The ongoing prattlings of a lifelong geek and his random luck with love, work, children and rediscovering himself.

2009-01-15

MOVIE: Gran Torino

Wow. Clint Eastwood was a pretty cool cucumber in this movie. And disturbingly enough, made racism an almost laughable issue (which I partially admired). No one was safe. This flick really made you think, and laugh at times, about racial stereotypes, and the fact that even the most smug race-supremecist (whatever race they may be) can actually come around, and many times, it really is "upbringing" (or programming, let's say, from fighting in Korea or Vietnam) that makes you have the attitudes you have. A sobering thought as I think about my own children.

In any case, I enjoyed this movie immensely. Clint Eastwood "singing" during the credits was an unexpected treat, too.

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