Gran Torino (2008) | First Time Watching! | MOVIE REACTION!!

[@deke76]

The kid he called a "pussy" is his real life son, Scott Eastwood.

[@carlbaker7242]

He knew his life was ending. He did the ultimate sacrifice. Once again he did what he knew how to do ., to bring peace.

[@coachmikesfilmroom3111]

the one thing i'll add, was this was his way of dealing with it and not having to kill another human being again.

[@innercircle341]

the "actors" playing Sue and Thao were not actually actors. Clint Eastwood recruited real Hmong. That's why their delivery is not up to scratch

[@StubbyLegz]

I thought it brought real authenticity to their roles.

[@journeymariereacts]

Ohh ok thanks for letting me know that

[@rollotomassi6232]

I agree with Journey on this one, the movie could have been better with real actors, especially Thao. His flat mono tone emotionless delivery really took away from having a great 2nd lead character.

[@PapaEli-pz8ff]

@@rollotomassi6232 I agree with casting Hmong non-actors to play their assigned roles. For one thing their speech patterns came across as very genuine and brought a good contrast to exchanges with the other characters in the film. Sue was a strong character who brought a very important and very endearing "Daddy's girl" element to the film. Family is not just about blood kin..

[@Kenny-ep2nf]

apparently the actor for Thao actually is trying to sue Cling for this movie even though it's over a decade old

[@williamkerner3758]

Yeah. After Walt gets everyone else's name wrong, the nurse in the clinic can't pronounce Walt's name.

[@Gonzo94m]

In the beginning it's briefly mentioned that the gang terrorizes the neighborhood because everyone is too scared to talk to the police. In the end, Walter won over the neighborhood and they finally talked to the police. It's even more powerful because Walt wasn't "one of their own," but managed to tear down that barrier.

[@Jay_Sullivan]

Marie: Why are they being racist to each other?! Marie a few minutes later: Come on, white boy!

[@journeymariereacts]

Lmaoo touché🤣🤦🏽‍♀️

[@MikeBronson515]

Clint’s epic nod to the old school, and bitch slap to everything modern 🙏🏻💪🏻

[@RyneMurray23]

Thao's grandmother was calling Walt a dumb rooster, and saying all the Americans have moved out. Why haven't you?😂😂 Its really funny how they hate each other the whole movie, but share a lot of parallels. Also she was spitting tobacco😂

[@Dave-jm3zf]

"Also she was spitting tobacco😂" Akshually, it is more likely to be Betel nut chewing. I read it under another Gran Torino reaction lol, but google agrees.

[@PapaEli-pz8ff]

I don't believe that they hated each other. That's too strong a word or cultural clashes between people. Walt's language and behavior were ways of creating distance from other people

[@scar445]

Can't give the young man a break. He needs to discover his anger. With anger, he discovers his pride. With his pride, he discovers self-worth. With self-worth, there is no limit to what a young man with such a mindset can achieve.

[@beefsupereme]

As far as how men talk to each other, I think the movie is just trying to make the point that we bust each other’s balls to be funny and desensitize each other from being emotionally fragile. There’s work to be done and we all have responsibilities, and no one wants to depend on a thumb-sucker or hang with someone who doesn’t know how to laugh.

[@stanzaloan3454]

Close enough 😊

[@Kenny-ep2nf]

agreed

[@anthonyguadagnino2681]

He was dying. He gave his confession. He couldn’t go and kill after giving his confession.

[@TheTriumphbsa]

Walt went out his way, and got the gang sent up; knowing he was terminally ill. The final scene with him laying on the sidewalk in a crucifix position, symbolized his sacrifice for Tao and Sue (Asians he owed for his finally starting to find himself again, and gaining A sense of a true family this time, after still living as a soldier in his mind). It was also him cleansing his soul of the haunt of killing the Korean (Asian again) kid in the war that wanted to surrender. He killed and was haunted by that memory of one of an Asian race; and was thus, eye for an eye old-school Walt thinking, allowed himself to be killed by other young of that race.

