Hey, cut me some slack on the racist joke, ok... it's from a movie. He he.

QOTD
"Oh, I've got one. A Mexican, a Jew, and a colored guy go into a bar.
The bartender looks up and says, 'Get the fuck out of here.'"
- Clint Eastwood, racist joke from "Gran Torino"
Movie: "Gran Torino"
Review: 4 bill-stars (out of 5)... excellent!
Website: www.imdb.com/title/tt1205489/

This is another great effort by Clint Eastwood. For 30 minutes, I thought this movie was going to be a bust.
  • It seemed the audience was laughing at Clint's racist character at times when he wasn't really intending them to because he was so over the top.
  • I feared a politically correct collapse of the whole deal.
Nope on both counts. This was a funny movie with a nice, sappy plot to it... just like I like it.

Two young actors (Bee Vang and Ahney Her)
with great performances in "Gran Torino"

Gran Torino was different and good; that's the money, right? There was a lively discussion after the movie over blue (bleu?) cheese burgers on whether this was a 4 or 5 star movie. I liked Gran Torino a lot but thought that Clint's "Million Dollar Baby" was better (5 bill-stars).

Gran Torino has a lot of similarities to Million Dollar Baby. Unlike my whining about "Benjamin Button" ripping off "Forrest Gump", however, Gran Torino is good enough and different enough for it not to really matter.

The other post-show discussion was Clint's young wife. Clint is flippin' 78 years old now (and in amazing shape, seemingly), and his wife is 43. They have a 12 year-old kid together. No, I can't say that I "get it", but I have a feeling that Clint doesn't give a rat's ass. [Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clint_Eastwood]

So, that's the 3-fer weekend... it was fun on a blustery January weekend in Chicagoland. Here are the reviews from the weekend and related shrapnel:
  • "Benjamin Button"... 3 bill-stars
  • "Forrest Gump"... 4 bill-stars
  • "The Day the Earth Stood Still"... 1 bill-star
  • "War of the Worlds" (Tom Cruise remake)... 3 bill-stars
  • "Gran Torino"... 4 bill-stars
  • "Million Dollar Baby"... 5 bill-stars
I just picked up "Revolutionary Road", and I'm speed-reading it (cough) trying to finish the book before the movie disappears. Now, get the fuck out of here... he he!
3-fer... yow, bill

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