Comments on: Eastwood Still has Muscle – Jason Not So Much

By: David Lopan

David Lopan — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 18:06:07 +0000

He’s supposed to be doing a bio pic on nelson mandella with morgan freeman. I am excited for that.

By: film seyret

film seyret — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 11:38:39 +0000

Feel free to disagree that what the moderators want :)

By: Film Reviews

Film Reviews — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 04:10:26 +0000

Gran Torino was pretty horrible. The acting was bad from just about everyone in it and the racial undertones just became annoying after a while imo.

By: chris...the real one (also a black guy)

chris...the real one (also a black guy) — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 22:21:14 +0000

not surprised that people are digging gran torino, but i thought it was mediocre. the acting with the hmong kids was horrible, and i thought it got bad during the 3rd act.

By: John

John — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 21:57:00 +0000

See my review here: http://themovieblog.com/2008/12/gran-torino-review

By: GODFATHER

GODFATHER — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 21:54:09 +0000

Gran Torino is a very well put together movie, but I’m curios as to the “holes” everyone (and John) are saying it has? What specifically are you citing as a weak point in the story? Where are these missing/misinformed pieces you consider “holes”?

By: Brandon Daviet

Brandon Daviet — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:47:58 +0000

I think the racially themed language knocked it out of consideration. Hollywood loves Eastwood otherwise. I was just having the discussion that it should have had a chance since “crash” set precedent for knocking down some barriers related to racy dialogue.

Still, after finally seeing all toe considered flicks I’d of still gave it to Changeling, yes even over The Dark Knight.

Feel free to disagree that what the moderators want :)

By: Viglin

Viglin — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:18:29 +0000

You cant blame Jason…Clint has been a badass for way longer. Compared to Clints resume of buttkicking, Jason is still in diapers.

It will be a sad day when time finnaly catches upto him…not many of the great tough guys of old left.
Was great seeing him get the “Brass Balls” on the Guys Choise award show on Spike over the weekend. Showed hes still got the humor of old too.

By: Matticus

Matticus — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 13:32:33 +0000

I agree about the holes in Gran Torino. Great film, Eastwood is a master director, but I didn’t like th amateur actors he used. They really took you out of, and with a lesser story it would have been unwatchable. It was B movie acting in an Oscar worthy film.

By: bigsampson

bigsampson — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 04:47:29 +0000

i didnt hate friday the 13th but i always thought the old one was super cheese…like wow these people are lame…well i would say this new one he is way more bad ass….

As for gran torino….great movie….only problem is really dont care much about the hmong community as much as if it were more prevelent to what i see around me (san jose) either way his character was pure gold…character development n all.

As for tyler perry….haha even the black community that considered to “keep it real” hate his work…i have heard it from the mouth of a good friend who is black “he is a uncle tom”
i agree this is a stereotypical comment but then again we live in stereotypical times IMO
i havent seen much other then his very bland tv show that is 100% hack n like maybe 1% of reality.

….. but from what i hear how McBay did with the “hood niggaz” in what is suppose to be a movie that captures the awe of 12+ is something that is sadder…even though its more reletive then the crap i see in tyler perry movies….now i dont know what sadder…