Gran Torino (2008) | First Time Watching | FRR Movie Request

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  • čas přidán 27. 06. 2024
  • I wanna give a huge Thanks to KillStormSh for being a First-time Requestor means a lot to us. Now this movie was fantastic loved it from beginning to end and can't wait to see your comments on our reaction. Let us know how you felt about Walt and all the characters in this film. Have a Bless day 🙏🏾
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  • @zackstoner4523
    @zackstoner4523 Před 2 měsíci +89

    Walt is not racist. He just says racist things. His actions prove he is not. Actions are worth more then words.

    • @boomeister2
      @boomeister2 Před měsícem +14

      This is the way that generation talked and not just "whites" but ALL races and "nationalities". It wasn't necessarily malicious...unless the malice was deserved. Look at the relationship with the barber. He calls him a "do wop dago" and the barber calls Walt a "pollack". But once you earn Walt's respect, he is loyal to the death...literally!

    • @kevinRip81
      @kevinRip81 Před měsícem

      You’re absolutely right. Both my grandfathers were like Walt after having fought in WWII. The military also uses terminology to describe the people they’re fighting to dehumanize them so it makes it easier to kill them in your mind; because they’re “G**ks” or all the other slurs he used. Old Vets may be rough around the edges, but in the end, they’d do anything for you if you become their friend and earn their respect

    • @living-wellon-less5669
      @living-wellon-less5669 Před měsícem +3

      @@boomeister2 Yes, people have gotten too damn sensitive! I am 68 and retired from GM, the one person I enjoyed working with the most was one black guy and we would bust each others balls all day long! I miss ole West he was a good dude, he had a brother that was gay and his dad would say "he wears his britches backwards" and it would crack us up!

    • @swordofice890
      @swordofice890 Před 21 dnem

      @@boomeister2 it was all a gauge of character and how thick your skin was. can you take it and sling it back? can you sling it and take it as well? really spoke about you if you understood that unwritten rule. cause if you could get over a petty thing such as a crack at who you were supposed to be, then you can show who you really are instead. that's what mattered

    • @notintohandles
      @notintohandles Před 13 dny

      Walt is racist.

  • @BrettShadow
    @BrettShadow Před 2 měsíci +256

    This is a masterclass at the difference between saying things that people consider racist and actually BEING racist. Huge difference.

    • @yarsivad000.5
      @yarsivad000.5 Před 2 měsíci +30

      I was born in 1965 and growing up. We told jokes about other European nationalities which would be considered racist or bigoted today, but weren’t mean spirited and no one took them seriously. We told jokes about how stupid our nationality was or somebody else’s in general. There were black jokes, Mexican jokes, etc., but mainly it was other European nationalities.

    • @DoSumpnDiff
      @DoSumpnDiff Před 2 měsíci +9

      @@yarsivad000.5 1968 here, I remember those times.

    • @michaelatteberry6462
      @michaelatteberry6462 Před 2 měsíci +10

      1950 here. We said and heard lots of that but it was not with bad intentions and we never swore

    • @manonthemoog
      @manonthemoog Před měsícem +6

      There are no bad words. There are only bad intentions.

    • @topmenace
      @topmenace Před měsícem +3

      Words are just words.
      It's how you treat people and interact with people that does our doesnt make a racist. Not the words. Walt wasn't a racist... were that true he would not have let any of the hmongs near him.

  • @Stogie2112
    @Stogie2112 Před 3 měsíci +361

    Many people have been put off by Walt Kowalski's foul mouth and use of racist epithets. It's important to see that his "bigotry" was superficial. Regardless of who they were, anyone who earned his respect also earned his loyalty.
    Walt was an older man, a Korean War veteran, a widower, and who was angry at everyone. He just didn't like people in general, which is why he used all the classic bigoted epithets equally. He didn't discriminate between anyone, as he saw everyone as equally worthless.
    But then Thao, Sue and their family touched his heart. They became the caring family that he never had. They brought out the good man that Walt had hidden deep down. Walt gave his life for Thao's family. That's the greatest gift of respect and honor one could ever give.

    • @susanfox6666
      @susanfox6666 Před 2 měsíci +30

      Beautifully put.

    • @Sig509
      @Sig509 Před 2 měsíci +27

      He hated everyone equally, and the most he hated himself. But as you said, if someone deserved his sympathy, he was all in, even if the language did not change. Like his relation with the barber, and especially the Hmongs, or whatever you spell that. The more he knew them, the more he liked them, and that alone shows that the man was not a racist as so many people try to present him nowadays.
      He was also clearly damaged by the Korean War, as he told to the priest, what haunts men is not what they are ordered to do, but what they do when not ordered to do something.

    • @gd3369
      @gd3369 Před 2 měsíci +18

      Walt came from an era where using racial slurs was normal ... and as things changed in America, Walt never changed he stayed the same ... Walt wasn't a racist ... he said a lot of racial things but a racist doesn't sacrifice himself for the people that he is racist against ...nor does he give his prize possession to the person he said the most racial things too ... this was an outstanding movie ... most of the hmong people in this movie were just normal people from a neighbourhood they had no acting experience ... fun fact ... when Su was on that date with that dude and Walt called him a Pu$$y ...that was Clint's real son ..Scott Eastwood

    • @gd3369
      @gd3369 Před 2 měsíci +5

      totally agree with you ...

