Gran Torino: Two thumbs up ...
... and a middle index finger from the salty lead character, played by Clint Eastwood.
The new film, which finally opened over the weekend, essentially poses the question: What would happen if Dirty Harry retired to a crumbling old Detroit neighborhood, where Asian immigrants now comprise the majority, and gangs threaten the peace?
This is not a great movie, but it is a very good one. And it offers some lessons for Greensboro, which has similar issues in suddenly diverse neighborhoods where some of us fear what we don't understand.
Without spoiling much, I will tell you Eastwood could have opted for a Hollywood ending. To his credit, he does not.
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Nelson Johnson would make short work of a Greensboro Torino and Mitch would lock him out of his house and say he just up and decided to move.
How's that for a Hollywood ending? I know, too ridiculous
Posted on January 13, 2009 9:46 AM
Glad to here this. I rarely go to a movie(.cost to much).You might say I am tight. Plan to see this tonight.
Posted on January 13, 2009 3:16 PM
Wrong, found out can save $2 by going before 4pm.
Posted on January 14, 2009 5:39 AM