"I thought this was a happy movie" GRAN TORINO (2008) ☾ MOVIE REACTION - FIRST TIME WATCHING!
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The sacrifice so he can go to heaven ! He gave his life for the people he fought for in the war .
TheMikeman1971 Well, not quite. He fought in Korea, and she was talking about Vietnam. Probably not a lot of Hmong people in Korea.
As an Asian guy growing up in a prominently Irish and Italian neighborhood in Brooklyn, my neighbor was an old Italian Vietnam vet like Walt. He talks to me the same way as in this movie. We’d often argue and toss many racial insults at each other, but we wound up becoming best friends. He helped me practice baseball and how to weld; because he was a steel worker who helped build the original World Trade Center towers, how to ride a bike, auto mechanics, and got me a job at his cousin's restaurant. When he died of cancer (exposure to Agent Orange during his service in Vietnam), I cried lots and still remember the lessons he taught me today.
Thank you for sharing. People today just don't understand people like this. I am a 65 year old Asian American as well.
Amen. Everyone is too soft these days because they didn't have a Walt in their lives to show them how it is. Now we have people unironically pretending that everyone can live in magical soft pillow land where nobody gets hurt by anything at all, while they step over literal shit and needles right outside their door. I figure the up-and-coming generation will innately see what's wrong and buck the silly trend that my generation has allowed to fester out of fear of not fitting in with the fashion politics of it all. RIP to your Vet neighbor, and thank you for your service Sir, wherever you are.
I have an iconic picture of natives having lunch on the beams of a skyscraper w/o harnesses. That work took balls man, and im a Journeyman Carpenter whos about to graduate to Master Carpenter this year. But that picture gives me the shakes when i look at it in my living room.
My dad was a Vietnam vet, and we had a Vietnamese family who lived right around the corner from us, in the early 1980’s. A bunch of the neighbors were suspicious of them because several small pets had gone missing. They were outside the family’s house yelling racial slurs. My dad went over there and yelled at them to STFU. He told them we had coyotes in the area and they had probably taken the pets. He was a formidable man, and the neighbors finally went home. Later that night there was a knock at our back door. It was the Vietnamese man and his wife. They were thanking dad for his help, and gave us platters full of delicious food.
@@timcook6566 My Marine Corp mom went to boot and became best friends w/ a Vietnamese woman in her unit. After d/c when mom got pregnant w/ my brother and me... we always had cookouts in San Diego w/ that family, i always thought of them as family b/c we always did things w/ them and helped each other out like family.
This is definitely one of Clint Eastwoods best films ever.
Definitely one of his best. Then again they're pretty much all great.
Its good but not quite Unforgiven tier IMHO.
@@aikighost At some point, no need to "classify", Clint is an excellent film maker and actor. He's been ostracized a great part of his career by people demeaning him with accusation of "fascism" and about his "Spaghettis Westerns", and "Ad Vigilento Reductio". He was not trying to comply with the "mainstream" Hollywood, but he didn't have just a pretty face, he have a f@ck1ng smart brain.
So he did many great movies, with each their own merits. His work with Leone is fantastic, they made it all. They paved the way.
@@garryiglesias4074 not trying to put this movie down, just for me its b tier, not a tier.
For me, every Clint Eastwood film is one of his best films ever.
The part where you started to tear up and said walt can call you really hit me hard....what a beautiful reaction to this whole movie
this hit me hard as well....
Depending on how you look at it,it was a happy movie at the end. Walt was going to die and it wasn't going to be quick or painless. Thao was going to be left as easy prey for the gang and Walt had fallen in love with Thao and his family. He sacrificed himself to free Thao and the family he had grown to love. So yes ,that's a reason to rejoice and be 😊 happy!
Yes, bitter sweet, but a happy ending as far as I am concerned. Kinda a Cinderella story. The spoiled kids get jack, Walt gets a meaningful death with some redemption for his belief he took a life and now he saved a life, and Thao gets the glass slipper and Yum Yum. Sue gets to see her brother have a chance at thriving.