[@mojav26]

I read an interview with the casting director of this film, they really had to scramble to find Hmong actors in America, making inroads in their communities and then having a day long casting event. They're not always perfect in their delivery but they did well!

[@zeigbert1743]

One thing old timers have learned me is that the proper way to wear slacks is with them up to your armpits.

[@williamjones6031]

1. Sue and Yum Yum are a couple of little cuties.😍😍 2. With a family like that it's no wonder Walt befriends the Hmong family. 3. The guy Trey with Sue is played by Scott Eastwood. Clint's son. 4. Many Asian cultures prohibit touching someone on the head. Another "Don't Do" in Thailand is point your toes at someone. 5. My surrogate father had that collection of tools. 😎 He didn't have all the tools in the world. Just the ones he needed. 6. Guys don't normally talk to each other like that unless they're very close (or drunk)🙄 7. Walt does have a death wish. He's sick and going to die anyway. He's a hero again🦾 He got rid of the thugs and donated the house to the church😇😇

[@deltonwilson3768]

Young Lady, Walt was an old sick Warrior, None of us want to go out because of illness.We prefer to Fall in Combat ! Serving,Protecting or Direct confronting Those who would Harm our Loved ones. This is a part of the Warriors Pledge. SFC.D.WILSON U.S Airborne Rangers / Cavalry-SPFOR ret. Stay Safe and live A full Life. Amen !

[@joanna400]

What I love most about this movie is he's portrayed as such a bigot, but actually just hates everyone equally. But he loves people too, but not just because of how they look on the outside. His own family was horrible! But he really wasn't so bad. He didn't really hate his neighbors just because they were different. He loved them because they were just good people. That line about it's not about what a soldier is ordered to do, but what he's not is absolutely haunting.

[@maexpert11]

He's more of a misanthrope not many people catch on to that

[@feelthebern7662]

He was gonna die anyway probably from lung cancer which is horrible so he decided to go out his own way. Probably less painful.

[@mikelundquist4596]

That old ass lawn mower uses no gas, creates no emissions. That means is cheap to use and is better for the environment.

[@mikeeckel2807]

Good exercise, too!

[@philmakris8507]

The "white boy" was played by Scott Eastwood, Clint's son in real life.

[@Neyenn]

Walt was going to die anyway, if it wasn't from the bullets he would die weak on a hospital bed. And for the character makes total sense that HE would decide how he's going to die.

[@davidkessinger1581]

Clint Eastwood is always sopt on with whatever character he plays. When you feel like getting back into western movies, his name will definately come up often. I used to live next to a man similar to Walt and after we got used to each other, we became great friends. Your reactions are getting better and better the more I watch. 💯

[@nsasupporter7557]

He’s a much better director than actor though

[@patbax7805]

@@nsasupporter7557 depends on the role. He's had some great performances.

[@raymonddevera2796]

The white boy with the vietnamese girl is Clint Eastwood's son Scott Eastwood. He has a good movie called Longest Ride, I think you would enjoy it. About Rodeo Cowboy (Bullrider) and a girl, with a side story of older man's love letters to his wife. And how they connect.

[@Gonzo94m]

Walter cried for Sue. He didn't even cry at his wife's funeral

[@journeymariereacts]

Wow great point😢

[@TylerNorCal]

Your criticism of the acting is definitely valid, like ok it's cool he used actual hmong ppl for the roles but that doesn't mean they were good actors haha. It's a good movie despite that tho, and it's weird to me that nowadays if you don't 100% love something, everyone acts like you hate it. Everything isn't only perfect or garbage and that way of thinking takes away from actual appreciation and critique of the art itself imo. Enjoyed the reaction, and don't let anyone tell you how you're 'supposed' to react 👍

[@journeymariereacts]

Thank you!! I really appreciate that🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@ReymundoCortez]

And Clint really did serve in the military and can really fight in real life. He and Charles Bronson were known for just being badass tough guys in the movies and real life. Check out Any WhichWay But Loose (Eastwood ) movies and Death Wish (Bronson) movies.