    • @BigJohnLXV
      @BigJohnLXV Před 2 měsíci +4

      glad to see some really get it. Walt uses language that racists use, but there was no ill will behind it. he was just a grumpy, old man, with abrasive language

  • @honorandspite
    @honorandspite Před 2 měsíci +229

    When he told Tao about the time he killed a young soldier in Korea, THAT was his true confession.

    • @RyneMurray23
      @RyneMurray23 Před 2 měsíci +8

      That scene is one of my favorites. He tells him you were just holding that rifle. Great writing.

    • @jonathanmosher72
      @jonathanmosher72 Před měsícem

      Eastwood was never in combat.

    • @loristone9242
      @loristone9242 Před měsícem +3

      @@jonathanmosher72 who said he was? I think the true confession mentioned in this comment means the character's true confession, not Clint Eastwood's confession...

    • @jonathanmosher72
      @jonathanmosher72 Před měsícem +1

      @loristone9242 Because it's literally a conspiracy theory that Eastwood's characters' military service was him confessing to what he actually did in war. He was in the Army during the Korean War. But it was debunked years ago.

    • @honorandspite
      @honorandspite Před měsícem +1

      @loristone9242 Yes. I see some are unable to understand that.

  • @44murdoc
    @44murdoc Před 3 měsíci +149

    The goofy white boy in the beginning of the movie is Scott Eastwood, Clints son

    • @andreadeamon6419
      @andreadeamon6419 Před 3 měsíci +7

      In the last few fast and the furious films with Kurt Russell

    • @clevelandcbi
      @clevelandcbi Před 2 měsíci +2

      Tribe is 4-2 😀

    • @joseesparza7488
      @joseesparza7488 Před 2 měsíci +7

      Supposedly, when he auditioned and got hired, he got the part under a different last name because he wanted to prove he could act without Eastwood’s last name clout. But he’s a dead on young Clint Eastwood. Anyone who’s seen young Clint in his first movies can tell you he looks exactly like Clint when he was young.

    • @andreadeamon6419
      @andreadeamon6419 Před 2 měsíci +2

      @clevelandcbi Sadly once they got rid of chief - i haven't watched 1 game. I used to go to every game i could until then - if not watched it on tv 😢

    • @SteveoGregg
      @SteveoGregg Před 2 měsíci +1

      TRUE!!!

  • @MrDMF567
    @MrDMF567 Před 3 měsíci +172

    55:41 At the funeral when the Priest is telling the story of how Walt called him a “27yr old overeducated virgin”, you can see the barber laughing. Lol. Always gets me 😂

    • @OriginalPuro
      @OriginalPuro Před 3 měsíci +15

      Thao also looks the son of Walt directly in his eyes, which is opposite of his own culture but he is now a man and does not shy away.
      A good funeral.

    • @timothyhedrick5295
      @timothyhedrick5295 Před 3 měsíci +14

      I've watched this movie and reactions to it at least 15 times and this was the first time I noticed the barber cracking up back in his pew. Too good.

    • @KillstormSH
      @KillstormSH Před 2 měsíci +1

      I love that part.

    • @historyofnerdom6111
      @historyofnerdom6111 Před 2 měsíci +4

      @@timothyhedrick5295same I never noticed that

    • @gd3369
      @gd3369 Před 2 měsíci +5

      me too ... the barber and Walts relationship is priceless ...

  • @docbearmb
    @docbearmb Před 3 měsíci +211

    Walt knew he had terminal lung cancer. He tried to tell his son who was too busy. His sacrifice was a perfect solution to all the problems.

  • @nancyellett1016
    @nancyellett1016 Před 2 měsíci +34

    Hes 93 now, we will lose an irreplaceable human being

    • @Flayne009
      @Flayne009 Před měsícem +3

      If I could give my life so Clint could live another fifty year I would. The man is a fucking treasure.

    • @sixslinger9951
      @sixslinger9951 Před 5 dny

      @@Flayne009 I like clint but that is just plain weird

  • @dudermcdudeface3674
    @dudermcdudeface3674 Před 2 měsíci +53

    Walt's will with all the car stereotypes is perfect.

    • @febed01
      @febed01 Před 8 dny +1

      And he didn't know about the north of France in late 80's - early 90's (surnamed "Paradise of tuning"). We made it all back then, and a lot more 😆😆 I was quite shy so I limited myself with long-range lights, "K2000" moving red light, and a 2m Citizen-Band antenna ^^ Other added ultra-wide tires (check the width of your garage door, dudes), boosted the engine, pink/cheetah fur covers for the wheel, and other questionnable mods ^^

  • @jeffjones6221
    @jeffjones6221 Před 3 měsíci +43

    One of the best movies ever. We all talk shit...but everything in this is relatable.

  • @TheRealdal
    @TheRealdal Před 2 měsíci +74

    Clint wrote , directed, acted, and produced this movie just like many of his later films. That’s even him singing at the end. Dirty Harry is my favorite actor, he’s hella talented.

    • @bentighe4811
      @bentighe4811 Před 2 měsíci +3

      Nick Schenk wrote this film.

    • @frederickking1660
      @frederickking1660 Před 2 měsíci

      Another facet of Clint is a piano bar player. He comes from a time where men were stoic. Quiet and tough. The times were tough and you had to stand up for yourself or the world would crush you. His son has a good interview about his father on Joe Rogans podcast.

  • @h.s.lafever3277
    @h.s.lafever3277 Před 2 měsíci +31

    Walt reminds me of my Dad, i miss him so much. RIP the worst thing of me getting old is losing those i love.

