re: Grand Torino.....

Posted by The Egg

Houston, TX

Member since Dec 2004

83274 posts

Posted on 1/6/09 at 10:52 am to TheCaterpillar

its true though...terrible acting, brah.

i mean, they got the civic with the 3 foot spoiler right, though heheheh

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Posted by BLIZZAKE7

BRLA

Member since Apr 2005

6244 posts

Posted on 1/7/09 at 10:59 pm to The Egg

is this already out of theaters? i'm not seeing it listed at any baton rouge theaters...

Posted by OH 58D

Dothan, AL

Member since Nov 2008

6591 posts

Posted on 1/7/09 at 11:23 pm to BLIZZAKE7

January 9

Posted by blueboy

Member since Apr 2006

63272 posts

Posted on 1/9/09 at 5:26 pm to SuperSaint

I must live in one of those "select cities," because I just saw it yesterday.

I thought it was a bit ordinary until the last 40 minutes or so. Nice work. Not Oscar work, but nice.

Posted by drewbilous

Baton Rouge

Member since Jun 2007

2819 posts

Posted on 1/9/09 at 7:21 pm to blueboy

This was literally one of the funniest movies I've ever seen

Posted by theunknownknight

Baton Rouge

Member since Sep 2005

60207 posts

Posted on 1/10/09 at 1:12 am to drewbilous

Gran Torino = Greatness.

One of the funniest movies I've seen in the last year.

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Posted by Delirium

Member since Dec 2008

2415 posts

Posted on 1/10/09 at 1:55 pm to theunknownknight

Clint Eastwood = Bad arse. This movie proved it.

Posted by hashtag

Comfy, AF

Member since Aug 2005

32735 posts

Posted on 1/10/09 at 3:05 pm to theunknownknight

quote:
One of the funniest movies I've seen in the last year.

so, it was that bad, huh?

Posted by Maximus

Member since Feb 2004

81451 posts

Posted on 1/10/09 at 3:07 pm to The Egg

asians cant act

Posted by drewbilous

Baton Rouge

Member since Jun 2007

2819 posts

Posted on 1/10/09 at 4:22 pm to Maximus

When that kid was banging on the door of the basement trying to get out was some of the worst acting i've ever seen...I was actually laughing

Posted by philabuck

NE Ohio

Member since Sep 2008

10391 posts

Posted on 1/10/09 at 6:25 pm to drewbilous

reading this i don't know if I even want to bother and download it

Posted by Drury

Horn Lake

Member since Jan 2009

117 posts

Posted on 1/10/09 at 6:32 pm to philabuck

quote:
reading this i don't know if I even want to bother and download it

it's worth watching but not all that some want it to be or think it is. I think the younger you are and not familiar with eastwoods older films will think it is great... but it's just ok as far as compared to some of other movies from back when.

Posted by btwnthehedges91

Athens

Member since Sep 2008

8214 posts

Posted on 1/10/09 at 7:23 pm to Drury

just saw it today and the storyline was good, eastwood was great and hilarious, probably one of the funniest, in a racist kinda way

but overall a good movie imho

Posted by THATLSUBOY

Baton Rouge

Member since Dec 2008

2945 posts

Posted on 1/10/09 at 10:02 pm to btwnthehedges91

quote:
Clint Eastwood = Bad arse. This movie proved it.

It was really funny, wasn't expecting it to be that funny!
Really surprised me
Solid great movie!!

Posted by philabuck

NE Ohio

Member since Sep 2008

10391 posts

Posted on 1/11/09 at 1:53 am to THATLSUBOY

just got done watching it ... it was worth hard drive space

Posted by shutterspeed

MS Gulf Coast

Member since May 2007

70762 posts

Posted on 1/12/09 at 10:38 am to philabuck

The acting was subpar because Eastwood chose to cast for ethnic realism rather than acting experience. That didn't stop the audience from audibly gasping at one particular point, however. So some of the non-pro actors were still able to transcend their professional shortcomings.

It was great seeing Eastwood on the big screen again, but I couldn't help but find it a bittersweet moment. We've really been seeing a hero age before our eyes, and we probably won't have such a legend around to enjoy for much longer.