How good is Gran Torino gonna be?

[Jana]

I guess I'm just tired of Clint playing Clint. I don't see a huge ass range on his acting. Million Dollar Baby -- great example. It's the same fuckin' character no matter what movie he does anymore. Sorry -- acting snob here, I like variety. Now his Directing skills are sublime... he can direct beautifully. I just don't care to see his face on the screen anymore.

Fine, Ms. Party Pooper!

It's really a good movie. If you get the itch to see Clint, just one more time, I think you won't be disappointed.

LOL... hopefully if I itch... it won't be for Clint. LOL!

Agreed, he's never been a great actor but a great director. In this movie he's more unrecognizable as Clint Eastwood. Much better character acting in this role, except I could have done without the growl he did a lot or whatever you call it he was doing. It's one of the first times I felt he disappeared into his role completely.

[Don]

Oneof my favorite Clint Eastwood movies, where he plays a slimeball SOB instead of the hero.

[Jubilee]

Oneof my favorite Clint Eastwood movies, where he plays a slimeball SOB instead of the hero.

OMG!! I loved this movie! One of my favorites. Clint was an absolute scoundrel, and I loved it. He was getting it on with every thing that moved in that girls school, including the slave woman (I think). The moral of that story is: you may be able to desert the army and out run them, but you will never, EVER, out run a house full of scorned women.

[finalfight]

I'm skipping. I saw the trailers, and it's just Clint acting like Clint. Angry old man movie. Pass.

Yeah, but the story is something else. I think you'd love it, Kate.

I actually thought the story was fairly generic. It really felt like a 1970's throwback. I didn't 'enjoy' it but I liked it. I would be hard pushed to recommend it though. Maybe its a cultural thing?

I hope I'm not giving too much away for those that haven't seen it yet, but the change the boy made in Clint's character was what made the movie for me.

For me, it's the best movie I've seen in a long time.

Me too! - along with Seven Pounds and Slumdog Millionaire. Benjamin Button, not so much (maybe because I really don't care that much for Brad Pitt )

The boy's character was essentially the same at the beginning and the end of the movie. Clint just helped him out a little is all.

Slumdog Millionaire was an outstanding movie.

[Jana]

I'm skipping. I saw the trailers, and it's just Clint acting like Clint. Angry old man movie. Pass.

Yeah, but the story is something else. I think you'd love it, Kate.

I actually thought the story was fairly generic. It really felt like a 1970's throwback. I didn't 'enjoy' it but I liked it. I would be hard pushed to recommend it though. Maybe its a cultural thing?

I hope I'm not giving too much away for those that haven't seen it yet, but the change the boy made in Clint's character was what made the movie for me.

For me, it's the best movie I've seen in a long time.

Me too! - along with Seven Pounds and Slumdog Millionaire. Benjamin Button, not so much (maybe because I really don't care that much for Brad Pitt )

The boy's character was essentially the same at the beginning and the end of the movie. Clint just helped him out a little is all.

Slumdog Millionaire was an outstanding movie.

On my list. Anybody seen the Wrestler yet?

[Maui Tom]

I'm skipping. I saw the trailers, and it's just Clint acting like Clint. Angry old man movie. Pass.

Yeah, but the story is something else. I think you'd love it, Kate.

I actually thought the story was fairly generic. It really felt like a 1970's throwback. I didn't 'enjoy' it but I liked it. I would be hard pushed to recommend it though. Maybe its a cultural thing?

I hope I'm not giving too much away for those that haven't seen it yet, but the change the boy made in Clint's character was what made the movie for me.

For me, it's the best movie I've seen in a long time.

Me too! - along with Seven Pounds and Slumdog Millionaire. Benjamin Button, not so much (maybe because I really don't care that much for Brad Pitt )

The boy's character was essentially the same at the beginning and the end of the movie. Clint just helped him out a little is all.

Slumdog Millionaire was an outstanding movie.

The one up for all the Oscars? Way to go outside the box...

[Don]

Defiance is a pretty good film, definitely better than Valkarie.

[finalfight]

I'm skipping. I saw the trailers, and it's just Clint acting like Clint. Angry old man movie. Pass.

Yeah, but the story is something else. I think you'd love it, Kate.

