One BIG Yawn - if you wasted your time too, at least warn others.

Rating: 1/10 (28 October 2012)

The majority of reviews seem to disagree with me, so maybe more people who think this film is "awful" should say so. I can't even think of another movie that is as boring. As an alumni of a liberal arts college (one of my majors was in literature and I also studied film) I think I recognize "art" when I see it. This was NOT "art" - not to me. It was one long, boring, yawn-fest. It was a huge disappointment because of the high ratings, and rave reviews, so I would appreciate anyone who agrees that it is an awful movie giving it a review. Most people only bother to write about films they enjoy. This is a film that more people who did not enjoy should take the time to warn others (even Clint Eastwood fans like myself) not to watch. Truly, saying anything about it, may be a "spoiler" because it lacks story, it lacks everything that makes a fine film except for good acting. But the best acting in the world cannot save a horrible waste of time, which sums up this movie. If you have seen the previews or a trailer, you have seen a "spoiler" and the best of the movie. If you want to bother with a couple of hours of waiting for those "great artistic moments" in the trailers for the film, then this movie is for you. Perhaps to the people who see art in squares of paint and call it "abstract", this is an artistic film. To me, it is pseudo-art at best, just a day in the life of a grumpy old bigot that lives in a bad part of town does not make "art" and that is all this film is made of, a boring story that could happen to anyone that lives in a bad part of any town. Feel like watching that - go ahead, but at least give it the review it deserves, even if you do love Clint Eastwood, I honestly don't see how anyone could feel the same about the movie. Maybe I am missing something - maybe for people who go to car shows, the Gran Torino itself is the art.