  • @KOLLIS1969
    @KOLLIS1969 Před 2 měsíci +35

    A great movie about the need for balance. Tao needed Walt in his life to toughen him up, Walt needed Tao to help him soften up.

    • @machtnichtsseimann
      @machtnichtsseimann Před 2 měsíci +4

      Unfortunately, it seems that you are in the minority of that opinion. It seems that many are obsessed over Walt's language. Far deeper than that. I agree with you.

    • @AliceBowie
      @AliceBowie Před 2 měsíci

      Yeah. This movie makes me think about how they met each other just in time to change each other's lives for the better. Imagine if Walt had died before this happened. It reminds me to be open to meeting new people, because you never know who might save your soul or whatever.

  • @emd78s
    @emd78s Před 2 měsíci +19

    When the officer switched languages with him hit hard too. He saw it was too important to Tao to just tell him stay back

  • @user-jr7gi2kp8l
    @user-jr7gi2kp8l Před 2 měsíci +49

    Clint hired alot of people who weren't actors. He wanted a genuine feel to the movie. So the fact you picked up on the "bad acting" was awesome. The white kid he told they didn't wanna be his brother, was Clint's son. Great reaction!

    • @Austin.Kilgore
      @Austin.Kilgore Před měsícem

      I don’t think I’d consider it “bad acting”… because he’s playing a character who essentially was poorly acting, they were putting up a front, ya know… a poser. Lol Which an actor trying to portray a character who’s putting on an unconvincing act (aka “poorly acting”) actually sounds like it could be pretty challenging.

    • @Austin.Kilgore
      @Austin.Kilgore Před měsícem

      Which I think could apply to a lot of the “gangsters” in this movie… that all their “tough guy” act they’re putting on is just that, them acting. They just trying to act/appear a lot tougher than they actually are.

    • @TekWolfie
      @TekWolfie Před 22 dny

      They hired actual Hmong people so the acting ability was a bit limited.

  • @craigwoodfolk3240
    @craigwoodfolk3240 Před 2 měsíci +45

    I think I might’ve found the best pair of movie reviewers on CZcams. at 65 years of age, it is a breath of fresh air to still be surprised by such maturity and wisdom. I look forward to your next review.

  • @cjpreach
    @cjpreach Před 2 měsíci +15

    "Whenever there's gang members in a movie, and there's an alley - it's a wrap." GREAT LINE!

  • @patticriss2238
    @patticriss2238 Před 2 měsíci +28

    Guys, that was the most fun I’ve had in a little while. Thanks a lot. You’re both so smart and appear to have enormous hearts. Thanks. I had fun.

  • @MsZo3y
    @MsZo3y Před 2 měsíci +17

    My grandpa actually served as well. He actually was the one to introduce me to this movie when I was younger. It made me cry, made me angry, showed me humbleness for others, etc. Walt reminds me of my grandpa with his demeanor. Same attitude. Same conceal nd carry (inside &outside). My grandpa is exactly Walt.
    Now everytime this movie comes on Tv, he will text me to tell me nd we’ll watch it together or he’ll call me nd tell me😊. He would tell me i have the personality of the Korean sister😂.
    This is just one of the main movies that keep me and my grandpa closer (we’re big movie ppl🤷🏻‍♀️)
    Thank y’all for the reaction💕

  • @petresko1041
    @petresko1041 Před 2 měsíci +28

    55:40 His barber friend cracking up on the bench like "That's exactly what he would have said"

    • @clevelandcbi
      @clevelandcbi Před 2 měsíci +1

      That and the reading of the will were 2 laughs I did NOT see coming. 😂😂😂

  • @kensteel9872
    @kensteel9872 Před 2 měsíci +10

    The only one Million Dollar baby???? You guys have a treasure trove to watch!

  • @evelynne2846
    @evelynne2846 Před 3 měsíci +61

    Yes, Clint wrote the screenplay, acted, directed the movie and that's him singing at the closing credits. And that was his son with Sue. Very much enjoyed your reaction to this great movie. Thank you.

    • @BM-hb2mr
      @BM-hb2mr Před 2 měsíci +4

      Another great movie is "Mule" he wrote tht too

    • @prompt4196
      @prompt4196 Před 2 měsíci

      ​@@BM-hb2mr Yes, you two definitely should try The Mule. THe late Eastwood movies are masterpieces.

    • @CalicoCooperFan
      @CalicoCooperFan Před 2 měsíci +2

      Clint Eastwood didn't write Gran Torino. It was written by a guy named Nick Schenk. Nick is from Minnesota and wrote the story to take place in MN. One of the very few changes that Clint Eastwood wanted made to the script was to have it take place in Michigan. Nick's original script made reference to the Minnesota Vikings....like when the son calls Walt to ask if his friend had access to tix for the Detroit Lions. The original script used The Vikings instead of the Deroit Lions. So..the football teams were appropriately swapped out to make it relevant to Detroit.

    • @clevelandcbi
      @clevelandcbi Před 2 měsíci +2

      Didn't know that ^^^

    • @TheseBitchesWantNikes
      @TheseBitchesWantNikes Před 18 dny

      He didn't write it.

  • @shannontaylor1849
    @shannontaylor1849 Před 2 měsíci +30

    I generally don't comment, and rarely positively, but I appreciate the quality of banter on display here. Well done.