@@davesunhammer4218 And, he died courageously, standing up straight defending his family - I'm certain these are things that Walt felt were becoming of a man, and he'd prefer it to weakening and dying in a hospital bed.
And Walt’s wife and the priest would have so proud that Walt ended up living out the Gospel: “Greater love than this no man hath, that a man lay down his life for his friends.” John 15:13
Walt's real confession was to Tao in the basement. He wasn't ordered to kill the 17 year old kid trying to surrender. It bothered him all his life. Giving his life for an Asian family was his penence for killing that kid.
This was probably part of his dislike for the Asians moving into his neighborhood.They reminded him of his worst day.
Just remembet Walt knew he was dying so he made it count for the people he cared about.
I thought some of the best acting was by the young priest when Walt tells the priest "Your wrong about one thing, what haunts a man the most, is what he ISN'T ordered to do..."
He stands there for a second confused "what does he mean by that?" then the "oh, ok... holy crap that is a terrifying thought" shocked look on his face when it hits him and he realized exactly what Walt just told him.
Similar to when Walt was talking to Sue, and Sue told him "you're a good man Wallly" and Walt replies correcting her "I am NOT a good man. Now get me another beer dragon lady" She had a similar very brief small but telling look on her face that she was caught off guard by the statement and wondered "why would he say that, that is a very strange thing to say to someone who just complimented you"
To your point Walt carried so much guilt he wasn't even able to let a person tell him he was a good person. Almost as if he felt like a fraud over the idea someone would think that of him knowing what he had done.
So he knew an enemy was aged 17 in Korea?
@@dallesamllhals9161 He knew it was a teen from his appereance. Whether it was 17 or 16 or 18 didn't matter, he still killed essentially a kid. He probably also knew the minimum conscription age the Koreans had
@@dallesamllhals9161 he said "a kid about your age"
@@foljs5858 I’m not sure he really had time to assess the situation to that degree amidst the stresses and chaos of a combat engagement.
I love the presentation of two shaman from two different cultures. There're a lot of mirrored small storylines in this.
I never thought about that part much.
The shaman was older and because of that wiser.
He was able to read Walt like a book.
"I thought this was a happy movie." It's a Clint Eastwood film, Kamila...
:(
The Philo Beddoe films he made were happy though.
@@danielglenn915 True. But there are often exceptions to a general rule.
Really? And what about Honkytonk Man (1982) and Every Which Way But Loose (1978) to name a few! Lol
@@MauiWauiPineappleExpress Outliers. There are always outliers.
I think I love your channel because you seem to have such genuine empathy for people. It comes across in all your videos, but is especially highlighted in films like this. Good times.
That was a beautiful reaction, probably the best I've seen for this movie. Other reactors seem to just think Walt is a horrible man early on, they don't pick up on his pain like you did. They barely notice the disrespect from his family. Great job!
She's a nurse, so she knows people better than other reactors.
They also don't pick up on his sarcasm, and think the is just insulting everyone out of prejudice.
Terrific reaction… I cried right along with you every step of the way ❤
@@Tien1million He is insulting out of prejudice early on (except for his barber friend), the whole movie is about him overcoming his prejudice.
He realized he had more in common with this Asian family than his own, he hated how the youth of the days in this movie acted (his grand-daughter and the boys mocking the old lady who dropped her groceries) but overcame his racial prejudice when he learned the family was kind and good-natured, Sue was the first to actually get along with him and earn his respect, and then he learned to care for Thao, taught him skills, lessons and died for him. In his will he calls Thao his good friend.
Despite these being the same people he literally fought in war, they are the ones who became his real family.
Define “best reaction.”
‘We used to stack f’s like you 5ft high in Korea… use you for sandbag’s’
Now that’s a burn 🔥
I think this IS an extremely happy movie. Thao gets Yum Yum, Walt makes peace with God as well as his past and the bad guys get their come-uppance. Even the priest gets a bit more of an education, although his virginity is unfortunately beyond hope.
This is a great movie, and your reaction to it was wonderful. I know it can be a difficult movie to watch, because it shows how the different generations can windup conflicting, and how someone so set in their ways could make new friends without realizing it. The fact that he had nothing but contempt for the younger generation, but there were some times that Tao impressed him, and how he took it upon himself to teach and mentor him.
