On Sun, 05 Jul 2009 19:42:43 -0400, Wes wrote:

wrote:

Hi People,
went and saw an interesting movie on Sat night (when else?) called
"Grand Torino" by/with Clint Eastwood. The Clint Eastwood character Is
a winger, lots of tools collected over a lifetime, knows how to use
them, same with guns - I thought it was a good movie, and was
wondering if any of you guys had seen it, and what were your thoughts
on it, as it covers quite a few contemporary issues, both for you guys
and us in Oz. Please, only respond if you have actually seen it and
made up your own minds.
(And I am physically stuffed at the moment, cant even make it to trade
school, so have been reduced to being a movie critic - and, lets face
it, both our countries need more movie critics(not)lol
Andrew VK3BFA.


I finally saw it too. I'm wondering what contemporary issues you
think it covers. I saw it purely as entertainment. I don't recall
anything indicating any of the characters' political views. The
protagonist's "traditional" values were certainly a central theme.

Parts of it were slightly nostalgic for me because I lived in Detroit
for a while in the '50s and the neighborhood and houses look a lot
like I recall them.

I noted that the bad guys had and used guns in spite of gun control
laws in place that make their posession of those guns a felony.