.thegrantorino.com/