Eastwood perfected

Rating: 10/10 (11 August 2014)

I've always been an Eastwood fan since I watched the Dirty Harry movies growing up. The all American tough guy is synonymous with Eastwood from this line of films. Plenty of that shines through in Gran Torino, gruff, cold and a dark sense of humor. But Gran Torino takes the character development so much further. It makes Eastwood a deeply complicated person, struggling with how rapidly the world around him is changing when all he wants to do is be a regular guy: mow his yard, drink beer and the only company he needs is his dog. The meshing of these two elements, tough and real, take Eastwood to a whole new level and if I dare say it, make the ultimate character in any movie I've ever seen.