[@SurvivorBri]

Bronson was a freaking terrible actor and his movies sucked.

[@geraldjackson3921]

He was coughing up blood. So most likely he was already dying. He wanted to go out his way and He wanted his death to mean something

[@technopirate304]

24:30, you hit it on the head. Walt is the patriarch of the family but they don’t want to talk to him unless he is giving them something.

[@Brandon-sw5ob]

I saw somebody say that they had a problem with the ending being contrived and I don't see what's contrive when one cop shoots all cops shoot until they run out of bullets. It's called contagious fire soldiers do it everybody does it. An individual with a firearm in self-defense oneself thinks that they might have shot two or three round when they've actually shot seven or eight. So I don't I don't think it's contrived. And remember the paperwork he was going to die anyway so he might as well go out with a purpose instead of sickly. And what better purpose is there to ensure that a couple youths in actually the neighborhood youth will actually be able to live their lives. Just with gang Bangerz gang members in your neighborhood your children can't play it's not a safe space. And as a teenager gets even worse they got to worry about what damn color clothing they're wearing it's ridiculous. I think it's an excellent movie excellent story absolutely believable every bit of it

[@YoureMrLebowski]

i'm sensing another Clint Eastwood movie in the near future. 🤠

[@bellantwain21]

This movie is amazing love the video Marie stay motivated Dream big 1 mill on the way

[@shaquilleburton1611]

Marie : y'all trying to put him in a home? Me in my Tony Soprano voice : it's a nursing community!!!

[@journeymariereacts]

Lmao🤣🤣

[@shaquilleburton1611]

@@journeymariereacts I knew you'd like that😂

[@davidarmand8036]

"somebody need come to knock these n****s out" My quote of the year! 😂👌🏼😎

[@technopirate304]

31:58 Walt making sure he is well dressed for his casket

[@deke76]

I like watching younger folks watch this movie and criticize Walt at the beginning of the movie, knowing full well they will be crying over him at the end.

[@YoureMrLebowski]

4:43 "the hell was in her mouth?" 😳😆

[@journeymariereacts]

Still don’t know what that was😬🤣

[@emilianosintarias7337]

chewing tobacco or betel nut

[@hv3926]

Clint's awesome acting makes up for anything else. He carries this movie 🎬 which is awesome and legendary.

[@tduffy5]

Every reator condemns Walt for throwing the food away. What is he supposed to do with it? He can't eat it all.

[@jrl95]

If “ anybody could get it” was person … that would be Walt .

[@hwinker]

Congrats on 14k! You're one of the 3 or 4 best at this right now (a growing suspicion confirmed by 12 Angry Men and Casablanca vids), so don't go changing when it reaches 20, 50, 100k.👍

[@journeymariereacts]

Lol thank you so much!!🙏🏼

[@marieoleary527]

He didn’t want to kill anymore and sacrificed his life as penance for those lives he did take.

[@stewartbonner]

your reaction is different then most. All the female reactors are in tears and half the males are chocked up, the rest are speechless. Th asian female lead was pretty good, the male asian lead felt a little awkward or something off.

[@pmaximus5659]

I remember watching this movie but it was more enjoyable watching your reactions. Your facial expressions are priceless..I look forward to your next video. Congratulations on your success, may it continue even further.😊

[@journeymariereacts]

Glad you enjoyed it!! & thank you very much😁🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@lecuyerdooley1084]

"What are all you fish heads looking at?" I know I shouldn't laugh but that takes me out EVERY time I watch this movie.