Walt's true confession was to Thao, confessing how he took the life of "a scared kid who just wanted to give up." The mesh of the gate is the same as the mesh of the confessional. He repaid his debt with his own life.
As you said, Walt couldn't take more lives and bear that burden on his soul.
Walt: “Whatever I do they won’t have a chance.”
-They didn’t!
“You can call me, Walt” 🥺
I adore you and your great big wide-open heart.
When I saw this on the channel, I was so happy to see her get to see this film. It’s a great. A real treasure. Her reactions are always so genuine and perfect for this one, given her work with the elderly and empathy. Nice vid.
Kamilla you definitely hit the nail on the head. Great art be it film, music, painting or poetry that provokes emotion or thought has accomplished its purpose. I love this movie because it evokes feelings of anger and frustration in a frankly beautiful way and yes you should watch it again as all great art should be viewed more than once
I'm a 58 year old and ex-military and I cried my heart out.
Especially when I heard Clint Eastwood singing at the end.
This is a great movie. It is nice to see Walt's change as the movie progresses.
He knew that sacrificing his life was the only way to save Thoa and Sue's family from the thugs.
Clint Eastwood is one of Hollywood's best.
why do you young soft children claim that there was a change in walt ... there wasnt... there was a change in you. YOU changed while watching this.
@@styleisaweapon Exactly. Walt never changed, he was who he was. Good people brought out his better side, but it was always there, just like his selfish as f$% family brought out his darker side. And with good cause. I wouldn't have anything to do with those slimy kids and grandkids.
"Walt changed"??? Way off the mark.
This is a wonderful movie and you had a wonderful reaction to it, it was so touching when you cried at Walt trying to talk to his son on the phone, you have a heart of gold. And you understood early on that Walt is a good guy who just talks plainly and it has nothing to do with being racist, this was brilliantly addressed in the barber scene where the two guys greet each other with insults and mess with Toad, it's a real man thing. When Walt and the Asian Grandma spit they were using chewing tobacco, that's why it was brown
Grandma was probably chewing betel not tobacco
I love the fact that you have a heart, it's very rare these days
It IS a happy movie. Clint fixed everything, with everyone, with one selfless act of sacrifice.
Ah man, Thanks for this reaction. It's a great reaction, heartfelt, and true. This is one of the best reactions by anyone that I've seen. A+
Clint Eastwood is absolute gold. One of my favorites is "paint your wagon (1969)" hilarious comedy.
The thing in this movie is, he's not bothered about what he did in Korea, and that's what actually bothers him. But he solved everybody's problems, got the neighborhood fixed up, put the bad guys in jail, got Thao a job, got his dog looked after, his family taken care of, his wife's Church,plus went out on his terms, and he did it all in one move. Clint is also singing and playing the piano, at the end. He was a pretty accomplished jazz musician.
How wrong, he said he was haunted all his life, Dopey. Clint plays piano, he wrote the score, he isn't a jazz musician.
@@davisworth5114 Clint has played jazz music all his life, did the Charlie Parker movie, played a jazz DJ in the movie, Play Misty For Me. He also played a jazz musician in one of his 80s or 90s movies. And in this movie, he confessed his sins...nothing about Korea. He said what bothered him in Korea, is what he did, that he wasn't ordered to do. And when he last talked to the priest he said, oh yeah, I'm at peace. Try not to be wrong so much, in one post. And try not to insult or name call someone, online, u have never met.
Walt was dying, sacrificed himself for thao and sue and made sure theirs were witnesses so they’d get arrested
This movie!! So good!
The little crackles of humour worked so well.
That girl who played Sue it was her first film role and she was amazing.
I’ve seen a dozen reactions to this underrated classic. This is my favorite
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Certainly one of my favorite Clint Eastwood movies. A beautiful film that is funny, frustrating, tear jerking, poignant, all in all all-encompassing with emotions.
And your reaction was the best, or to put it in better words - the most heartfelt and appropriate one I saw on youtube.
