Sometimes I pretend to like films but that is just to avoid controversy.
Tonight I watched the movie, "Gran Torino."
My wife bought it for me. She said she specifically got it for me because she thought I would enjoy it.
I liked it. She was right,
I had no idea there were any screenwriters left in America who know what it once meant to be an American. I thought they were all a bunch of miss-fit sissy punks who got beat up a lot in high school, but didn't rationalize it near as well as I did...
But I digress,
I heard a few reviews on the movie when it came on in 2008. Some took it as being ironic, some as sarcasm, a few just didn't understand it. There were also good reviews. It didn't win an Oscar. (No gay heroics)
I understand the movie quite well.
1. You do what you have to do.
2. America
3. Words are just words. You respect those who prove they deserve respect.
So, it may be that the film critics and the short pants arse-holes who ride bicycles and sip wine laugh at me and my outdated attitudes. I don't really care. I think they are a bunch of morons and think it is kind of funny when one of them geta creamed out by a truck.
However, if a family of them moved next door, worked hard, showed some respect, needed a little help, I would in fact be nice to them in a grumpy sort of way.
In conclusion, If you don't understand that attitude you can just go way back and sit down-on tacks!
(This is generally a profanity-free blog or I would be a little more concise and specific)
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Well said (even without profanity).
ReplyDeleteI see myself identifying more and more with the grumpy and angry old farts that you are supposed to laugh at. It worries me somewhat.
DeleteYes it was an absolutely great movie that I have watched more than once and will likely watch again. "Get off my lawn!"
ReplyDeleteRalph, I totally identified with that line!
DeleteMy favorite line was "I feel great." Darn near made a Catholic out of me again. There aren't too many films that treat the faith as respectfully as this one does.
ReplyDeleteGordon, I thought the priest was shown to be a pretty good guy. I thought that was something that could have gone either way. I did wonder a couple times in the movie if the writers were laughing at me or with me but I decided just to take the movie at face value and enjoy it.
DeleteI did appreciate what I saw as the ironic ending. The Asian immigrant driving the car from the glory days of America with the American dog and with a newly installed set of traditional American values. But perhaps that was just what I wanted to see as I'm a bit frustrated with my fellow ethnic Americans. White people are either wine sipping idiots or tweeker idiots and the only people getting anything done are barely legal Mexicans and Asians. (I realize that is not really true but it has been one of those weeks...)
Now I need to pull that movie out and watch it again. I especially like the term "zipperheads"! Best movie of the last ten or fifteen years, hands down.
ReplyDeleteOrin, you know I don't remember the movie coming out to a lot of hype. Seemed like kind of a sleeper at the time. I would agree with your assessment of the movie. Of course look at some of the horrible crap that comes out of Hollywood...
DeleteYes, my glowing statement might not actually be that much of an endorsement after all....
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