[@Kenny-ep2nf]

this is one of Clint Eastwoods best movies he's ever directed and acted in. I really enjoyed seeing Walt and Tao's relationship develop as it was one of the main points of the story

[@luvlgs1]

i like that you come in blind. seeing something for the first time is a unique experience. thanks for sharing

[@twanballin6592]

Mans brutally honest

[@tbmkris]

I think Walt’s real confession was to Tao in the basement ❤ love your reaction ❤ new subscriber ❤

[@journeymariereacts]

Thanks for subbing! & I think so too👌🏻

[@patbax7805]

...and another one ( in my Khaled voice) ! Great choice. This movie never ceases to make me laugh, mad and tear up.

[@michaelk151]

The landline phone had huge buttons because of his presumed eyesight reading difficulty. The normal sized button are too small to read, especially those 1-888-LOVE-YOU alphanumeric numbers.

[@chosipian]

the actors playing Hmong are not great because they are not actors. Clint wanted to use local Hmongs for this movie

[@scotteustice6230]

Best after reaction analysis I've seen of this movie. Good job! I agree.

[@philmakris8507]

Grandma was chewing tobacco just like Walt

[@Daehawk]

Tao and the mung family weren't actors. Eastwood hand picked them to play the parts. They were just normal everyday mung people. He wanted it to be authentic. Thats why Tao's acting seemed bad..he had none lol

[@davemcbroom695]

My heart bleeds more for Daisy before anyone else.

[@ReymundoCortez]

The white boy with the big shirt is actually Clint's son, so you know he really loved saying those lines.

[@coachmikesfilmroom3111]

you asked how are they gonna force him into a gang? happens all the time. When i was a kid i had to fight near every day to stay out. When i was a coach, some of my kids went through the same. some stayed out. some got tired of fighting it.

[@Mistercodmobilefan8378]

It is awesome that you are watching this, hmong people are called hill tribe people cuz they would settled in the hill areas, and In the hmong culture it is said that shamans can read people of their life of what happened, and shamans in the hmong culture help people spiritually to heal the sick

[@jessediaz1293]

I watched a movie Clint Eastwood made a couple years ago called The Mule, where he plays a 90 year old retired florist who gets a part time job running kilos of cocaine across America for a Mexican cartel. He’s more gentle and not at all racist and ruff in that movie. He started in the 1950s and It’s amazing that he is still directing movie in his mid 90s. He will be remembered as one of the best actors/directors.

[@mikelundquist4596]

Question... who is ruder? Walt? The black thugs harassing the girl? The Hmong gang? Walt's family?

[@journeymariereacts]

Good question🤔

[@jamesbattista1466]

I’ve been watching your reactions for a while now, and I’ve generally been mightily impressed with your youthful but intelligent observations. Your work with “The Sopranos” is a high point. This movie is on my top ten GOAT list. I love this movie and it can still bring me to tears at the end despite watching it a couple of dozen times plus many times here on KZbin with reactors. The vast majority of people (men!) will have tears at the end, and after the gun attack on Thao’s house. I agree with the other person who thought your reaction was “lukewarm”. Unfortunately, many great momentary scenes/dialogue lines didn’t make your editing. As good and fresh as you are, this reaction was disappointing I’m sorry to say. It seems you missed something and the movie simply did not resonate with you.

[@raybernal6829]

Agree... I really enjoy the reactions but missed the mark here. One of Clints best..

[@journeymariereacts]

Yea I definitely think this movie wasn’t one of my favorites for whatever reasons, & so my reaction suffered. Definitely agree👌🏻glad you like most of my other videos though👌🏻

[@jamesdemarco7161]

Great reaction!! Your comments about the acting are very true. The movie was set in Detroit, and when Clint cast the movie, he used locals for most of the parts... they just held local casting calls to get people. There are only 4 - 5 professional actors in the movie. Unfortunately, Tao was one of the pros... not very good.

[@mikeeckel2807]

If you'll notice the little girl that asks if they could get the wasp nest removed from under their porch... she called him "Toad."

