Best Eastwood movie I've seen...

Rating: 10/10 (31 January 2009)

I loved MIllion Dollar Baby (which was my favorite of his til now), The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly, the Unforgiven, and Absolute Power (one of his underrated ones) but this one takes the cake no question! From the minute it starts, it reels you in. I loved every minute of this soon to be classic. It's first off, hilarious. I wasn't the only one in the theater laughing either. Clint plays an awesome curmudgeon, one of the best I've seen. It makes you laugh, then shocks you, then possibly makes you cry your face off! I almost lost it. It's a tale about what people bring to other peoples' lives when they don't even intend it. It's a tale about great sacrifice and learning. It's about accepting people regardless of your own colored past. The characters are great, very creative. The side stories are present and interesting but not overwhelming as to take away from the main story. Superb acting by Eastwood and my only complaint is they could have worked a little better on the boy but he did a good job all around. I will watch this movie over and over again. I don't think I could rave more about it. Start to finish, one of the best movies I've seen in years (since Into the Wild or Lives of Others).