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Gran Torino - Patreon Version (Patreon)

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2024-08-15 12:00:04
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No Sync Required Version: https://cinebingers.ca/KvBIF2T7L7 - For Patreon tier "Bingers on The Wall" or higher.

Movie runtime: 1:56:35

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Gran Torino - Patreon Version

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JayF

Opposite directors - Kevin Smith and Michael Bay.

Chago_kiba_Lee

I think you also have to think of how where the kids treated by Clint Eastwood’s character all their lives and I think that the priest could have played a bigger part and could have been played by Robin Williams

beecroft adams

Unforgiven is a good Clint Eastwood film. But if you want something sweeter with an older actor check out The World's Fastest Indian with Anthony Hopkins.

Mark Messer

Good movie. Also wasnt what i was expecting

Mitchell Bowker

Clint Eastwood - Jim Carrey. Opposites. Boom!

JakeyShakeyBakeyBoy

Yep, no one’s on the lawn outside right now before loading this one up haha. As an aside, I was fortunate to be really great friends in school with someone who was second generation Hmong descent, which considering in Australia there’s less than 3000 total population here is incredibly fortunate. I also believe this was one of the first films with a predominantly Hmong-American cast too 🙂

Korpse

We love you George fyi 🤘💚💯

Jeff I.

Wallace Shawn and Arnold Schwarzenegger were the first opposites that came to my mind. Since y'all mentioned the questionable acting by some of the Hmong actors, I'll let you know that a lot of them, including the lead ones playing Sue and Thao, were not professional actors and had little or no prior film roles.

JakeyShakeyBakeyBoy

For opposites… in terms of acting… Daniel Day-Lewis and Tommy Wiseau? That’s all I got haha

Cincassette

Regarding the intro discussion: Kubrick is one director that has never done the same genre twice. Each of his films are very distinct, and the "extreme opposite" from every other in his filmography, yet they are all paragons of their genre. In this respect he is the opposite of someone like Nolan, who has a distinct style and genre throughout his filmography.

Cincassette

...also, subtle reminder to watch "The Good, The Bad and the Ugly"

Prof. Writhms

Please, please, PLEASE check out the Clint Eastwood "Dirty Harry" movie series.

João Rafael Ferreira

Bridges of Madison County is a beautiful master piece directed by Clint Eastwood (he also acts with Meryl Streep). Strongly recommend

E. D.

Please watch A Fistful of Dollars

Grandalf

What a great redemption story this film is. It has never failed to bring me to tears and I hope that never changes.

Poddington

I never watched this to today, because I was told the film was just Clint Eastwood being racist and fighting against his neighbours with the "Get off my lawn" meme being spread around because of it. That is very misleading and not at all what I expected. I think there were some odd editing choices, but the overall story and development of characters were really satisfying and diverse. I did think there would be a shoot out at the end, but Walt would die and then leave everything to his neighbours. I was partially right, but was caught by him not actually pulling a gun. I was reminded of the idea of people that commit horrible things in the name of peace how they create a world they can never be part of. Walts wife was the only thing that anchored him to the world and when she was gone, he had no place. His neighbours reminded him of the world he fought for with the gang being the only hold out. To defeat them the way he did was the only way to ensure that Tau saw violence was not the answer. I think you're right with the acting, its a bit up and down with some of them, but its all good.

G P

Check out the Dollars Trilogy

Scoobay

I always thought the same about the acting. I don’t think Su’s actor did a bad job but there was weird placement for a couple of her lines. The gang seemed like they had no direction and were told to just try to sound tough when they were harassing Tao. With that being said I’ve seen this move like 5 times, still good.

FWPJR.

I’ve been waiting all week for this, this is such a great movie. I just love the entire story of this movie, it’s definitely sad. But it has its funny moments, I’ll be watching this reaction tonight and I’m looking forward to seeing what you two think about it. I’m predicting that Simone ( and probably George ) will be crying during this though.

Charlotte Drolet

My favorite thing about this movie is Walt's equal-opportunity racism. He gives it to everyone.

FWPJR.
>>146626814

That’s why you have to give a movie a chance and not listen to people on the internet or whatever a meme says, pretty much everyone who said any of those things or made memes about it obviously didn’t watch the movie.

