Clint Eastwood's GARAND Torino

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BALLSANDBULLETS	Clint Eastwood's GARAND Torino	Lead	[-]
Posts: 72 (12/29/08 04:42 PM) active member Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Tags : None Watching the tv today, I saw a trailer for the new Eastwood movie "Gran Torino" and noticed that it showed Eastwood facing off with a group of gang bangers on his front lawn with an M1 Garand. Eastwood and Garand, looks like vintage at its best! Montani Semper Liberi
dou 44		#1	[-]
Posts: 2323 (12/30/08 12:25 AM) Host Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	i plan on going to see it i allways liked his movies
ParrisIsland79		#2	[-]
Posts: 95 (12/30/08 05:49 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Ditto!
silvermaple		#3	[-]
Posts: 293 (01/01/09 08:21 AM) active member Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	It's to early to tell what Clint's trying to say?? The movies not out around here, you know Charles Bronson made a bunch the them gang banger movies in the 70's. Armand It looks like a man could make some money in this town.
eb in oregon		#4	[-]
Posts: 565 (01/01/09 01:10 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	You know Charles Bronson made a bunch the them gang banger movies in the 70's. Yes he did, and other than the first one, they were pretty poor. While I've been a Charles Bronson fan for years, these were by far his worst movies. His best? IMHO it would be "Once Upon A Time in the West." One of my favorite all time movies. Henry Fonda? Playing a very, very, bad, bad man? Priceless. As for "Gran Torino," I don't think I've even seen T.V. commercials for it yet. Clint is good. I'll watch any of his movies. Except for "The Bridges of Madison County." That one, naw, nope, don't think so. Eric "We must all hang together, or most assuredly we shall all hang separately." Benjamin Franklin, July 4 1776
dou 44		#5	[-]
Posts: 2326 (01/01/09 01:12 PM) Host Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	that one had to have been made for the women ,not one shooting or killing was a wast of film
trautert		#6	[-]
Posts: 5194 (01/09/09 02:13 AM) Forum Site Moderator Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Just got through watching Gran Torino. In many ways it plays on the old Eastwood stereotypes to excess. In some ways it evokes some of the later stuff, which I don't care for. I have to give the movie credit for a decent storyline, some good characterizations, and I really have to admit I couldn't call the climactic scene until seconds before it happened. Good ending, guys. Tom Ne Desit Virtus Rakkasans
dou 44		#7	[-]
Posts: 2354 (01/20/09 07:47 PM) Host Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	i went an watched it today ,i thought it was good and would watch it again just wished it had ended a little different
Aubullet		#8	[-]
Posts: 1014 (02/06/09 02:51 PM) Veteran member Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	I saw it last night and thought it was really excellent in many ways. So totally unPC that it's hard to imagine that it could even be considered for the screen today. Also holds alot of truth which I suppose also qualifies as not being PC in this day and age. I actually knew a Korean War Veteran that was every bit the character Eastwood played in this movie! I'd watch it again, even knowing the ending!!!
trautert		#9	[-]
Posts: 5206 (02/06/09 09:46 PM) Forum Site Moderator Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	I am going to watch it again this weekend. I think I may look at it a bit differently knowing the ending now. Tom Ne Desit Virtus Rakkasans
dou 44		#10	[-]
Posts: 2376 (02/06/09 10:55 PM) Host Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	i think i will wait till it comes out od dvd and maybe buy it if wally world has a good price on it.
diamondtim	Gran Torino	#11	[-]
Posts: 622 (06/10/09 11:41 PM) Veteran member Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Just saw the DVD of this movie. It is a good film and I will be watching it again. Was expecting a formula ending and was fooled by this one (and liked it). Highly recommend it to all who haven't seen it. It's not for the kiddies though. Share the Love, Diamondtim Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives - Essential ingredients of Redneck celebrations for over 100 years!
reddogge		#12	[-]
Posts: 4916 (06/11/09 10:40 AM) Host Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	OK, I watched it last week and I'll be the contrary one. The acting was horrible, the plot hackneyed, the directing terrible. Where did they come up with the D list actors who mechanically read their lines with little feeling? The plot was one big cliche' and I think Clint was bad too. Sorry boys but that's how it struck me. "What happened? What the HELL happened?" Jake Holman "The Sandpebbles"
ParallaxBill		#13	[-]
Posts: 16291 (06/20/09 05:09 PM) Owner/operator Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	I've seen bits and pieced of it but plan to view the whole thing soon. I also heard the acting was terrible but Clint was passable for his age. Parallax *Lee Enfield Collector's Society member #3* *Mauser Shooter's Association member #17* Forum administrator for the Carolina C&R Shooting & Collecting Club,
trautert		#14	[-]
Posts: 5269 (06/20/09 05:39 PM) Forum Site Moderator Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	There were very few real actors in this movie. Clint went with a mostly amateur or unknown cast, not unlike how BoB was filmed. I thought it worked pretty well. In my view, Clint was sending himself up in the way he used the many cliches of his earlier movies, and the movie's ending, which some didn't like, was actually pretty original, and unexpected. Tom Ne Desit Virtus Rakkasans
beanstrung		#15	[-]
Posts: 5299 (07/02/09 06:20 PM) Forum Site Moderator Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	I liked it immensely. It brings to mind Luke 10:27-37, wherein one of the Pharisees asks "Who is my neighbor?". --------------------------------------------------------------------------- What part of "shall not be infringed" don't you understand? Joel 3:9-10
RLMbassist		#16	[-]
Posts: 188 (10/16/09 05:27 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Watched this one last night, and loved it! I knew Clint's character was going to end up in a coffin one way or another, but didn't expect what happened. Guess I'm really unPC, but my favorite parts of the film were Clint's racist rants, and his boiling over anger against his family. The scenes with him sitting on the porch were priceless. I busted up laughing every time. Reminded me of an ex-girlfriends dad, a dead on match. We got to learn who inherited Clint's house and car, but what about the M1 and 1911!!!!!!!!!!