I actually thought the story was fairly generic. It really felt like a 1970's throwback. I didn't 'enjoy' it but I liked it. I would be hard pushed to recommend it though. Maybe its a cultural thing?

I hope I'm not giving too much away for those that haven't seen it yet, but the change the boy made in Clint's character was what made the movie for me.

For me, it's the best movie I've seen in a long time.

Me too! - along with Seven Pounds and Slumdog Millionaire. Benjamin Button, not so much (maybe because I really don't care that much for Brad Pitt )

The boy's character was essentially the same at the beginning and the end of the movie. Clint just helped him out a little is all.

Slumdog Millionaire was an outstanding movie.

The one up for all the Oscars? Way to go outside the box...

Not sure what you mean by that but I saw it before any talk of Oscar buzz and it's quality is beyond question. We can't all be Clint nut huggers and whilst I love a lot of his work the fact remains that Slumdog Millionaire is the superior film in every single aspect and is being rightly recognised as such.

I saw The Wrestler but was really underwhelmed after the weight of expectation led me to believe this might be a film of the year contender. They really make that out to be a different type of movie in the UK advertising at least. It's a slow, grimy plodder that has neither the heart nor passion of it's nearest neighbour, the wonderful Rocky Balboa.

I've also seen Defiance and Valkyrie and actually much preferred the pacing and urgency of Valkyrie although the mix of incorrect accents is totally jarring at first.

Saw Seven Pounds too and thought Rosario Dawson was fantastic.

[Jana]

I'm skipping. I saw the trailers, and it's just Clint acting like Clint. Angry old man movie. Pass.

Yeah, but the story is something else. I think you'd love it, Kate.

I actually thought the story was fairly generic. It really felt like a 1970's throwback. I didn't 'enjoy' it but I liked it. I would be hard pushed to recommend it though. Maybe its a cultural thing?

I hope I'm not giving too much away for those that haven't seen it yet, but the change the boy made in Clint's character was what made the movie for me.

For me, it's the best movie I've seen in a long time.

Me too! - along with Seven Pounds and Slumdog Millionaire. Benjamin Button, not so much (maybe because I really don't care that much for Brad Pitt )

The boy's character was essentially the same at the beginning and the end of the movie. Clint just helped him out a little is all.

Slumdog Millionaire was an outstanding movie.

The one up for all the Oscars? Way to go outside the box...

Not sure what you mean by that but I saw it before any talk of Oscar buzz and it's quality is beyond question. We can't all be Clint nut huggers and whilst I love a lot of his work the fact remains that Slumdog Millionaire is the superior film in every single aspect and is being rightly recognised as such.

I saw The Wrestler but was really underwhelmed after the weight of expectation led me to believe this might be a film of the year contender. They really make that out to be a different type of movie in the UK advertising at least. It's a slow, grimy plodder that has neither the heart nor passion of it's nearest neighbour, the wonderful Rocky Balboa.

I've also seen Defiance and Valkyrie and actually much preferred the pacing and urgency of Valkyrie although the mix of incorrect accents is totally jarring at first.

Saw Seven Pounds too and thought Rosario Dawson was fantastic.

I heard Valkyrie was good.

So you don't recommend the Wrestler? I wanted to see Mickey Rourke's acting since he's nominated, but when you said the movie had no heart, now I don't know if I want to see it. Even if it's an average movie, I expect it to have at least that.

Did you like Seven Pounds or just Rosario in it ? You didn't mention whether you liked the movie or not.

[finalfight]

I'm skipping. I saw the trailers, and it's just Clint acting like Clint. Angry old man movie. Pass.

Yeah, but the story is something else. I think you'd love it, Kate.

I actually thought the story was fairly generic. It really felt like a 1970's throwback. I didn't 'enjoy' it but I liked it. I would be hard pushed to recommend it though. Maybe its a cultural thing?

I hope I'm not giving too much away for those that haven't seen it yet, but the change the boy made in Clint's character was what made the movie for me.

For me, it's the best movie I've seen in a long time.

Me too! - along with Seven Pounds and Slumdog Millionaire. Benjamin Button, not so much (maybe because I really don't care that much for Brad Pitt )

The boy's character was essentially the same at the beginning and the end of the movie. Clint just helped him out a little is all.

