Gran Torino

Saw Gran Torino. It was quite touching. There was a heavy theme of 'masculinity' in the film, which I usually find patronizing or vaguely threatening, but this time it was explored with an emphasis on how masculinity nurtures, gruffly and secretly. This is much better than the masculinity demonstrated by lesser movies, which is only defined by the things it's not (things which I either have no problem with or am.) I was frankly shocked that his dog survived. Good movie.