Clint STILL Rocks!
Hmmm. Creepo likes Clint Eastwood, especially when he’s kicking ass!!!
Now ‘Gran Torino’may not sound like my sort of thing, but the fact of the matter is that I really, really enjoyed it. Put it this way; it’s about the nearest that Clint could get to starring in another Dirty Harry movie without making a total plum of himself in the process! On its release in 2008, Mr Eastwood was 77 years old and no longer up to the high octane sequences of ‘Magnum Force’or ‘The Dead Pool’. However, this did not stop him from sorting out a bunch of scumbags in his neighbourhood…
‘Gran Torino’plays a bit like ‘One Foot in the Grave’meets ‘Rocky’(yes, really!). It’s the story of a grizzled old war veteran (Meldrew-esqe?) who is seriously fed-up with all of the aggro being caused by a local gang. However, that is where the ‘Rocky’part of the comparison ends. Clint (unlike Sly) did not amble out of retirement to make a complete and utter fool of himself on film! And that’s a pretty rare thing with aging movie stars… Normally they have to be ‘prepared’at gyms and laser hair removal clinics before getting ‘Paintshopped’so’s they look half-decent in front of the camera!
But Clint keeps it real throughout the whole picture. Sure, he does kick ass a few times, but he also has to stop and get his breath back afterwards! ‘Gran Torino’also has a lot to say on a social level and it leaves you feeling quite humbled by the time that it’s all over.
Nice one Clint! And if that’s your acting swansong, then what a way to exit the stage!!!
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