As Walt makes friends with Sue and Thao, which wasn’t his intention in the least, he gets stuck in a whirlwind of events that cause him to take vengeance on a Hmong gang. Find the exact moment in a TV show, movie, or music video you want to share. It's a cultural thing, it expresses embarrassment or insecurity. If Unforgiven ends up being equivocal in its attitude toward violence and vigilantism, Gran Torino appears to accept the impotence of the lone avenging hero" and that the impotence "is perhaps underlined by Walt's repeated gesture of pointing his finger at villains as if it were a gun." It grossed $270 million worldwide (making it Eastwood's second highest-grossing film to-date). It's not that they're laughing at you or anything. Gran Torino (2008) Clint Eastwood as Walt Kowalski. Gran Torino opened in a limited theatrical release in the United States on December 12, 2008, before expanding wide on January 9, 2009. “- Sue: Some Hmong people tend to smile or grin, when they're yelled at. Compared to the medal, Walt loves his Gran Torino even more, which he also left Thao in his testament. Sue, following Walt's directions earlier, frees Thao, and they drive to the scene in Walt's Gran Torino. To make matters worse, Eastwood ends the film with a scene of Thao smiling while driving the Gran Torino, Sue nowhere in sight. Within the Hmong community in the United States, the film received both praise and criticism. You just listen to the way Martin and I banter it back and forth. Giving both to Thao, one can assume that he wants to show that he stopped having prejudices and problems with the changes around him. Walt Kowalski : Now you just gotta learn how guys talk. Myths of Gran Torino As some critics would say Gran Torino is another display of a “white hero saving people of color” (rottentomatoes.com).

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Considering that Sue was, earlier, a major voice in the film, rape seems to be the final even that eradicates any sense of her self-presentation, as she barely speaks in the last part of the film. Gran Torino (2008) - Yarn is the best way to find video clips by quote. A Hmong police officer tells them the gang members, including Spider, have been arrested for murder and the surrounding neighbors have all come forward as witnesses, so they'll be in jail for a long time, if not for the rest of their lives.