opens today in columbus

Ok, if There Will Be Blood does not count as a 2008 release, then I change my vote to Gran Torino as best film released in '08. I just saw it tonight and I had to collect myself as I walked out of the theater. You know the movie is good when you get crowd interaction and this one got a lot of it. A lot of laughs and cries. Ive never heard a crowd so silent as people exited a movie as this one.

Just as in Unforgiven, Eastwood delves into the soul destroying effects of having killed a person or persons. But this movie is about so much more than that. I wont say anymore, just go watch it.

This movie may be one of my biggest disappointments ever. The acting is so horrible that it's distracting. I saw better acting in The Brother's McMullen which was horrible. The writing was bad too. Story lines were introduced then forgotten about, same goes with a couple of characters. The gang was laughable, many of the dramatic scenes were forced and since the acting was so bad I couldn't get into or remotely care about what was happening to the characters. Eastwood was great but ultimately his presence only served as a further distraction to the god awful acting of the supporting cast.

Go see the Wrestler.

Count me in the category that loved this movie. I agree with Coydog that a few of the story lines should have been developed farther, but I enjoyed the story, the acting, and would recommend this movie.