Joel the Human

You guys should definitely watch Pale Rider (1985) and Unforgiven (1992), great movies and two of my favorite Clint Eastwood westerns!

akaTheBARON

Opposite directors that come to mind would be Wes Anderson and Tim Burton. They both have a certain style of color palate they're known for when they make movies. Wes Anderson is very bright and colorful by design, and Tim Burton is very the opposite of that. And they both go out of their way for their movies to have these looks so it's even more polarizing when you compare the two styles.

Logan Kerlee

Had an amazing time watching this with you both. :) Very happy that you both enjoyed it as well. I'm happy that you both could see past Mr. Kowalski's attitude for those around him. Shows maturity. Good vibes to you both! :)

Prof. Writhms

Opposites: Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan. Chan said himself, he didn't want to be another martial arts star compared to Bruce Lee, so he purposely did the opposite of everything Bruce Lee did in movies. He was funny and unsure and seemingly off balance in his fight style. Whereas Bruce Lee was polished, precise and very serious.

Odd Thomas

If you want a different Rock movie... Southland Tales. Trust me.

Carlos Hurtado

Million Dollar Baby and Unforgiven are top teir Eastwood films

Haye Zeus

The Good The Bad and The Ugly and The Unforgiven are the too Eastwood recommends. Along with Pale Rider. But yeah this movie is more funny than anything.

JoeE

I would recommend unforgiven and high plains drifter

Skyruff

Opposites: Dustin Hoffman and Dick Van Dyke. Basil Rathborn and Jason Alexander. Lucille Ball and Eva Green.

Odd Thomas

Yeah the awful family is laid on a little thick and he did a similar thing in Million Dollar Baby. It's a bit cartoonish, but otherwise Gran Torino may be my favourite Clint film. In The Line of Fire would be a close second.

lovemoose

Gran torino is my first Clint Eastwood movie too simone!!!

Vwlss Nvwls

Honestly, even the bad movies, you cannot go wrong watching any film that stars Clint Eastwood, or directed by Clint Eastwood. He just has such a great presence that it makes anything he is in fun to watch. I really like this movie, and I have known people like Walt. I would be fine with the world having more unapologetic, but decent people like Walt around.

Vwlss Nvwls
>>146653896

I think when you are only going to spend about 1% of the movie establishing the horrible family dynamic, then you have to amp it up to drive the point home for the rest of the story.

G P
>>146614278

Jim Carey's impersonation of Clint is next level

Dustin Duvall

I'd pay extra for a san Andreas react. It'd probably do decent numbers too lol

Lola Lirola
>>146630833

This is a great pick! Because they are both similarly stylized and mannered (almost like puppet plays with humans), but in opposite directions!

Brandon Meng

There's an entire catalog of Clint Eastwood films to go through that deserve viewings or just to be polled on your channel. Million Dollar Baby Unforgiven The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly In the Line of Fire A Fistful of Dollars The Outlaw Josey Wales The Bridges of Madison County Every single one of these are top tier, A+ films that deserve to be watched... I had randomly seen some of these movies growing up and they didn't really resonate. I saw The Outlaw Josey Wales and maybe it's not his best movie but it drew me in so well I was compelled to watch the rest of his most popular westerns and other prominent films. He is a legendary actor and director.

gobmob2000

You two should watch the Dollars trilogy for a fantastic example of young Eastwood in a western.

Spawncalibur
>>146673695

Million Dollar Baby is forgettable IMO. Ill have to watch again might be just me anyway your definitely correct and at his age is just crazy. In the Line of Fire love it! Sergio Leone Westerns should be mandatory as well, lol.

Brian's Dog

Christopher Nolan vs George Lucas. Christopher Nolan is into preserving his films and getting the transfers the best they can be. George Lucas is into destroying his old films.

Nate Terry

Yes, this is NOT a typical Eastwood film. They usually end in a climatic gunfight. it subverted our expectations like that with a sacrifice. If you recall, midway thru the film, Walt is sitting on the porch on his birthday reading his horoscope. He said that he's "pit between 2 life choices, where one will be resolved in what might be anticlimactic." I don't think Walt was actually racist. he was just mean, and when you are mean you say mean things....what is the quickest mean thing you can say? pick a stereotype and mock them for it. So he just mock's ppl for their ethnicity and their looks(perhaps their is a prejudice to Asians, but it gets cloudy when he is mocking everybody). the reason he gets along with anybody is because they give it back to him as quick as he gives it...the Barber gives it back, the Padre kinda gives it back, Sue gave it back, and eventually Thao gave it back(the freezer up the stairs). Walt was terminally ill, so that also adds to him sacrificing himself at the end.

