Oct 24 2008'Gran Torino' Trailer Will Growl Its Way Into Your Heart
After all the negativity I've thrown at Beer for My Horses and Punisher: War Zone, it might seem like I have a problem with vigilante justice in cinema. Well, that isn't the case. I simply like to see vigilante justice movies properly executed. No country music-laden montages; no spinning from a chandelier firing machine guns; just one pissed off old guy (preferably Clint Eastwood) snarling like an angry Muppet, waving around his finger gun, and occasionally washing his classic car. Now that's violently taking the law into your own shriveled hands!
My favorite part of this trailer is where it flashes back to a previous part of the trailer. You don't see that enough:
I definitely want to see this once I'm ready to handle staring at that grimace for two hours.
Reader Comments
1. Will - October 24, 2008 2:48 PM
Permanent batman voice.
2. Ed B. - October 24, 2008 3:08 PM
Well, I'm sold.
3. Jonny D - October 24, 2008 3:31 PM
Hell yeah! That looks tight!
4. Elmo - October 24, 2008 3:46 PM
na na na na na na na na na naa naaa naa na na
Clint Eastwoooooooood!
5. zach - October 24, 2008 3:49 PM
TITLE CHANGE:
grandpa PWNS azn ganxtas.
6. spiritkittykat - October 24, 2008 3:50 PM
See that blight? That's Detroit! WHEE!
At least it looks like a good "I'm gonna kick your asses!" movie!
7. Right Fury - October 24, 2008 3:53 PM
Clint kicks ass.
I hope he shoots the crap out of their house with that m1 garand. OLD skool drive by.
8. frank - October 24, 2008 4:25 PM
clint eastwood seriously needs to spit the dick out of his mouth.
9. somedude - October 24, 2008 4:39 PM
can we please stop with the trailers that give us an abridged version of the entire effing story? i like to watch the movie for more than just filling in the details.
somebody remind hollywood about that whole less-is-more thing.
10. will - October 24, 2008 10:34 PM
I'm glad people have already said it, because it makes ME saying it even more correct: Clint Eastwood is now Grandpa Batman. Watch the whole trailer again and imagine him in the bat suit. Genius. Old Batman doing gun fingers at asians would be quite possibly the funniest thing ever. ESPECIALLY if its Eastwood. My god. When he first pulled out the gun finger, I thought it was going to turn into a comedy about how crazy old people are.
Narrator: "Joe thinks his finger...is a gun"
Peter: "Pop, you're finger isnt a gun! OK? I think you have dementia..."
Joe: "BANG BANG BANG. Who's demented now son, who's demented NOW?"
rated PG13
11. Brian - October 24, 2008 11:17 PM
Please God... let me be as hard-assed as Clint when I'm 137 years old. Jesus that man is grizzled...
12. orb205 - October 25, 2008 1:26 AM
What a delightful coming of age story.
13. josie wales - October 25, 2008 5:55 AM
Finally there's a movie made just for me, the 90-year-old man who's terrified of young people and immigrants.
14. proteon - October 25, 2008 6:29 PM
Your all so fuckin smart.
15. Caligula - October 25, 2008 8:51 PM
We are, aren't we?
And McCain should use this as his campaign video.
16. Ben Linus - October 25, 2008 10:20 PM
Batman Retires.
17. Benign prostate hyperplasia - October 26, 2008 8:37 AM
It's unintentionally hilarious
I really can't tell if this is a comedy or drama. The one-liners are real zingers
Finally a Clint Eastwood movie were he battles triads and an enlarged prostate.
18. Bobeyo - October 26, 2008 9:35 AM
Grandpa or not, Clint Eastwood is awesome. Kick their ass, Clint! I might be tempted to watch this movie. They should have titled it "Dirty Harry Retires" or even "Dirty Harry Returns."
"Now I know what you're thinkin'... Is he eighty years old, or only sixty-five? Truth is in all this excitement I've kinda lost count myself. But seein' as how I'm Clint Eastwood, and when I point my finger at people and go 'PEW PEW' they either run away or die tryin', you gotta ask yourself a little question: do I really feel all that young? Well do ya, punk?"
19. sully - October 26, 2008 1:17 PM
The title should be changed to "About Shmi2t: Gangwar for the Crystal Gran Torino"
"Clint Eastwood is... Schmidt" and then they show the part where he pulls out is finger gun. And the sequel will have more old man vs. delinquent gangstas and less Kathy Bates nippleage.
20. Rachel - October 27, 2008 1:27 AM
This is what every old man I've ever met dreams about at night -- on the outside he's unconscious and whimpering softly, but inside his dreams he's shot a Chinese.
21. Big Al - October 27, 2008 7:41 AM
It seems that ol' Harry Calahan, aka DIRTY HARRY is retired and making a comeback kisking some gang's ass!!! Yeah baby - this will be worth watching!! Hooray for Eastwood.
22. PJ - February 28, 2009 12:20 PM
I saw the movie & it rocks!