One of Eastwood's Best

Rating: 10/10 (3 February 2015)

This movie was one of Clint Eastwood's best movies that he has directed and acted in. Clint Eastwood plays the character Walt Kowalski. This movie is great because there are times where it makes you happy, sad, and times you're on the edge of your seat. Clint Eastwood used emotion to drag viewers into this classic film. The surrounding cast in this film isn't anyone impressive, but they do a pretty good job, as most of the movie is just about Walt. A couple more actors in this film are Bee Vang, who plays Thao, and Ahney Her, who plays Sue. Both of these characters are Walt's neighbors.
Walt is an older gentlemen who is very lonely, given his wife had passed away. Walt is a veteran having served in the Korean War. He likes to keep up with his home, car and drinks himself a lot of beer. Walt is the typical old style American man as he is very racist, given the time period he grew up in and the things he had been through in life, and in the war. Walt, just like any other veteran, takes a great amount of pride in his service to his country. At the same time, he has to carry around that burden for the rest of his life, which haunts him.
During the course of Walt's life, the population in his neighborhood started to change. His neighborhood was a middle class white neighborhood. Years later, it turned into a primarily Asian neighborhood. This made Walt really angry, but he refused to leave where he had lived for many years.A Korean family moved in next door and he couldn't stand them. One of his neighbor's children, Thao, did something that really angered Walt, rightfully so. In order to get into a gang, Thao was directed to try and still Walt's Gran Torino. In order to pay Walt back, Thao got put to work for him. Sue, Thao's sister, came up with the idea, given they did have any money at all. Walt and Sue had changed Walt's mind about many things, just as their opinions changed about him as well.
Even though Walt was an old man who was set in his ways, this movie shows you that people can change over time. Regardless of age or beliefs, actions can always change your opinion. The only way to describe this great film is that it filled with ups and downs, with some moments of anger and some moments of happiness. This is a great film for anyone to watch and teaches a great lesson to its viewers. This movie doesn't really have any special effects, as it doesn't need. Clint Eastwood's character, Walt, is one bad old veteran that no one wants to make mad.