MacGuffinStuff

I would say the opposite of Chris Nolan is Richard Linklater, because Nolan's movies are very structured whereas Linklater's movies (some of them) have either very little structure or basically none, and I still love them. Or Clint Eastwood as a director being the opposite of Stanley Kubrick because Kubrick was known for filming a ridiculous number of takes and Eastwood is known for doing single takes. Joaquin Phoenix was pretty badass in "You Were Never Really Here," which "Nobody" kind of reminded me of by the way, I recommend it too.

REDR58

Catholic Confessional is generally that simple, assuming the sins aren’t too horrendous. A Catholic priest is bound to keep anything he is told in Confession to himself. This is called the “Seal of Confession” or the “Sacramental Seal.” He must keep anything told him secret even at the cost of his life. Which makes me wonder exactly what Walt told the priest in the confessional because as far as I can determine the priest should not have told the police about something that might be happening. But I’m not sure how that works with the future intended crimes (Walt saying or implying about a future killing of the gang members). But he can encourage the “sinner” to go to the police if it is serious. Along with all these other Eastwood movies, I recommend “Kelly’s Heroes” (1970) and “Dirty Harry” (1971).

REDR58
>>146615015

Ahney Her (“Sue”) was 15 or 16 in this movie and this was her first movie. She is also from Michigan.

REDR58
>>146628374

There were a few amateurish-sounding deliveries but to be fair she was only 15 or 16 and this was her first movie. She did pretty well all things considered.

MacGuffinStuff

Oh you guys gotta watch more Eastwood movies. "Unforgiven" is both my favorite Eastwood movies and my favorite Western, BUT, I suggest watching his older "man with no name" Spaghetti Westerns first, because it makes Unforgiven more interesting and impactful, my opinion.

kbobravo

I'm not saying George is wrong about The Rock, but he did some pretty solid films before he was the absolute megastar that He is now. The Rundown is my favorite film of his and I highly recommend it.

Dazzler & Em

Just echoing what some others have said about Clint Eastwood films. The Dirty Harry films are definetly worth a look, for comedy the any which way films or Space Cowboys, Unforgiven is a masterpiece, Play misty for me is a good thriller and Where Eagles Dare is a classic WW2 film with more twists than a pretzel.

Thirty Year Old Mulberry Field
>>146694603

It seems like people are always eager to recommend “Unforgiven” without going through the context of some of his older work in the Western genre. It’s a great flick and certainly one of Eastwood’s best but I did the same when I was younger and didn’t really get the full impact of “Unforgiven” until I had gone back to some his older stuff.

jmundt33a

Even Absolute Power is a good ‘90s watch.

Justtired

Along with the Killer Kowalski reference, there is another wrestling connection. Dr Chu is played by Julia Ho also known as professional wrestler Zeda Zhang.

An Inanimate Fucking Object

Million Dollar Baby please! Also, random and unrelated to this, but just gonna throw in a plug to watch the show The Good Place at some point

David Crabtree

I adore this film. They shot the VFW scenes at my dad's VFW in Warren, MI. For me, my favorite Eastwood film is Heartbreak Ridge, I saw it when I was like 9, and instantly knew I was going to be a Marine!

