"Get off my lawn" is scary as hell.........

Rating: 10/10 (31 July 2011)

"How does he do it?" is the only question I always feel like asking after I watch a Clint Eastwood film. This man is 80 years old but he still has the passion for cinema which makes new age film makers look like kids playing in the sand. The story of one man who has a huge amount of guilt on his soul and pain in his heart will be made a slow moving melodramatic movie by any other film maker but not by Eastwood.
The sick 78 year old grandpa wielding a shotgun saying "Get off my property" or "I'll blow a hole in your face then go inside and sleep like a baby" sounds just as scary as when he said "do ya feel lucky, punk".This movie feels as if a right of passage has taken place between Walt and Thao.
The fact that this movie was snubbed at the Oscars by not even earning a single nomination is disturbing indeed. The academy has overlooked a great film and the final performance of Clint Eastwood glaringly. The performance by the rest of the cast of the film supports and compliments Clint's performance very well. From the tough Sue to the submissive Thao everyone plays their parts brilliantly. The movie is very well written with perfect notes of comedy and emotion. And yes Eastwood will jerk tears from your eyes with this.
For magnificent direction and performance by the bad boy grand dad of cinema, heart touching story, gut wrenching scenes and many many more positives Clint Eastwood's Gran Torino gets a 10/10.