This is the best reaction I've seen to this film; you got it and Walt from the first scene.
Gran Torino is my favorite Clint Eastwood movie. He has a lot of really good films.
2nd saddest scene: He is looking at the oncology report telling him he is going to die soon a pretty awful death. He calls his first child, now an adult to talk to him but gets brushed off and never tells his kids he is dying.
Clint can do that--give you excellent low-budget dramas with mostly unknown actors that leave you crying...Even the films he directs that he doesn't star in have been Oscar-Nominated. And he's also a very good pianist...(he hung out in many jazz clubs in his early days and played with many greats) Loved your reaction--Did Walt's stupid kids /grandkids really think they were gonna get anything from him? Thao's people were more fam to him than thier selfish azzes ever were!
Another Eastwood directed (and starred in) movie that does not get enough attention is The Mule. Thanks for our half hours together. Love your reactions!
One of those unexpectedly great films. I think we all go into it not knowing what to expect and most of us misjudge Walt at first ... and then ... ... ...
I have no idea why but this put me in mind of a very old James Cagney movie, "Angels With Dirty Faces". I saw it when I was very young, maybe eleven or so, and the final execution scene where Cagney's character acts up that he is afraid, so as not to be seen as a 'Gangster Hero' for others to follow to the same fate, has stuck with me all these decades. He sacrificed his own image in the community for the benefit of others he didn't even know. Powerful stuff.
The conversation with Toa through the locked door was his confession, not the one with the priest. He was dying of lung cancer. That's why he called his son but never got around to telling him. He had a choice of slowly suffocating to death or to go out quickly while saving those kids. I've seen people die from lung cancer and I've seen sister and her husband suffocate from carbon monoxide poisoning. It isn't a easy death. I know which way I'd choise.
It’s the best this seeing more people watch this
I watch a lot of movie reactions. I think I’ll wander over to your channel and see what else you’ve been up to. I especially enjoyed your heartfelt emotions. That part when you slipped into your real self was your best, profanity and all.
Great reaction. Walt knew his time was short, he would die soon regardless. His friends were in trouble and this sacrifice allowed him to help save them and give meaning to his death, rather than suffer and decline with what was likely lung cancer. For Walt, I expect this was an easy choice.
sure pal it's easy to do what a dummy.
If you wanna see another great one from Eastwood "Million dollar baby" But be aware! It made me, a grown man that doesnt cry at movies, cry like a kid.
The Hmong people did fight on the American side of the Vietnam war, but they also produced a tonne of heroin for the CIA, which is also why the Communist Vietnamese wanted to ethnically cleanse them.
Where have you been girl? This is the most wonderful reaction to this great movie I have seen on utube. Only you understood that Walt was a good person, a hero, not really a racist. You felt his feelings for his neighbors and his desire to just connect to someone. Your tears were real and made me cry despite the fact I have seen the movie a hundred times (or maybe less lol). And you are so beautiful. btw, not trying to hustle you, I'm 70 years old and happily married for 43 years. But you are a beautiful person inside and out, and I am going to check out more of your reactions.
Story of a great man, though most who watched the movie didn't realize it till the end.
I love this reaction from you!!
You are so original, and it seems like that movie really got your emotions all over the place. Nice work, keep up the good work 💕💕
Love your reaction to this movie ❤ u really understand what Walt is all about. Best movie reaction channel on TH-cam for me 🙌🐻💯
I knew this was the movie you were gonna watch
Best reaction to this movie ever! Camilla you are a very good judge of character and also a realist,most reactors just call Walt a racist and don't look beyond that, Good Job!
The white kid that didnt stand up for the girl when 3 three black gentlemen started being creeps is actually Clint Eastwood son lul
A little info for America's foreign friends, there are laws on the books in all states that give a exceptionally harsh punishment to people who kill an honorable discharged veteran especially if they are unarmed. Walt's actions were very smart of him because it guaranteed everyone of the thugs would get at least life in prison... or the death penalty in many states.
Why is this great reactor not have 100k subs at least , brilliant as usual. thanks
Clint Eastwood is one of the last of a real elite group of Hollywood legends. He’s absolutely amazing, as an actor and as a filmmaker.
