- subpar acting - especially on the part of the children who play Thao and Su
- subpar writing - Walt's (Clint Eastwood) racist rants were kind of funny in the beginning, but the weakness of the dialogue writing becomes apparent by the time we get to the ridiculous barbershop scene (in which Walt teaches Thao how to "be a man" by insulting people and talking about his imaginary car being in the shop).
- subpar story - There were some potentially interesting threads left dangling, such as the potential rivalry between the Hmong gang and the Hispanic gang, and I would have liked to see Thao take "Yum Yum" out on their date in the borrowed Gran Torino. That would have been a perfect opportunity for Thao to display his newfound confidence in a confrontation with his gangbanging cousin.
I'm a big fan of Clint's, but this movie really dragged for me. I'd recommend that you instead rent his underrated film Blood Work (2002), co-starring Jeff Daniels and Angelic Huston. Now that's an interesting and well-paced movie.
DVD Review of Gran Torino: 1.5 PB Jars
2 comments:
I'd recommend that you go f yourself. That barbershop scene was bavarious
I'd rather watch 'Barbershop 2' than re-watch that barbershop scene.
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