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« on: April 10, 2009, 12:09:28 AM »
just finished watching it. i think that this has got to be the finest movie Clint Eastwood has ever done. I'm just blown away, not at all what i expected to see. I dont often get teary eyed over a damn movie but i have to admit this one did it to me. again, without a doubt the finest piece of work Clint Eastwood has EVER done.
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« Reply #1 on: April 10, 2009, 09:40:56 AM »
Yeah, i liked that one.. Hope he gets to make 1 more..
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« Reply #2 on: April 10, 2009, 10:47:03 AM »
I liked it, not as much as Josie Wales or Unforgiven.
The Hmong kid's acting kinda sucked.
 
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Re: gran torino
« Reply #3 on: April 10, 2009, 12:46:49 PM »
Quote from: fuzzybutt on April 10, 2009, 12:09:28 AM
again, without a doubt the finest piece of work Clint Eastwood has EVER done.


He has directed some damn fine movies.  Million Dollar Baby, Unforgiven, A Perfect World, Mystic River, just to name a few.

Clint can make some really great movies, that's for sure. 

I loved Gran Torino too.
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« Reply #4 on: April 10, 2009, 03:17:50 PM »
My favorite movie of ALL TIME. So far.... Eastwood is the man.

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« Reply #5 on: April 11, 2009, 11:20:23 AM »
amazing that at 78 years old he's still doing great movies.
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« Reply #6 on: April 11, 2009, 11:22:49 AM »
I haven't seen it because it didn't sound appealing to me, I might give it a shot.
his best movie?

Come on, High Plains Drifter.
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« Reply #7 on: April 11, 2009, 11:25:59 AM »
ALOT better than anything he's done imho. he still plays a tough, mean, bigoted badass, but it also shows his sensitive side. like i said no other movie i've ever seen left me teary eyed, this one did
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« Reply #8 on: April 23, 2009, 06:19:37 AM »
Not that I want to upset anyone but I thought it was crap! The acting with the exception of the young asian girl was #$%*e. I guess we will see what the experts say when awards come around.
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« Reply #9 on: May 20, 2009, 02:51:11 PM »
The Asian acting was poor at best.

My hypothesis is that the writers got a hold of a dictionary of racist terms and tried to work every one of them into the script.

Besides that, I liked it.
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Re: gran torino
« Reply #10 on: May 20, 2009, 04:44:06 PM »
Gotta agree with fuzzy. Best Clint Eastwood performance ever. I knew a few old timers that never let go of the pain from war. They were shockingly similar to each other and this character was like both of em combined. I watched The Wrestler right after this one, are we going to start to see more and more of these baby boomer getting old flicks or is it a coincidence? 
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Re: gran torino
« Reply #11 on: June 16, 2009, 04:04:52 PM »
i finally got to see this. i think this is easily one of his best. forgive me but i got choked up.

the boy's acting wasn't the best but then he did act like a typical kid (have you met one lately? i weep for our future). i liked watching the boy's and clint's turn around, and how people handled the lead's war driven racist attitude. some funny stuff there too; lots of little things if your watching.

and yeah, high plains drifter, josie wales, unforgiven, million dollar baby all are some favorites.
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Re: gran torino
« Reply #12 on: June 16, 2009, 04:29:14 PM »
I thought it rocked too. I liked the scene where Clint is teaching the kid how to talk like a man with his barber friend.... :D ;D :D ;D
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« Reply #13 on: June 16, 2009, 04:52:03 PM »
I liked it!

 This movie has one distinction that only one other Eastwood movie has. Can anyone guess what it is and what the other movie is?

 Best Eastwood flick? For me it is The Outlaw Josie Wales...

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« Reply #14 on: June 16, 2009, 04:57:35 PM »
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I liked it!

 This movie has one distinction that only one other Eastwood movie has. Can anyone guess what it is and what the other movie is?

 Best Eastwood flick? For me it is The Outlaw Josie Wales...

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« Reply #15 on: June 16, 2009, 05:17:12 PM »
was heartbreak ridge that turd where clint plays a di? i can't even watch that embarrassment.

no puking smiley face? shame. 