Watch Million Dollar Baby, please!
Your reaction cracked me up!
"Of course not YOU!" hahaha
If you want to see another Clint Eastwood masterpeice that will put you through an emotional ringer, I recommend A Perfect World.
no matter what point in time you meet a polack they have the heart of a warrior waiting within.
My grandfather was almost exactly like this (3rd Gen Polish-American vet that worked for one of the big 3 before becoming the president of a local union) he wasn't as racially bias but he did like good racial jokes especially Polack, Black and Irish jokes but he never meant any malice by the jokes he was actually the President of a majority black union that fought for black workers to recieve fair compensation and benefits it just seemed like racial jokes ironically were accepted more back then.
His spit was brown because he was chewing tobacco, specifically "chew" not "dip" and chew makes your spit even darker, you can't swallow your spit when you have a chew or dip in because it'll make you throw up, I'm 25 and have been doing it since I was 15 and I still gag dry heave if I accidentally swallow some lmao
Switch over to Snus. That’s what I did, it’s way easier since it’s meant to be swallowed. No more spit cup when your inside or in the car. Lol.
Marijuana too mainstream? 😜
First about you. No make up incredibly beautiful. Second the movie. Walt lived a life full of regret. This made him hard and withdrawn. His neighborhood Had gone from a Polish neighborhood to mixed neighborhood predominantly Hmong. Things were changing and Walt hated change. Tao and his sister opened their hearts to him, He and his world was transformed. The gang was a problem. I believe he had advanced lung cancer, The only way to protect his new family was to take down the gang. He knew there were too many so he provoked them. By sacrificing himself he gained atonement for his actions in Korea and saved his new adoptive family. The gang was sent to prison.
if you get nothing else out of the movie - call your dad - on an actual phone - and tell him that you love him
Great Reaction Centane! I swear it didn’t feel like a 25 minute reaction! I still loose it when Sue gets attacked! Her character has such a beautiful Spirit! Clint Eastwood made Westerns cool and made an icon out of a character named Dirty Harry aka (357 Magnum)!
Actually I would like to recommend a newer movie of his called Mule! It was a pleasant surprise!❤️🤍💙🙏🏻
Does anybody know why Grand Torino is so popular amongst reactors, but his second best movie Million dollar baby is so rare here?
Just subscribed... I found my new favorite reactor !
Clint Eastwood is the MAN.
Please react to him in *The Outlaw Josey Wales*. He directed and stars in it, and the film is set in the time period around the end of the American Civil War.
Him and Sean Connery should’ve done a movie together
I got to watch reactions to two of my favorite movies tonight (This and Forest Gump). When I say favorite, I mean most impactful. Peace, Love!!
It is a happy movie sort of just a bit of an emotional roller coaster ride!
Every Thanksgiving being a fight is exaggerated lol. It's a funny stereotype.
I can't believe that movie is so old already.
It's a bleeding shame Clint Eastwood was ignored in the Academy Awards. "Gran Torino" is, in many respects, his most personal movie to date
That just shows how good it is it doesn’t need an award to be great
Beautiful reaction to a beautiful movie. Clint Eastwood makes good movies. One other Eastwood movie that is kind of emotional and dramatic is _A Perfect World_
Two hard movies in a row. Two great movies and two great reactions. Well, there is another movie four years prior to this one: "Million Dollar Babe" (2004). Also Starring Clint Eastwood, also directed by Clint Eastwood and also a hard movie. If you feel up to it, you should watch it.
A subtle detail that I haven't seen anyone mention is Walt's smoking. I'm guessing he smoked cigarettes for a long time and probably quit for his wife. We only see him start smoking again after he finds out he has a terminal illness (I'm guessing lung cancer).
All I can say is that there should be more people like you in the world who give a shit about our elderly population; no matter their race, language, and how they call God, they all have a story to tell, and it's a hell of a lot more valuable and fascinating than what is put out on the youth today.
Thank you for expressing your emotions so honestly. You have such a good heart. You're as sweet and smart as you are pretty. I'm already looking forward to your next reaction video. Thanks again.