  • @misch2k
    @misch2k Před 3 měsíci +25

    “Unforgiven” is one of Clint’s best movies

    • @thaistomp
      @thaistomp Před 2 měsíci +5

      Its his best by far 💯

    • @mikeeckel2807
      @mikeeckel2807 Před měsícem

      "Absolute Power" is an excellent political thriller.
      Gene Hackman plays the part of the President of the United States.

    • @unclebounce1495
      @unclebounce1495 Před 7 dny

      I like it, but never understood why people think it's such a legendary movie. Just a solid one. IMO the story is pretty cliche, the plot turns, everything is typical "anti-hero hero" western killing everyone to save the honor of the wammins.

  • @B.Wayne1939
    @B.Wayne1939 Před 2 měsíci +15

    Walts True Confession Was to Tao 😔 Through the Basement Door, Walts Sacrifice to Save Tao, What a Legend 🇺🇸🫡🇦🇺

  • @jeffreyroberts4156
    @jeffreyroberts4156 Před 3 měsíci +64

    You guys happened to be in my feed today and checked you out for the first time. Really enjoyed your reaction and your thorough analysis at the end. Many of the notes you hit were ones that I had when I first watched this film. Will have to start watching you guys more often now.

  • @DannyBedo
    @DannyBedo Před 3 měsíci +19

    I saw this movie in theaters just a couple years after my grandpa who raised me died, he’s the same age as Clint. This movie should be called “how to make a man better” generational trauma being overcome by a sense of community. This movie is an amazing tragedy Film, Mr. Eastwood is nothing but an amazing actor and director.

  • @timbaker6540
    @timbaker6540 Před 3 měsíci +41

    Outlaw Josie Wales and UNFORGIVIN are my two favorite Clint Eastwood movies
    Classics

    • @deadbeat6232
      @deadbeat6232 Před 2 měsíci +2

      Unforgiven is the best modern western movie, without a doubt,

    • @BalokLives
      @BalokLives Před 2 měsíci

      Definitely the best modern western movie. @timbaker6540
      But "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly", "A Fist Full of Dollars", and "The Outlaw Jose Wales" are also standout Westerns.

  • @kirklandstump612
    @kirklandstump612 Před 2 měsíci +10

    “What you gonna do? Carry your tools in a rice bag?” Made ya guys laugh haha😂

  • @mik9124
    @mik9124 Před 2 měsíci +8

    This man is not able to make a bad movie , he is legend of his time .
    Love all of his working . Everything what he has done was right on point , never failed .
    He got you like all of of us all the time he did it .
    He is Legend . THX Clint we will never forget what's between the lines .

  • @joeyboogenz
    @joeyboogenz Před 3 měsíci +53

    Clint really is a living legend . The Good ,the bad & the ugly , Hang em' high ,Fistfull of dollars , High Plains drifter , Magnum force & especially "Dirty Harry" made him an American icon . He also did write & direct this film. He also produced & directed "American Sniper " . He is a true American Badass. All his old flicks should be seen .

    • @docbearmb
      @docbearmb Před 3 měsíci +10

      How could you not include “The Outlaw Josey Wales”?

    • @joeyboogenz
      @joeyboogenz Před 3 měsíci +3

      @@docbearmb I Knew I effed' up something !!!! Agreed 100%

    • @OriginalPuro
      @OriginalPuro Před 3 měsíci +4

      Tip: there's no space between the last letter of a sentence and the full-stop, nor is there a space in front of a comma.

    • @KillstormSH
      @KillstormSH Před 3 měsíci +3

      @@OriginalPuro Tip: nobody values your grammar lesson on the Internet to appear more intelligent when there was no provocation to begin with. In fact, trying to call out people who weren't combative in the first place over trivial things like grammar in a CZcams comment really ends up backfiring by making you seem extremely pompous, which nobody appreciates.

    • @andreadeamon6419
      @andreadeamon6419 Před 3 měsíci +1

      ​@@docbearmbevery which way but loose

  • @windwarattack2300
    @windwarattack2300 Před 2 měsíci +4

    I make it a must to watch this Movie every year....hell I watched it in the theater when it first dropped...it was just as special and meaningful then as it is today 16 years later

    • @FriendRequestReviews
      @FriendRequestReviews  Před 2 měsíci +1

      I believe it'll be special for the next 100 years this movie is a gem.

  • @jonlandin2440
    @jonlandin2440 Před 3 měsíci +20

    His westerns were mainly in the 1960s and 70s. He came back and did another one in 1992 called Ungorgiven about a retired gunman,.and it won several Oscars.

  • @tec52
    @tec52 Před 2 měsíci +20

    The Hmong characters were not actors Eastwood wanted authenticity so hired real Hmongs who spoke the language, etc. So if you think the acting wasn't up to par, it's because they weren't actors.

  • @KarlGutowski
    @KarlGutowski Před 2 měsíci +67

    I worked for an old Irish guy who's probably 10 years younger than Kowalski in this movie. He told me that this is how blue collar men used to talk to each other in the 60s and 70s. Every race, and nationality got it in equal quantities from all sides. It wasn't considered disrespect as much as barbershop talk. You were allowed to give it, but also expected to take it, and if you got it, you were considered a man, and a peer. Everyone had grit, and thick skin. It was just a part of being a man. Language changed as women entered the workforce, and now this way of talking is considered toxic, because we let those most easily offended to dictate the terms of public conversation.

