Gran Torino

I'm well behind in my blogging.  At least 3 weeks ago we went to see Gran Torino with Clint Eastwood and well no one else famous.  The highlight of the movie was the relationship that Clint Eastwood had with the boy.  I particularly enjoy how Eastwood doesn't come across as putting on too much of a facade for this role.  I'm sure he's not a racist person, but I have a feeling that in real life he is not entirely that much different from his character.  His character was a person who was very straightforward and strong willed.  I think the other thing that really made this movie was the writing.  As intense as a movie as this was I found my self laughing very hard for at least a third of the movie.  One of the best scenes in the movie is when Eastwood is trying to teach the boy "how to talk like a man" and has him observe as he and a barber have an exchange.  Following the observation comes the practice as the boy has to have his own exchange upon walking into the shop and the result is priceless.  What ultimately stayed with me after I left the movie was how a man who was so vehemently racist against a particular group of people connects so easily (to his surprise) with those same people.