A different time

Rating: 8/10 (16 January 2009)

A good movie about a different time. Walt Kowalski's character is a person from a different time set. I grew up in East Kildonan in Winnipeg and like the movie's portrayal of Detroit. We had many Walt's around. People who called it as they see it. People who never held back. People WHO love to bust other people verbally. Not very politically correct place to live. I got my turn to be verbally busted and people love to see how you can take it and what your worth is. In the end, Walt viewed people by their actions and respect was earned. I think Walt learned a few things about other people in Grand Torino. In the end the right person earned the Gran Torino. I love how they portrayed Walt's own family as a group of self absorbed people who never had time for dad unless they wanted something from him. Too bad we think so much about our selves and not others in today's world.