Slumdog Millionaire was an outstanding movie.

The one up for all the Oscars? Way to go outside the box...

Not sure what you mean by that but I saw it before any talk of Oscar buzz and it's quality is beyond question. We can't all be Clint nut huggers and whilst I love a lot of his work the fact remains that Slumdog Millionaire is the superior film in every single aspect and is being rightly recognised as such.

I saw The Wrestler but was really underwhelmed after the weight of expectation led me to believe this might be a film of the year contender. They really make that out to be a different type of movie in the UK advertising at least. It's a slow, grimy plodder that has neither the heart nor passion of it's nearest neighbour, the wonderful Rocky Balboa.

I've also seen Defiance and Valkyrie and actually much preferred the pacing and urgency of Valkyrie although the mix of incorrect accents is totally jarring at first.

Saw Seven Pounds too and thought Rosario Dawson was fantastic.

I heard Valkyrie was good.

So you don't recommend the Wrestler? I wanted to see Mickey Rourke's acting since he's nominated, but when you said the movie had no heart, now I don't know if I want to see it. Even if it's an average movie, I expect it to have at least that.

Did you like Seven Pounds or just Rosario in it ? You didn't mention whether you liked the movie or not.

I would recommend seeing The Wrestler if you have even a passing interest in it. Rourke is certainly back on the top of his game after some poor career choices and then being almost unrecognisable as Marv in Sin City but to me his performance is nothing that wasn't done better three years go by Stallone. The movie feels like a retread of Rocky Balboa right down to the love interest and estranged child, it's just much smaller in scope.

I liked Seven Pounds but thought Rosario was the best thing in it - acting wise, you will understand when you see it. I guessed the plot fairly quickly and even then it all seemed a little far fetched. Still it wasn't at all bad and Will Smith is usually reliable although here he acts like a black Tom Cruise (whom I respect a great deal as an actor for his work over the past decade). It feels that Smith is shooting for the same serious quality just a touch too soon.

[Saint John]

I just watched Step Brothers and I laughed my ass off. Funyy movie, man.

[Triple S]

I'm skipping. I saw the trailers, and it's just Clint acting like Clint. Angry old man movie. Pass.

Yeah, but the story is something else. I think you'd love it, Kate.

I actually thought the story was fairly generic. It really felt like a 1970's throwback. I didn't 'enjoy' it but I liked it. I would be hard pushed to recommend it though. Maybe its a cultural thing?

I hope I'm not giving too much away for those that haven't seen it yet, but the change the boy made in Clint's character was what made the movie for me.

For me, it's the best movie I've seen in a long time.

Me too! - along with Seven Pounds and Slumdog Millionaire. Benjamin Button, not so much (maybe because I really don't care that much for Brad Pitt )

The boy's character was essentially the same at the beginning and the end of the movie. Clint just helped him out a little is all.

Slumdog Millionaire was an outstanding movie.

The one up for all the Oscars? Way to go outside the box...

Not sure what you mean by that but I saw it before any talk of Oscar buzz and it's quality is beyond question. We can't all be Clint nut huggers and whilst I love a lot of his work the fact remains that Slumdog Millionaire is the superior film in every single aspect and is being rightly recognised as such.

I saw The Wrestler but was really underwhelmed after the weight of expectation led me to believe this might be a film of the year contender. They really make that out to be a different type of movie in the UK advertising at least. It's a slow, grimy plodder that has neither the heart nor passion of it's nearest neighbour, the wonderful Rocky Balboa.

I've also seen Defiance and Valkyrie and actually much preferred the pacing and urgency of Valkyrie although the mix of incorrect accents is totally jarring at first.

Saw Seven Pounds too and thought Rosario Dawson was fantastic.

Since I'm the one who originally mentioned Slumdog - not sure what the comment means either. I didn't see it until I heard all the Oscar hype, but so what? It's a quality movie, along with being entertaining.

[mikemarrs]

I'm skipping. I saw the trailers, and it's just Clint acting like Clint. Angry old man movie. Pass.

Yeah, but the story is something else. I think you'd love it, Kate.