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« Reply #16 on: June 16, 2009, 05:22:54 PM »
Quote from: Ecosse on June 16, 2009, 05:17:12 PM
was heartbreak ridge that turd where clint plays a di? i can't even watch that embarrassment.

no puking smiley face? shame. 



sorry, kinda flew off the handle there.

What? You didn't like the part where he threatens to shove the club up the guys ass and send him home with an "I just pumped the neighbors cat" look on his face? :o  ;) :D ;D
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« Reply #17 on: June 16, 2009, 05:25:37 PM »
Quote from: Schmthaus on June 16, 2009, 05:22:54 PM
Quote from: Ecosse on June 16, 2009, 05:17:12 PM
was heartbreak ridge that turd where clint plays a di? i can't even watch that embarrassment.

no puking smiley face? shame. 



sorry, kinda flew off the handle there.

What? You didn't like the part where he threatens to shove the club up the guys ass and send him home with an "I just pumped the neighbors cat" look on his face? :o  ;) :D ;D

ok, maybe that part.  ::)
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Re: gran torino
« Reply #18 on: June 16, 2009, 05:29:52 PM »
one of my favourite movie quotes came out of heartbreak ridge "i'm gonna rip your head off and #$%* down your neck"
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« Reply #19 on: June 16, 2009, 06:18:15 PM »
Quote from: bucky katt on June 16, 2009, 05:29:52 PM
one of my favourite movie quotes came out of heartbreak ridge "i'm gonna rip your head off and #$%* down your neck"
:D :D :D :D :D !!

ok, maybe the flick had some redeeming qualities.
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« Reply #20 on: June 16, 2009, 08:40:06 PM »
Well,

...... I can't comment on Gran Torino, I haven't seen it yet.  But, since others are commenting on Eastwood, try this one that is fairly rare....

It's called White Hunter, Black Heart.  I was pretty much used to seeing Eastwood in spaghetti westerns....... hadn't seen him in much else.

Then I saw White Hunter, Black Heart.  Freaked me out....... he had more dialogue in this than in any movie he had ever been in.  I will not say that it is a great movie, but I will say that he did his best acting that I have ever seen.  It is the true story of old time director John Huston when he went to Africa to film Bogart & Hepburn in The African Queen.  Huston had an obsession to hunt elephant, and did not care what the consequences were (I remember reading that in the making of The African Queen, someone had died)........ near the beginning of the movie, Huston charges a Holland & Holland double barrel rifle to Warner Brothers (or whoever the film company was).  Nowadays, the latest, cheapest Holland & Holland I know of is something like $60,000 smackers.

At any rate, Huston has a remarkably distinct voice (African natives said that he speaks like a monkey).  Eastwood speaks just like Huston throughout the movie........... no small feat in itself.  I don't say it's a great movie, but if you want to see Eastwood acting at his best........ this is it.

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« Reply #21 on: June 16, 2009, 09:17:14 PM »
I thought it was a pretty good movie. Not as good as Million Dollar Baby but good nonetheless. The ending was definitely not what I expected.
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« Reply #22 on: June 16, 2009, 10:01:46 PM »
glad you brought that up. i had forgotten about that one, and never saw it, so it's going on the netflix queue.

edit: i was referring to white hunter, black heart.
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« Reply #23 on: June 19, 2009, 11:17:34 AM »
Nope! The distinction happend at or very near to the end in BOTH movies!

Guess again!

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I liked it!

 This movie has one distinction that only one other Eastwood movie has. Can anyone guess what it is and what the other movie is?

 Best Eastwood flick? For me it is The Outlaw Josie Wales...

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Korean war vet? Heartbreak Ridge?
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« Reply #24 on: June 19, 2009, 11:54:14 AM »
Quote from: phactory on June 19, 2009, 11:17:34 AM
Nope! The distinction happend at or very near to the end in BOTH movies!

Guess again!

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Quote from: phactory on June 16, 2009, 04:52:03 PM
I liked it!

 This movie has one distinction that only one other Eastwood movie has. Can anyone guess what it is and what the other movie is?

 Best Eastwood flick? For me it is The Outlaw Josie Wales...

Phil

Korean war vet? Heartbreak Ridge?

I'd say it's that Eastwood died, but he also died in Honky Tonk Man and Beguiled.
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