    • @treycantrell8590
      @treycantrell8590 Před měsícem +7

      Also we gotta remember that us blue collar guys know the suck, and other, softer, people will always squeeze themselves into the nice positions because they literally cannot fathom how to deal with the job. Us blue collar guys will get so injured and keep on going and some of the only joy is ragging on our buddies

    • @mot0rhe4d40
      @mot0rhe4d40 Před měsícem +6

      You are right. Only thing you left out was the advent of Fathers being removed from the home.
      The single mothers raising boys. Softened generations of young men. And we are reaping that today with all the weak handshake boys out there.

    • @taylorsimmons4280
      @taylorsimmons4280 Před měsícem +4

      They still talk like this today, when you fall under the Ole school blue collar

    • @johngage856
      @johngage856 Před měsícem +3

      @@taylorsimmons4280yep, I’m a CNC machinist and we all talk shit all day every day. The only difference is because of the way the world is today race is left out of it. On the shop floor nobody would care if it’s all in good spirit but we don’t need the office getting involved. But everything else is fair game. And everyone has a good time. And when we need help everyone has our back. Makes a tight fun group.

    • @kylethompson3008
      @kylethompson3008 Před 17 dny

      We still talk like this. I guess it just depends where ya work

  • @thaistomp
    @thaistomp Před 2 měsíci +17

    Those Asian bloods were terrorizing the whole hood in that little Honda. Lol.

  • @unseenentity326
    @unseenentity326 Před 2 měsíci +24

    C'mon guys. He said Dragon Lady because he likes her and she knew it. They are officially close friends.

  • @MrDMF567
    @MrDMF567 Před 3 měsíci +30

    The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly (1966) is a must-watch.
    Such an epic movie & score.
    The quintessential Spaghetti Western & Eastwood is just so cool as the iconic anti-hero. It’s part of a “trilogy” (that aren’t actually connected) by the same director (Sergio Leone) & with the same composer (Ennio Morricone)…and all with Clint. They are all iconic BANGERS, but TGTB&TU is considered the GOAT.
    A lot of the stylistic elements are things you’ll recognize in more modern films. Especially Tarantino films (he said his fav movie ever is TGTB&TU).
    Also, Dirty Harry (1971) is another legendary Eastwood film.

    • @IZPC
      @IZPC Před 3 měsíci +3

      Awesome synopsis. Thank you.

  • @shooter5762
    @shooter5762 Před 3 měsíci +20

    This Movie hits Hard. Great Movie, Great Reaction, had a blast laughing with y’all, the white boy who was trying act like he was form the hood, was Clint Eastwood son, and that’s Clint Eastwood singing at the End too. Peace Brothers ✌🏼

  • @dennishendrikx3228
    @dennishendrikx3228 Před 2 měsíci +5

    I am Dutch, our spices are salt and... Well, nothing else. Salt. Boiled potatoes, vegetables, some flat meat.
    My wife is Greek, and especially at her grandmother's village in the mountain, the food is insane good. I eat things there I would never eat normally. You can't say no to grandmother. You can, but she doesn't care. She will make you eat, I love the Greeks.
    I was smoking outside the farm, and the tiny 87yr old grandmother came walking with a big pumpkin, she throws it on the table infront of me, and she hammers a butcher knife inside it. Smiling at me, talking, casually hitting that knife with a hammer. Amazing people.

  • @troynewsome3710
    @troynewsome3710 Před 2 měsíci +4

    You guys don't know how much I enjoyed watching you two watch this movie. Great stuff.

  • @RaulGuadalupe-cb9ly
    @RaulGuadalupe-cb9ly Před 2 měsíci +8

    I LOOOVE Gran Torino!❤ Eastwood killed this!

  • @teenofthailand1
    @teenofthailand1 Před 2 měsíci +3

    Watch the Good, the Bad and the Ugly. Long but part of why Clint is a legend

  • @loisrogers9042
    @loisrogers9042 Před 2 měsíci +3

    This is the first time I've listened to the 2 of you react. I really like this movie, and your commentary.

  • @Mikevdog
    @Mikevdog Před 2 měsíci +3

    Nick Schenk wrote the script. His first script. He was a construction worker and part time writer at the time.

  • @LAMan394
    @LAMan394 Před měsícem +3

    My dad was in Korea with the First Marine Division. He also stacked bodies and it stayed with him for life. And he also used the same crude names for every race but still had friends from every race who were like him. Different generation.

  • @lockeforeer
    @lockeforeer Před 3 měsíci +13

    "1 and 0 for toxic masculinity" that caught me so offguard lmfao

  • @christhrasher9892
    @christhrasher9892 Před 3 měsíci +9

    Outlaw Josey Wales should be a must in your Clint Eastwood journey

  • @fighterx9840
    @fighterx9840 Před měsícem +1

    I genuinely loved the relationship that was built between Walt and Thao, and I found it touching when Walt said he was proud of calling Thao his friend

  • @BayAreaMike99
    @BayAreaMike99 Před 3 měsíci +12

    51:06 can’t believe I didn’t notice this the screen door looks like a confession booth screen and he’s actually confessing what he actually has done and has been been bothering him and he’s confessing it to Tao which would be the priest

    • @clevelandcbi
      @clevelandcbi Před 2 měsíci +2

      GREAT catch!!! I always look for this comment and don't see it. His last act was carrying out his wife's wish.