I actually thought the story was fairly generic. It really felt like a 1970's throwback. I didn't 'enjoy' it but I liked it. I would be hard pushed to recommend it though. Maybe its a cultural thing?

I hope I'm not giving too much away for those that haven't seen it yet, but the change the boy made in Clint's character was what made the movie for me.

For me, it's the best movie I've seen in a long time.

Me too! - along with Seven Pounds and Slumdog Millionaire. Benjamin Button, not so much (maybe because I really don't care that much for Brad Pitt )

The boy's character was essentially the same at the beginning and the end of the movie. Clint just helped him out a little is all.

Slumdog Millionaire was an outstanding movie.

On my list. Anybody seen the Wrestler yet?

watched wrestler last night.good movie.

[The Sushi Hunter]

I think Clint Eastwood's a great actor. Actually just got done watching both Diry Harry and Magnum Force last week on DVD and I think they are still awesome to watch. Growing up in San Francisco, these two films have always attracted me cause I see the way the city used to look like when I was a kid. I saw a brief glimps of Doggy Diner on Sloath across from the Zoo in one of the scene's in Dirty Harry. And in the early 70's I lived only blocks away from where in the movie Scorpio stepped into the school bus and hijacked it when some of the kids were let out. As kids sometimes we would go up to the cross on Mount Davidson to play. So to me, it's also nice to see the places I once knew again and the way they were when I was a kid. Also glad Sanatra, John Wayne, Newman and McQueen didn't accept the roll as Harry Callahan, I don't think the movie would have been as good as it was with Eastwood in it. The Japanese chick in Magnum Force was the same chick who starred in a show I used to love when I was really young called Ultraman. So seeing her in Magnum Force also brought back some memories to me of the other show I loved as a little kid. I also loved the spaghetti western "For A Few Dollars More".

Gran Torino was just o.k. My wife and her friend (both Asian women) loved the movie more then I did though. They explained to me that it was a realistic movie in the sense that the movie is very accurate of how many Americans view Asians and how they call them names and treat them. My friend's wife told me that she's been called an "eggroll" by a black male motorist once. In the movie, Eastwood calls one of the Asians an eggroll. I looked over at her in the theater when he did that in the movie and the chick was just shaking her head. So I know what she was thinking. And for that fact, the women loved the movie like I loved the first half hour of "Full Metal Jacket", because it depicted a very accurate account of something experienced in real life. The girls also added that the only people who actually cared for "Walt" in the movie Gran Torino were the Asians who lived next to him and not even his own family. The girls say they see a lot of this in American culture as well.

[Behshad]

Gran Torino is a good movie. Clint's still got it. I'd like to see him in a few more movies before he goes....

[Ftloperry]

Just saw this movie and it was the best movie I have seen in a long time. Clint certainly did not disappoint. If you have not seen this it's a must! Academy....does anyone see an oscar for Clint?

[Ehwmatt]

Just saw this movie and it was the best movie I have seen in a long time. Clint certainly did not disappoint. If you have not seen this it's a must! Academy....does anyone see an oscar for Clint?

I'd like to see Clint grab one, doubt it'll happen though. I LOVED the movie, but after seeing it a second time, I did notice the supporting performances weren't as strong as they should have been. A great, great movie overall though.

[finalfight]

Just saw this movie and it was the best movie I have seen in a long time. Clint certainly did not disappoint. If you have not seen this it's a must! Academy....does anyone see an oscar for Clint?

No. He wasn't nominated, nor was the film in any category.

[Ehwmatt]

Just saw this movie and it was the best movie I have seen in a long time. Clint certainly did not disappoint. If you have not seen this it's a must! Academy....does anyone see an oscar for Clint?

No. He wasn't nominated, nor was the film in any category.

When was the cut-off and what release did they count? I know it came out in December in limited areas, but nationally in January.

[finalfight]

Not sure but here are the nominees...

http://www.oscar.com/nominees/?pn=nominees

[Ehwmatt]

Not sure but here are the nominees...

http://www.oscar.com/nominees/?pn=nominees

Yeah, I knew it wasn't nominated for this batch. I just wasn't sure how they decide when the cut-off is for including movies. Not that I give a shit about the Oscars anyway. Does anyone any more?