[@tobe1207]

I feel like Sue came off completely natural and seemed like a real person. Tao seemed legit too. It's not bad acting, maybe you just haven't spoken to certain Asian cultures

[@journeymariereacts]

Maybe

[@fidgetyram9222]

checkin in loving the reaction vid keep going we all need more

[@tduffy5]

"You can't just talk to your dad?" CAT'S IN THE CRADLE 🎶 by Cat Stevens is instructive.

[@RowdyRuth]

I want to go out like that! I don’t use racial slurs though. I would like to make a difference like he did, on my way out! 😂

[@rayharley597]

Granma was Chawin' Baccy :-) kerk

[@tduffy5]

It seems that those who are tolerance warriors are never tolerant of those whom they criticize. Walt is, who he is, for whatever reasons. The only person we see being tolerant of Walt is Sue. Taking offense is a choice. Sue doesn't. She interacts with Walt the way he is. In doing so, she is an force for change.

[@YoureMrLebowski]

6:17 that's what she said.

[@journeymariereacts]

🤣🤦🏽‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️

[@lucianoa31]

Great Reaction! Million Dollar Baby is another great Clint Eastwood movie.

[@LeoRichVids]

Fun fact, the white boy with Sue when Clint's character drives up in the truck is actually Clint's real life son.

[@gambitm7480]

Ayee nice 👌 one of my favs!

[@robertpendleton105]

Hi Journey Marie,I’m loving your movie reactions! ❤.

[@journeymariereacts]

Thank you so much!!

[@YoureMrLebowski]

21:45 walt is the rudest.

[@davidgagnon7806]

My father was born in 1918 and in his day they had a derogatory name for everyone, French, Italians, Polish, German, Russian. EVERYONE. It's just the way it was back then. You call someone a name, they called you one right back.

[@michaelatteberry6462]

The only Hmong who is a professional actor is Spider. The others are locals with no acting history

[@almubarak89458]

I like journey shes pretty!!!!!!

[@journeymariereacts]

Thank you!

[@technopirate304]

9:30 Stuff like this happens in all cultures. Every ethnic groups has street gangs. Boys who grow up without strong fathers or uncles around quickly get pulled into street life. NBA legend and Hall of Famer Isaiah Thomas was almost pulled into gang life like that. In a story that has been retold for decades, during the summer of 1966, members of the Chicago Vice Lord gang came to his home and brazenly told his mother Mary to give them her boys. She bravely told them “they already belong to the Thomas gang and I lead it” and closed the door. When she saw that they wouldn’t leave, Mary Thomas grabbed her sawed off shotgun and threatened to “blow them across the Expressway” if they didn’t leave. Isaiah never got approached again and was never pulled into street life. The rest is NBA history. 😂🤣

[@waterbeauty85]

15:13 There was book ( I think is was called "America's Secret Army") about the Hmong who fought for the United States in the Vietnam War. An interesting thing about it is that, in an interview on CBS News' "60 Minutes" TV show, the author of the book said that movies like "Rambo" First Blood Part 2" and "Uncommon Valor" were based on the concept that there were soldiers who were captured the North Vietnamese and imprisoned as Prisoners Of War (POWs) whom the US government knowingly abandoned to rot in communist prisons after the war ended and that most Americans think that the idea is just a myth for use in fiction, but he said "IT ACTUALLY HAPPENED! It's just that the soldiers (i.e. POWs) we abandoned weren't American citizens" referring to the Hmong soldiers who were captured while fighting for the US, were imprisoned and tortured and were never released and that the US never even tried to help them after the war ended.

[@emilianosintarias7337]

Fight on the side of evil, don't be surprised if it leaves you to rot in jail.

[@waterbeauty85]

​@@emilianosintarias7337 They fighting under the auspices of a corrupt US government that unsurprisingly abandoned them, but they were fighting "on the side of" stopping the North Vietnamese government's genocidal treatment of local ethnic minorities, so I can't say they were fighting on the side of evil.

