Clint Eastwood & Gran Torino A Must See

Its not to often that a movie would spark me to sit down and write a blog. But on Friday night I decided to go see the new movie with Clint Eastwood in it that he of course also directed. "Gran Torino" (watch the trailer)

'Gran Torino' takes early box office lead

Jan 10, 2009, 04:09 PM | by Joshua Rich

Clint Eastwood's latest action-drama, Gran Torino, cruised into first place as the weekend box office race got underway, grossing $9.6 mil on Friday. The movie had been a hit in limited release, banking more than $10 mil since its premiere last month; this is its first weekend playing wide. Close behind were two newcomers -- the horror flick The Unborn and the Anne Hathaway-Kate Hudson comedy, Bride Wars,

This movie was nothing like I thought it would be I had not really looked at any of the reviews or saw that much about it. I do like Clint Eastwood though and that is really why I went. Now that I have seen it I am so glad I did. Although some of the points in the movie might be good its NOT really a movie for the little ones.

From the Internet Movie Database Site:

Clint Eastwood stars as Walt Kowalski, a widower who holds onto his prejudices despite the changes in his Michigan neighborhood and the world around him. Kowalski is a grumpy, tough-minded, unhappy an old man, who can't get along with either his kids or his neighbors, a Korean War veteran whose prize possession is a 1972 Gran Torino he keeps in mint condition. When his neighbor Tao, a young Hmong teenager under pressure from his gang member cousin, tries to steal his Gran Torino, Kowalski sets out to reform the youth. Drawn against his will into the life of Tao's family, Kowalski is soon taking steps to protect them from the gangs that infest their neighborhood.