Mr.Redmage

The rock is also in star trek, though that's an episode not a movie :P

Matt Landon

I agree the acting is certainly amateurish at times, but the more glaring case is probably Thao, though this is concealed somewhat by his character being unsure of himself and awkward interpersonally, so in those cases it's more a feature than a bug. They are also for the most part amateurs, and when you decide to try to cast as many actors from a minority culture or ethnicity, this can be a byproduct as the talent pool you pull from is naturally more shallow in terms of the numbers. Prey, the recent predator movie had a similar issue aside from the top of the call sheet, but they both still work despite those deficiencies. It also helps to know how Eastwood works, which is generally very quickly, with as few takes as possible, which will both limit the opportunities for inexperienced actors to improve, but also adds more stress to the actors. Eastwood mostly relies on himself and a few character actors to make his movies and aside from the principals, he's got no issue using inexperienced people, especially when working with fairly broad themes like this. Most of the time it works, but sometimes it doesn't (like one recent film in which he cast all amateurs in the leads, but he was also not there to anchor). He relies on simplicity in the storytelling and the audience's willing suspension of disbelief to overlook those type of things, though there are a handful of films of his where he does put significantly more time and effort into the production, and those tend to be classics. As others have said, Unforgiven is without a doubt his masterpiece as a director, but I would also not advise watching it until you've seen at least a few of his and others' classic Westerns, because it really is subversion of the genre as well as his image as the Western hero, and you won't fully appreciate those aspects of it unless you have some history with him. It is still brilliant on it's own, but you will be missing some of the richness if you watch that before at least a few of his earlier works. The easiest to recommend are the "man with no name" trilogy, though I have to warn you that they do move at a slower pace than most movies, and I believe they are also owned by Warner Bros, as nearly all of his films are. They are deliberate in pace largely because of the films they're based on, which are older Japanese samurai films, specifically Yojimbo by Kurosawa for at least the first film (though oddly enough Kurosawa was inspired by John Ford's Western iconography). The trilogy also culminates in arguably the other great masterpiece starring Clint (but directed by Sergio Leone) in The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly, which even if you've never seen before you will know the music, and even if you've not seen the cinematography before you've seen it in the many films and filmmakers it inspired, most famously Tarantino who consistently has it in his top 5 films. It really is great and has one of the more iconic climactic scenes in film history. Also good to watch are The Outlaw Josey Wales, Joe Kidd, and Pale Rider. But if you watch the man with no name trilogy that will probably give you enough context to appreciate Unforgiven. High Plains Drifter is great too, though it is in a slightly different category than the others, which is impossible to describe without spoiling, and it does have a couple of pretty rough scenes that will certainly not play as well to audiences now. Lastly, it was indeed Clint singing, but also playing the accompanying piano. He's actually quite a good jazz pianist and composed the music for many of his films, but he does have his hands in most aspects of his movies. As far as another Clint Eastwood film that might be a little more crowd pleasing and given the election year and recent events, timely, I'd recommend In the Line of Fire. It's the story of an older Secret Service agent who still has trauma and guilt from not responding fast enough to prevent the JFK assassination, and how he becomes the subject of a cat and mouse game being played by a would-be assassin (in an all time great performance by John Malkovich) who has sworn to kill the president and continually contacts Eastwood to taunt him as his plan unfolds.

Rupert Purcat

Mr. Kowalski stayed true to character using ethnic slurs with his Irish and Italian mates, being a pole himself, he would have grown up receiving the ethic names used on him as well. Best part is they did not destroy the gorgeous 1972 Grand Torino, like most movies like to do to muscle cars.

Deadly Ramon

I would rather have seen the film end with the protagonist putting all the gang members in the grave rather than leaving them in the hands of an undependable justice system. I get that the script was aiming at a different direction instead of travelling the well-trodden vigilante path, and at that it succeeded, at least. For comic book nerds, including me: this is the second film made by Double Nickel Entertainment, which was co-founded by Jenette Kahn. Jenette was president of DC Comics from 1981 until 2002. She was the youngest person to ever be president of a division in that company, and the first woman to do so. She also renamed it from National Periodical Publications to DC Comics in 1978, when she was the company's publisher.

Trevor S Bright

Don't forget you guys also saw The Rock look stupid in different ways in both "The Mummy Returns" and "The Other Guys", except the latter was intentional LOL

Habman

Are you guys joking. Sue was the second best character in the entire movie. If it wasn't for Sue there would have never been an arc in Eastwood's character.

Beddoe

Please add 'Every Which Way But Loose' (1978) to your request list. It is one of the few Clint Eastwood comedies and it's a good one. P.S. 'Beddoe' rhymes with 'meadow'

Nathan Jasper, the Artist Formerly Known as Primary

Opposite directors: Scorsese and Appatow. One sees humanity at its worst and one sees humanity's potential. Actors: Clint Eastwood and Seth McFarlane. One does the same thing every movie and it's somehow always captivating. One does the same thing in all he does and it's annoying as all hell.

Joseph Collier
>>146890647

He's not a John Wick character, he was up against multiple gangbangers with full auto weapons. Besides if he pulled a gun on them they could have been somewhat justified shooting him. In this scenario he's un unarmed civilian on a public sidewalk with several witnesses to his murder. This is a pretty cut and dry case for the DA.