[@emilianosintarias7337]

@@waterbeauty85 those ethnic minorities were helping the US, which was going full n-azi on Asia at the time, killing millions of people. And really its just the Vietnamese government, not the north even though you refer to the NVA, as the Vietnamese majority were against the puppet regimes and the US invasion of the south and center. It doesn't mean the Vietnamese forces didn't commit terrible crimes, just like the allies committed terrible war crimes in and after world war 2, but make no mistake, the allies were on the right side of world war 2..And the NVA and Vietcong were on the right side of the American war.

[@mervinmerencio6861]

Yeah, he didn’t know how long he had left because he had cancer. And I guess he figured that Tao needed his help right away.

[@corneliusantonius3108]

One of my favorite movies

[@shaquilleburton1611]

Another good Clint Eastwood movie is "The Mule"

[@anthonyford9017]

The white guy with Sue us Clint Eastwood son👍

[@johnduval6377]

People, please do not punch glass!

[@parrotheadwon]

The amazing thing is that of all the hmung people in the movie none of them with the exception of spider were actors before this movie.

[@kafkaOTS]

All the Hmong actors were off the streets. None of them were professional actors. That's why their acting seemed stilted at times. But that's how Eastwood wanted it. He felt it added to the authentic feel of the film and the Hmong culture.

[@technopirate304]

12:58 This is Scott Eastwood, Clint’s real life son playing the ghetto white dude.

[@rpnp2]

@6:30 this was so accurate in cali especially the bay area.

[@charles7836]

Because Marie's editing has been different, it actually dawned on me how dumb and naive I've been since I started following these pages; hers have been original. But I finally woke up to a lot of reactors' edits being exactly the same - same pauses in all the same places, same exact scenes, no more and no less. These reactors have to simply be pressing a mouse for an automatic edit instead of having these editors that so many say they have. She puts in the work. I feel so stupid.

[@journeymariereacts]

Wow I really appreciate you recognizing my hard work, thank you!!🙏🏼🥹

[@Dave-jm3zf]

Just an FYI lol, but when the old lady spits on the porch it is likely due to an important cultural practice called Betel nut chewing. It is also spat out like tobacco.

[@65cj55]

He got them locked away, and got out of dying from cancer.

[@beefsupereme]

The issue with performances comes from Eastwoods insistence on using Hmong actors to play Hmong characters, which was not typical in film a decade ago. They were chosen from a very small pool, so you kinda get what you get, but I feel the same way. Watching Tao pretend to be furious while he lightly taps on the basement door makes me cringe every time I see it. I just discovered your channel and really enjoy your reactions, keep it up!

[@dudermcdudeface3674]

I didn't notice. A movie about life goes a lot smoother with people who seem like people rather than who seem like actors. Maybe some folks expected more "actory" performances, but real people don't do an Oscar scene when they're emotional. They just act stupid and confused, and Tao is not used to expressing himself in any way at all.

[@geraldjackson3921]

The white boy with the hat backwards is actually Clint Eastwood's son Scott

[@seanwhelan9069]

I believe he thought the justice system would take the murder of an unarmed white war veteran more seriously than they would the regular gang violence which is often overlooked even if equally or more horrific

[@hollywood3695]

I think Walt's war confessions probably was done 20 or 30 years ago he said it had been a while

[@bf3and4highlights83]

When you start coughing up blood the only thing you can do is come to terms with your fate as it is sealed.

[@Mweaver1986]

Love Clint Eastwood

[@mikeferris408]

Hello beautiful! Love this movie n i really enjoyed watching it with you n everybody else. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👍 next? "BELLY" or maybe "PAID IN FULL" ? 2 OF MY PERSONAL FAVORITES. just a suggestion/request lol love, peace and chicken grease ✌

[@YoureMrLebowski]

22:43 "boy." 😆