  • @tdgallagher218
    @tdgallagher218 Před 2 měsíci +3

    A common theme you will find in many Clint Eastwood movies is that his characters are typically loners who basically have no need or desire for long-term relationships. He wants to be left alone and prefers to travel by himself, and yet in time, he reluctantly adopts friends along the way that he starts caring for and ultimately protects them from harm.
    If you're looking for additional Eastwood movies, I would look no further than Unforgiven (1992). What is unique about the movie is that none of the characters in it are heroes. Just about every main character has demons from their past that haunt them. The movie is by no means the traditional plot of good versus evil. I personally believe it is one Eastwood's best movie.

  • @i_noah_guy18
    @i_noah_guy18 Před 3 měsíci +6

    How this channel doesn’t have that a lot more subscribers is beyond me. Be sure to like and subscribe y’all.

  • @williammontroy9024
    @williammontroy9024 Před 3 měsíci +20

    Lol it wasnt just disrespectful it was true in korea they actually did have to use Chinese and Korean bodies for sandbags in some cases . They even once used dead Chinese bodies to ancor a bridge . It was honestly probably the most brutal savage war American troops have ever been involved in . Men like walt that were in those fights became incredibly hard .

    • @loonylenny
      @loonylenny Před 2 měsíci

      That's especially true for when Allied Forces were pushed, I think, to the southeast corner of the Korean peninsula. That was the closest we came to losing the that war.

    • @ShifuCareaga
      @ShifuCareaga Před 2 měsíci

      Watch The Pacific

    • @loonylenny
      @loonylenny Před 2 měsíci

      @@ShifuCareaga isn't that about WW2? It has nothing to do with the Korean War

    • @ShifuCareaga
      @ShifuCareaga Před 2 měsíci +1

      @@loonylenny that's ... my point. If you think Korea was bad, see The Pacific. Nothing, not even Hamburger Hill or D Day scenes compare to what Marines went through on those islands. Nothing.

    • @loonylenny
      @loonylenny Před 2 měsíci +1

      @@ShifuCareaga here's the thing we're not talking about World War II we're talking about Korea you come barging in spouting off about World War II not even anywhere near what we were discussing

  • @ThistleAndSea
    @ThistleAndSea Před 2 měsíci +7

    Such great movie. Thanks for sharing this one! 🙂 "Dragon Lady" is the one that cracks me up every time, LOL!

  • @Rooundguy68
    @Rooundguy68 Před 2 měsíci +3

    This was my first Movie review with you all. OMG you guys CRACKED me UP. "Who did they get to write this? The KLAN?"
    OMG.

  • @ReymundoCortez
    @ReymundoCortez Před 2 měsíci +6

    You know Clint loved the fact he got to roast his son so hard. Incase you didn't recognize him he plays the guy that was dating the girl.

  • @rafm3068
    @rafm3068 Před 3 měsíci +51

    "They hired the Clan to write this sh!t"
    funniest line from the reaction lol

    • @paganheart70
      @paganheart70 Před 3 měsíci +1

      or anyone from the 1950s-60s lol

    • @OriginalPuro
      @OriginalPuro Před 3 měsíci +3

      shit.*
      It's ok to type English on the internet.
      Censorship is for children.

    • @rafm3068
      @rafm3068 Před 3 měsíci +4

      @@OriginalPuro Was not sure if it was allowed on youtube.

    • @Hawk-ODA212
      @Hawk-ODA212 Před 3 měsíci +5

      Cracked me up too. I laughed out loud.

    • @freespirit9981
      @freespirit9981 Před 3 měsíci +4

      I was rolling laughing when I heard that.

  • @jeanine6328
    @jeanine6328 Před 2 měsíci +11

    He played another character which is basically a younger Walt. You should check out Heartbreak Ridge. My dad and I used to watch it together a few times a year. It’s got a lot of humor.

    • @ShifuCareaga
      @ShifuCareaga Před 2 měsíci +2

      BINGO. Underrated af

    • @jeanine6328
      @jeanine6328 Před 2 měsíci

      @@ShifuCareaga THANK YOU! Its so rudely overlook. It’s one of my favorite movies. I still have the VHS and later picked up the DVD, I must have watched it in excess of 50 times. There are a lot of people who have said they didn’t like his depiction of a Marine, having been so disrespectful to his superiors. But I think those people are young and don’t understand respect, even in the military, is earned in most cases. If someone has no business in their position, they’re going to get people killed and deserve no respect.

  • @CLJ9676
    @CLJ9676 Před 3 měsíci +20

    Seen this in the theater, I remember everyone laughing at the absurd racist stereotypes in the movie, today people would probably walk out lol.

    • @KillstormSH
      @KillstormSH Před 3 měsíci +5

      Same. One of my fondest memories was seeing this with my pops in theaters at the age of 11 but still understanding most of the absurd rhetoric being portrayed.

    • @machtnichtsseimann
      @machtnichtsseimann Před 2 měsíci +4

      Their loss! If people don't strive to read beneath the lines, in life, at the movies, attempt to discern where someone is coming from, and not be a hypocrite about it, then they're truly missing out.

    • @ShifuCareaga
      @ShifuCareaga Před 2 měsíci

      They'd be pussies

  • @natetefft4778
    @natetefft4778 Před 3 měsíci +13

    The Unforgiven.

  • @bettybaby63
    @bettybaby63 Před 2 měsíci +5

    Why is it such a successful formula? Bc there are only about 7 literary themes which all stories flow from.
    This one, hits several.
    Outstanding all around. Clint is a legend. Really fun reaction.

