Grand Torino (2008)

故事：

讲述一位住在一群亚洲屋村的老年人， 太太的离世后，隔壁搬来了新邻居， 苗族人（他们在以前美国打越南时， 帮助了美军， 所以战争失败后， 越南不承认这些苗族人， 赶他们走， 美国就收留了他们）。故事发展一位西方老人如何和他的邻居成朋友， 还有一些发生在这老人和这屋村的故事。

看后感：
电影的名字译为老爷车， 这名字就有双重意义， 一个是戏里面的车子， 二就是暗喻这位老人。这戏里面有很多很有意思而值得思考的对白和情节。

1）一位年轻神父常常探望这位曾打越南战争并在战场上杀人的老人。
神父：我们今天讨论生和死的问题。
老人：一位读了很多书27岁的处男懂得什么是生和死？

2）苗族的姐姐希望老人教好他的弟弟。
姐姐：我希望我们有你这样的父亲， 不像我们的父亲那么保守。
老人：我是一位保守的父亲。
姐姐：但是你是美国人。
老人：那是什么意思？

整套戏我个人觉得最有趣的是老人带着在他隔壁的年轻人到理发店学讲粗口。因为在那个环境， 男生一定要成群结党， 不然就会被欺。 就如戏里苗族的姐姐说的， 在这里的女生可以上大学， 但男生就进监牢。但是这苗族的弟弟性格比较内向， 喜欢洗碗， 种花（严格上环境逼成， 一是上街成群结党， 一是躲在家里）。原来， 讲粗口也是一种艺术， 更是男子汉的表现。（因为苗族的弟弟每次被人欺侮都不敢出声， 很懦弱）

最后， 这是我个人的看法， 老人会选择在那一区住， 可能有两个原因。第一当然是和太太的安乐窝。第二， 是戏里没提到， 自己认为的， 就是他习惯了处在亚洲人的社会（当年在亚洲打仗）。我是从他很快的融入邻居的生活圈猜想的。

还有， 最后， 那老年人的选择与做法， 我个人觉得是一种他的生命赎罪。（毕竟当年打战时杀了人，而且数目清楚）。

这是一部看了会令人很多深思的电影。 我个人很喜欢。
我认为值得4/5。 喜欢剧情的电影的人不可错过。

Story:

It is about an old man living in Asian's housing area. after his wife's death, a new neighbor moved in become his neigbour next door, there called themself as Miao's people(who in the past when the United States war with Vietnam, this tribe of people helped the U.S. military, so after the failure of the war, Vietnam drive them away, then the United States accept them to live in U.S).

My review:
The name of the movie has a double meaning, one mean an old car, another metaphor that the old man. There are a lot interesting conversation and circumstances in the movie. Such as:

1) a young priest who has often visited the old man(who fought Vietnam War and killed on battlefield before).
priest: Today let us discussing the issue of life and death.
Old man: How could a highly educated 27-year-old virgin understand the meaning of life and death?

2) Miao's elderly sister would like the old man to teach his younger brother to become a brave man.
Sister: I hope our father is like you, as our father is so conservative.
Old man: I am a conservative father.
Sister: But you are Americans.
Old man: What does that mean?

My favorite is the part the old man bring the teenage who live next door to a barber shop and learning to speak foul language. In that environment, people either gang up, or will be bullying. In the movie, as the Miao's sister said, Miao's girls go to college, but the boys go to jail. This Miao's teenage who is very weak and always bully by people. In fact, speaking foul language is an art, but also the performance of being a man. (Because every time the Miao's teenage never fight back and afraid to say anything evrytime he been bullied)

In my personal view, the old man will choose to live in the area may be with two reasons. The first because of his wife. Second, he used to live in the Asian community (war in Vietnam).
I personally feel that his life is a kind of atonement. (He killed in wartime).

I think the movie is worth 4 / 5. People who perfer good plot of a film, should not to be missed.