Movie Review:

Gran Torino

By Tracy Farr
Editor, The Daily Spittoon

Clint Eastwood is back and he's better than ever -- so I've been told. I haven't actually seen the movie because my son decided to take his girlfriend to see it instead of me (can you believe it?), but he reports it's a pretty good flick.

DAD: So, how was the movie?

SON: Not bad.

DAD: I thought you and I were going to go see it -- together, without women. You know, father and son at the movies! Male bonding!

SON: Whatever.

DAD: Okay, so how was the movie?

SON: You need to go see it.

DAD: You think?

SON: Clint Eastwood was good, but when he talks, he sounds like he has a frog in his throat.

DAD: Doesn't matter. Eastwood would still be "The Man" if he had an elephant in his throat. Now, go on. What about the story?

SON: Well, there was a lot of action, and a lot of gun pointing.

DAD: Sounds just like an Eastwood movie, but what about the story?

SON: Well, there was some bad guys, and Eastwood was the good guy trying to put the bad guys in their place.

DAD: Ok, but what about the story?

SON: Listen, Dad, I was on a date. Remember?

And there you have it! Gran Torino, Rated R for language and violence (I assume), but what a movie! Hopefully you'll see it while it's still in town, and if you do, please give me a call. I sure would like to know what the movie's about!