  • @Ki6FHX
    @Ki6FHX Před měsícem +1

    He knew Tao was a good kid and just needed a father figure. Wonderful story

  • @Rudy4099
    @Rudy4099 Před 3 měsíci +7

    Seen this a million times and I thoroughly enjoyed you two's reaction! You guys had me laughing along and trying to hold back tears at the end! =;-)

  • @george217
    @george217 Před 2 měsíci +3

    That was a Silver Star that Walt earned in Korea...

  • @csw3287
    @csw3287 Před 3 měsíci +11

    Clint is Mr. Cool: Dirty Harry, Pale Rider, Unforgiven, Hang'em High

  • @bleachedbrother
    @bleachedbrother Před 2 měsíci +6

    I loved your reaction. Best one of all the reactions I've seen for this film. My favorite (and funniest) comment from you guys was "Did they get the Klan to write this s**t?"😅😅😅

  • @TheJudasrising86
    @TheJudasrising86 Před 2 měsíci +3

    His son was so great and so low key

  • @kevinehle6637
    @kevinehle6637 Před 3 měsíci +5

    Great reaction! You are both really good at what you do. Gran Torino is a classic. Your respect for this movie is appreciated.

  • @KillstormSH
    @KillstormSH Před 3 měsíci +6

    Thanks again for the reaction, fellas! I remember seeing this in theaters with my dad when I was only 11 lol. The whole theater gave a standing ovation when it was over. Good times. Was my favorite movie then and still is my favorite movie to this day as an adult. Incredible reaction!

  • @30AndHatingIt
    @30AndHatingIt Před 2 měsíci +2

    The beauty of it is… he’s not racist because he hates everyone equally. It’s bizarre because it’s extremely disarming and works.

  • @1701odin
    @1701odin Před 2 měsíci +3

    You want another movie with Eastwood playing a grumpy old man: Trouble With The Curve

  • @fcsjohnnynips
    @fcsjohnnynips Před měsícem +3

    I notice quite a few people basically saying this movie shows how someone can say racist things and not necessarily be a racist. I really think that's not what Clint Eastwood was trying to illustrate with this film.
    Walt was a bigot, but he was a victim of his own upbringing and a relic of the past. He was far too set in his ways to stop being himself. His interactions with the young Catholic Father really bring that turmoil he had inside and his unwillingness to evolve with the world to the forefront.
    The cancer he had physically was also representative of the pain and guilt he held inside for so long over the things he did during the war that were only briefly hinted at.
    In the end he found his way to the light by the sudden affection he had for the new people suddenly thrust into his life.
    In the young man and his sister, he found people that love and accepted him for who he was, flaws and all. In return, they were his way of finally releasing the guilt and pain he held inside for ao many years.
    His sacrifice in the final act served a double purpose: to save that entire family, and to save his own soul.
    Just a brilliant film and a fine example of how brilliant of a filmmaker Clint Eastwood has become.

  • @RyneMurray23
    @RyneMurray23 Před 2 měsíci +4

    His family was absolutely horrible. He found a new family in Thao and Sue, and he made the ultimate sacrifice to put them away for good. I also don't understand their little clown car stuffed with people and they still ask Thao to get in😂😂

  • @timbaker6540
    @timbaker6540 Před 3 měsíci +8

    Younger Clint is great too
    Outlaw Josie Wales

  • @RyneMurray23
    @RyneMurray23 Před 2 měsíci +6

    If you pay attention throughout the movie when you see Walt's daughter in law she is playing with her pearl necklaces and her bracelets and looking at her rings. All that she took from Dorothy, Walt's wife.

    • @clevelandcbi
      @clevelandcbi Před 2 měsíci +4

      Yep. She got the jewelry. Her kid NOT getting the car cracked me up.

    • @RyneMurray23
      @RyneMurray23 Před 2 měsíci +1

      @@clevelandcbi it's one of my favorite parts of the movie. Him completely ignoring his family asking for stuff, and trying to put him in a home like he couldn't handle himself.

  • @robertdanyus6836
    @robertdanyus6836 Před 3 měsíci +4

    Eastwood in the outlaw "Josie wales"and "unforgiven"..."hang em high"

  • @bobdelp2023
    @bobdelp2023 Před 2 měsíci +2

    HE STARTED IN THE BUSINESS BACK IN 55 YOU GUYS SO! 😮ONLYYYYY 70 YEARS NEXT YEAR!😊SO MANYYYY GR888 CLINT FILMS FROM COMEDY TO DRAMA TO ACTION, HE DID THE ( 5 ) DIRTY HARRY FILMS FROM ( 71-88 ) STARTING WITH DIRTY HARRY, SINGLE FILMS THOUGH : UNFORGIVEN, IN THE LINE OF FIRE, A PERFECT WORLD, WELL THERE'S 3 GREAT ONES GUYS!👍KEEP LOVINGGGG WHAT YOU DO!

  • @bonafide2410
    @bonafide2410 Před 2 měsíci +1

    I think. This is a Movie that makes you FEEL . thats what makes it good.

  • @rd30000
    @rd30000 Před 3 měsíci +5

    "how she gonna bring him to the teen zone?" 😂😂

  • @J4ME5_
    @J4ME5_ Před 3 měsíci +3

    Let's go!

  • @michaelmurray3800
    @michaelmurray3800 Před měsícem +1

    Sue was the catalyst for Walts change.