I'm 62 years older has never been drama at a single Thanksgiving dinner at our family's home
A lot of people will now be recommending Million Dollar Baby, but it doesn't have the heart of this movie. Don't expect it to be the same experience.
Million Dollar Baby is another good Clint Eastwood movie. But also check Forrest Gump
Great movie and Clint Eastwood is a Legend, last of the real men of America and American Film, legend is not enough he’s a Titan up their with the greatest of all time..
Him and Sean Connery should’ve done a movie together
another Clint master piece is "The Outlaw Josey Wales"
ONE OF THE BEST MOVIES EVER MADE
Great reaction, Kamilla! I also recommend "The Mule" from 2018 and "Cry Macho" from 2021 for other great Clint Eastwood movies from the past few years. He can still make excellent films even at age 92.
In the end, it's him singing. Yeah Clint Eastwood :) Please react to million dollar baby, won the oscars, it's a masterpice by Clint Eastwood!
Beautiful reaction! I love your empathy and emotions. But yeah, if you found this movie to be sad you should NOT watch "Million Dollar Baby"(also starring and directed by Clint Eastwood). That movie scarred me for life.
Clint Eastwood is an amazing actor and director. Excellent review.
He’s a better director than actor though
The white kid that was with the girl when they were accosted by the three dudes on the street - that is Scott Eastwood. He's Clint's son.
3dudes? describe them
Great reaction to an amazing movie. Looking forward to more Clint Eastwood classics from you.
If you like Clint Eastwood, I highly recommend a not-as-well known gem - Heartbreak Ridge (1986)
LOL! That title kills me!
20:24 .....Did I told ya that Clint Eastwood is God? Cause he is..... I mean, check out Walt's death......
How many times in movies did we see an ending like this? (I don't mean an ending were the good guy dies, that's not extraordinary. I mean an ending were this kind of dead is consider a victory)....
In movies, specially in Hollywood, if the good guy dies, he usually dies with a gun in his hand taking down the bad guys, and if he doesn't take them down, then we say that he failed. But here it is Walt, that died spillin no more blood that his own, Jesus style, saving both the Hmong and Tao's soul in the process, The situation asked for a warrior, and all we got was a working man.....
And it's fun that Eastwood have chosen this ending for Walt. Eastwood is Harry Callahan; he is William Munny, he's Josey Wales, he's The man with no name; in short, he is a guy that is hard to picture in your brain without a gun, and yet there he is, telling us that violence only generates more violence, and that a better way must be found....
If the character of Walt isn't a deconstruction of the archetypal masculinity, then I on't know what could be.....
That's why I say that Clint Eastwood is God.... cause he is....
the reason he didn't have a gun and pulled out a lighter was because he wouldn't have been able to take them all down on his own and if he had tried to shoot them or even have had a gun on him it could have been seen as self defense or at best manslaughter. because he was unarmed and gunned down and it was all witnessed by several people all these wannabe gangsters will be going to jail for murder.
All of the Hmong actors are Hmong, even though only one of them had ever acted before. That should tell you something about Clint Eastwood. If you need more Clint Eastwood, I'd recommend Unforgiven.
No drama at my table on Thanksgiving... i think that's a trope... though my family is hella close. Army Brats stick together 😛
Million Dollar Baby is another great Clint Eastwood movie
Is this your first Clint Eastwood movie? Clint got famous in the 60s and 70s for his western and action movies. I have to say I like his more recent work especially as a director like this movie.
Such a great movie. I cried all the way through with you.
It’s an amazing movie.
Hello, this is a fun movie. Sue is the best. Followed by Daisy and Grandma.
Beautiful reaction to the movie! You have a beautiful soul! =;-)
You have to watch another Eastwood modern classic - Million Dollar Baby
You should check out Mystic River, also directed by Clint Eastwood
Centane you don’t need make up love the reaction
you said at one point you didn't feel lady like....I say you felt more lady like than most these days. There is a level of respect and expectation for everyone. Men and women have a natural feeling of expectation for each other.