Gran Torino (2008)

My favorite movie car is Gran Torino, it is a film directed and starring Clint Eastwood, whose main thread of the story is precisely a Ford Gran Torino car, a classic car that the protagonist has as his greatest treasure, after his recent death From his wife, the Korean War veteran keeps the car as the only thing of value in his life, he enjoys repairing it to the best of his ability, so much so that his eldest granddaughter even has the audacity to ask him at the funeral what he will do with the car after he dies, that is, the girl wants the car and very rudely insinuates it, however, the relationship that Walt has with his son and his grandchildren is not good, even between his teeth he complains that his son does not have an American car, because among other things the grumpy protagonist is patriotic and racist towards Asians.

But the most ironic of all is that this older and proud man lives in a poor neighborhood where his neighbors are mostly Asian immigrants, large families with economic difficulties, different customs and many young people who are in gangs, this further strengthens plus his hatred for Asians. One day a young Asian and a neighbor from the house next door, tries to steal the Gran Torino, this was his initiation into the gang of the young man's cousin, but Walt discovers it and almost kills him, then the gang tries to punish the young Tao and in the middle of the beating they enter Walt's yard, he increases them with a weapon and therefore saves Tao. In another isolated incident, Walt himself sees how the gang tries to abuse Tao's sister and also defends her. Consequently, Tao's entire family begins to be grateful for Walt, they also make Tao apologize to Walt, the young man begins to do jobs to help the people in the neighborhood, in a nutshell the protagonist begins to have a friendship with the boy Tao and with his family.

Things do not end well, it is not my intention to make spoilers if you have not seen the movie, but as you can imagine the gang did not agree that Tao was friends with Mr. Walt and they attack Tao and also his sister, Mr. Walt takes action against the gang. Throughout the development of the film, Walt's redemption is seen, as his racism does not blind him again, he finds true friends in Tao and his family, when Walt dies he leaves the inheritance of the Gran Torino car to his best friend, the young Tao .

I like this movie and this car a lot, my dad was an older man and he also had a classic car that he adored, he took great care of it and it was his most precious treasure after us his family, my father's car was not a Ford, It was a Chevrolet Malibu but also since Walt always said that American cars were the best, my dad had a very strong character and in certain ways he resembled Walt, but every time I see an older man take care of a classic car I feel a great nostalgia, in addition to the fact that the elongated models of this type of car from the 70s and 80s are beautiful, unfortunately my dad, after getting sick and not being able to continue driving, had to sell his car and this contributed to a large extent to the sadness he experienced in his last years of life.

Despite the fact that classic cars are beautiful, it is currently difficult to get one in good condition and repairing them with original parts is expensive, because American cars are not as cheap as Asian ones and we agree on that, but if one day I have The opportunity to buy and restore a classic car like the Gran Torino or the Malibu that my dad had, I would do it with great pleasure and I'm sure it would make me very happy.
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