  • @zippo_muk9254
    @zippo_muk9254 Před měsícem +2

    I know a 20 year old white conservative dude that speaks like that. I won’t lie, he’s hilarious as hell. He has his beliefs (anti-immigration, anti-feminist etc) but he roasts everyone AND defends everyone when they’re right or innocent. People don’t like him because he’s “rough” and blunt but he’s insanely intelligent and charismatic like Clint’s character.
    *He taught me a valuable lesson* and that was “if I talk to a group of people bluntly, some will laugh, others are indifferent and some are outraged. Life’s short. Don’t waste time conversing with the outraged people. They don’t think and are easily manipulated by their own emotions.”
    He debates and showed me how he can get people to agree with him by changing the way he talks from blunt to sounding sincere etc. He convinced a transgender person to not support trans athletes in woman’s sports just by changing his tone and how he said things.
    He speaks bluntly to see who he can actually have an intellectual discussion with and not waste time with those who are emotionally unstable (outraged). Once he understands who is who he then defends his same beliefs but changes the tone and it’s incredible to see people actually agree with him
    He told me that “If society was smart they would care about what is said not how you say it. But Unfortunately people are dumb. So it’s not what you say it’s how you say it.” And showed me many political agendas that are just manipulating people’s emotions to support agendas that are actually terrible for their own well-being.

  • @chascouple3
    @chascouple3 Před 2 měsíci +3

    I had to watch it twice to see the medical records say cancer. He went out with grace from the person he used to be. Clint is the GOAT… watch him in the movie “ the mule.” He is great at 90 when he filmed that one

  • @mcbeezee2120
    @mcbeezee2120 Před 2 měsíci +2

    You said it exactly right about the "...use you as sandbags..." line. Crazy visuals. Nice one guys. Keep 'em coming.

  • @johnmosleysr7312
    @johnmosleysr7312 Před 2 měsíci +3

    I would never take these two guys to a theater with me lol.
    Just watch the movie, and let other people watch it as well. Just another grumpy old man.

  • @garyregan7298
    @garyregan7298 Před 2 měsíci +3

    Veterans never stop sacrificing!

  • @kevinsmith4429
    @kevinsmith4429 Před měsícem +3

    Those dudes trying to get Tao are following gang tradition : Jumping someone in. Most of the time you get beat in & beat out of it. North side of the Chi is a streetcrime school. Went there four years.

  • @R1ch4rd74
    @R1ch4rd74 Před měsícem +3

    Everyone is like an onion. we all have layers that make us who we are. what layer you show some vs others is up to you. stay blessed everyone. loved this reaction.

  • @TheDrakenZ
    @TheDrakenZ Před 27 dny +1

    old people are just young people with wisdom and experience. Tao was his friend. Beautiful movie.

  • @John_Greek
    @John_Greek Před 3 měsíci +4

    Best reviewers in the game

  • @DwarfsRBest
    @DwarfsRBest Před měsícem

    This was a quality and sincere reaction to an amazing movie. Walt is genuinely one of the best, most layered characters in all of fiction. The way that he is so abrasive and hostile on the outside hides how kind and legit he is underneath, even from himself. I don't think I've ever seen a movie peel back the layers of such a complex character in such an organic way; his complete turnaround felt entirely believable the whole way through.

  • @lizetteolsen3218
    @lizetteolsen3218 Před 3 měsíci +5

    Please consider watching Eastwood's 'Unforgiven' considered one of the best western genre movies. He also made that later in life.
    He has had different chapters during his career--the spaghetti westerns of the 60s--the 'Dirty Harry' franchise in the 70s+ along with the more commercial low-brow films.. Then he took control totally with his directorial films--later in life. I do not think he has had a bad film, or directing. Actors love working with him because he is all about business and doesn't get into their business. He picks things that are interesting to him. Fun fact about this film, the Hmong leads were not actors. Telling about the quality of movie-making.

  • @jackskillet
    @jackskillet Před 2 měsíci +1

    It was my sincere pleasure watching this Movie with you guys...thank you for your viewing.

  • @lanolinlight
    @lanolinlight Před 3 měsíci +23

    "They hired the Klan to write this shit " 💀💀

  • @tannerlink566
    @tannerlink566 Před 3 měsíci +11

    I’d recommend both Sicario and Whiplash.

    • @FriendRequestReviews
      @FriendRequestReviews  Před 3 měsíci +9

      Be on the look out more movies coming soon 😁

    • @cryb0rg
      @cryb0rg Před 3 měsíci +6

      I second Whiplash.

    • @lolenseu
      @lolenseu Před 3 měsíci +2

      Incendies gotta be in there fr

  • @mattk070
    @mattk070 Před 19 dny +2

    Ok, that was one of the best reactions! You guys had me rolling. I can’t wait to watch some more of your stuff. I would hang out with you guys any day and we’d all just laugh and have a good time! Thanks for the reaction…

  • @thecodetalker5742
    @thecodetalker5742 Před 3 měsíci +4

    "A Fist Full of Dollars"
    Clint Eastwood western movie

  • @RyneMurray23
    @RyneMurray23 Před 2 měsíci +4

    They gunned down an unarmed Korean war veteran. They won't get out👍🏼

  • @wilsonwade2970
    @wilsonwade2970 Před 3 měsíci +8

    Killstorm - have'em react to Train to Busan. They'll tear up.

  • @markoconnor995
    @markoconnor995 Před 2 měsíci +6

    Gotta try out, "Pale Rider, " and Outlaw Josey Wales." Also "Kelley's Heroes."