Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Gran Turino
Gran Turino was a fantastic piece of modern day film which will continue its success for many decades to come. I feel the final scene is the most important and influential scene of the movie just the power of a man standing against many to defend the only people who he truly cares about to give them a shot at a normal life and not having to live in fear. The scene is vintage Eastwood just the grief that hits you so deep leaving you speechless. One man who you've grown close to through out the film giving his life in order to give a new life to his loved ones gives a great sadness but it is accompinied by a gret happiness to think of a stunt as heroic as this following Eastwoods style of even with great grief there is still some good. The film uses lighthearted racism with allows the viewer to feel attached a classic style of Eastwood bringing the viewer closer to the main charecter. One more style he uses which is evident is the darkness you feel whenever the gangs come around it is that sinking feeling that you know something terrible is going to happen which is like the build up in million dollar baby. Eastwoods character is another vintage move by him in putting himself as a real hardass who is softened as the film goes on. The film starts as him expressionless having nothing left to live just waiting out the time he has left. He then realizes as he meets the neighbors that he needs interaction with people and color race religion doesnt matter to him just an envioronment which he can help in as shown by how he mentors his supporting actor Tao in the film. The most important aspect of the cinematic style is the lighting in my opinion is the lighting, it is used greatly when shadowing Eastwoods face the first half of the movie showing a sterness of his charecter and an inner wall to keep people out. Then the lighting goes purely light everything is illuminated when he starts letting people in but in the finale the lighting changes back for the tradgedy to come. When thinking of this film i have to say the greatest theme is purely life sucks at times but things do move on and things happen for a reason and life isnt always fair not everyone will be ok so be thankful for what and who you have in your life instead of dreading the sadness.
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the character that Eastwood plays is classic, angry old man. A charactter with a dark past, this time he uses his past to take down the gang and bring peace to his neighborhood. His characters always seems to do what is nessasary to, as his character in Gran Torino says, "Finish things". some how in Eastwood's movies his character always gets talked into helping out someone he at first he looks down to, and by the end they become very close.
Clint's characters are very similar in these two movie. Not only is he the "classic, angry old man," he serves as a mentor to someone who has nothing and becomes willing to do anything for that person. Cole, I like how you pointed out how he starts as a real hardass who softens as the film goes on. At the beginning, you see him looking at how kids act at church in anger, but by the end you see him enjoying himself having a barbecue with his neighbors. Something I've noticed is that Clint's character is a little prejudice. He's racist in Gran Torino and in Million Dollar Baby, he didn't want to train a girl, because he didn't want to ruin his reputation. Great job on the post and thank you for not using any quotes from the movie.
alright so I also liked the darkness in the film because even at the darkest points hope shined through in one way or another bringing a togetherness feeling like none other. This film was brilliantly put together by setting up the hardass warhero saving the day without lifting a finger and dying for what he has found do be right in his recently discovered "new family"
Yes, the ending to this film was beautiful. What made this movie so great was definitely Clint's character. He made the movie entertaining and he goes through a major transformation. At first, you question his ethics, but by the end, you look at him as a true hero. Overall, I'm completely satisfied with this movie. What kept me watching was the dark comedy, as well as, Clint's character and his odd relationship with the neighbors. It is one of the best movies I've seen in a long time.
Grady you're right aboutthe great ending of this movie nothing could have rapped up this movie like Eastwood singing a song about the Gran Turino. i however don't agree with the way you are kissing ass to cole to encurage him not to put in the Quotes from the movie, that is just unethical. that being said i think that it is important that Easwood's character is finding more things in common with thoes he used to "Stack five feet high and use for sand bags in Korea" and almost no connection to his family, who don't even take his call before he goes out to finish what he started.
To rap up a truly amazing piece of film one can only hope do capture a fraction of its greatness by words. I believe it is one of the top 3 inspirational films i have ever seen just because of the amazing transformation shown by Eastwoods charecter is i belive it is the true against all odds journey of a man to reclaim redemption and his final way of changing for not only himself and the neighborhood but for the love of his wife who was recently deceased which sets the whole plot in motion. Overall it is a great film falling short to no movie i have ever seen.
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