I finally took the time to watch Clint Eastwood’s new movie “Gran Torino” this week. Many people feel this movie was snubbed by the Oscar Committee, I will tell you why that is not the case. Most people forget part of the qualifications to receive an Oscar nod is to have a strong cast, this movie lacked that. Here is the trailer for the movie.Movie summary from IMDB-Walt Kowalski is a widower who holds onto his prejudices despite the changes in his Michigan neighborhood and the world around him. Kowalski is a grumpy, tough-minded, unhappy an old man, who can’t get along with either his kids or his neighbors, a Korean War veteran whose prize possession is a 1972 Gran Torino he keeps in mint condition. When his neighbor Thao, a young Hmong teenager under pressure from his gang member cousin, tries to steal his Gran Torino, Kowalski sets out to reform the youth. Drawn against his will into the life of Thao’s family, Kowalski is soon taking steps to protect them from the gangs that infest their neighborhood.Now that you have the basic story line, here is the review. The majority of the dialogue in this film is taken from the list of the most offensive racial slurs you can pull up on the internet. Walt calls everyone he comes into contact with offensive and stereo typical names. The script also calls for 90% of the minorities to commit some sort of heinous crime. The only true positive character that does not fall into the race category of Caucasian is the character of Sue Lor (played by the new comer Ahney Her ). Coincidentally, Ahney was also the strongest supporting character in the movie. Walt’s neighborhood deteriorated over the years and is now inhabited by lower class white people and gang bangers from all different minority groups. Walt freely insults them to their face (even called a group of black guys “spooks”, but since they could not take rejection from a girl and proceeded to shove her around it makes it alright). The actor that played t...