GRAN TORINO by Frank Palmcoast

When he's not watching, with beads of sweat, his fellow, legally blind, senior citizens parallel park, Frank Palmcoast is catching seven dollar movies at the local multiplex from sunny Pompano Beach, Florida. He's retired, he's angry at the world, he can't spell to save his life, and he hates Hollywood almost as much as Hillary Clinton, but that will not stop our irreverent, dementia fightin', AARP card carrying everyman from giving us a fresh take on all things Hollyweird. Besides, how can he pass up that marvelous senior citizen discount?

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Fresh and rested from his Southern, California trip, Palmcoast returns with his highly anticipated review of Clint Eastwood's GRAN TORINO

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Just back from Hollyweird and saw a GRAND flick titled "Grand Torino" or Dirty Harry when He retires or Archie Bunker meets dirty Harry or the Karate Kid of 2008. And without a doubt, Eastwood is by far my favorite bigot. Eastwood's character Walt Kowalski manages to insult just about everyone, sorta like the front row of a Don Rickles show. This flick is a bad drama or a subtle comedy or perhaps both. This may well be the Last Temptation of Dirty Harry. I had at times had to laugh at Dirty Kowalski squinting and waving his 44 magnum at a bunch of kids or calling a young priest a "27" year old virgin. I found Clint Eastwoods face interesting; it no longer looks weathered as it has for decades but now seems like petrified wood. His Grand Torino was made by the same industry that begs Congress for a hand out, in a city that's bankrupt and a country that can't do anything right anymore except make a movie like this! Yes, Virginia, there is a Walt Kowalski. He exists as sure as Dirty Harry or Archie Bunker. What a dreary world it would be without them!
Palmcoast
PS: While in La La Land saw the premier of "Yonker's Joe"--Don't miss it!