Clint Eastwood's Gran Torino

Interesting to see that the theater's full of middle aged people. It was packed. Movie was good. I realized that there are a lot of people like the character Walt. who is grumpy all the time. Walt refused to open up to his family, to others. His family is afraid to talk to him in result of that. There is lack of understanding and communication with each other. Walt sometimes seek understanding and care from his sons - but if he doesn't open up, it might be hard for other people to reach out to him. But all it takes is just being understanding and find a way to go into his heart - then the path will eventually reveal itself.

Communication is based on 2 sides. It takes 2 sides if you want to make amends. One person cannot always keep trying if the other person just refuses to accept. There's got to be a balance. Things will never change if only one party makes the effort. That is something that I learned from my failure.

Back to the movie - it does take courage for Walt to "open up" and break the ice in his cold heart. Why did he suddenly decide to visit his neighbor? He was feeling lonely on his birthday. He was all alone in his house but he saw that the Asian family next door is so tight within their family circle. Maybe he decided to open up a little and venture in to see what that is all about. Then the rest is just similar to how Americans would slowly open up to other cultures and accepting the differences. We are all human after all.....we are all one kind.