Million Dollar Baby: Clint Eastwood's next masterpiece

[Shane Martin]

98% Rotten Tomatoes + a 4 star Ebert rating means I need to see this.

Comes out Jan 7th wide, limited release now.

http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20041214/REVIEWS/41201004/1023

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/million_dollar_baby/

Cast: Hillary Swank and Eastwood
Narration ala Shawshank by Morgan Freeman.

Anyone else planning on seeing this?

[George Bellefontaine]

Eastwood really likes to tackle different subjects doesn't he.

[David Meek]

Hmmm, remembering something about an orangutan. . . . :B

Yes, George you are correct sir.

[George Bellefontaine]

TEX ... :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[Burke Strickland]

Yes. I'm there when it opens here. Sounds like another winner from Eastwood. Not that we should only go to movies because they might sweep the awards, but from all accounts, this movie may be his ticket to another Oscar (or a mantle full of them). Even if not, it sounds like a sure bet for heavy duty entertainment value. I'll be especially interested in seeing how Hillary Swank handles her role.

Burke

[will1066]

Good to see Eastwood reunited with Freeman. They need the Schofield Kid in there!

[Nick M]

Rented It.

Well I finally saw this today on DVD. I thought it was a great film. The only caveat I found was some dragging and uneeded material in the beginning which sometimes caused the film to lose it's engrossing quality.

Morgan Freeman (one of my favorite actors) was fantastic, Hillary Swank played another powerful performance, and Clint Eastwood finally played a part that I enjoyed seeing him in.

I can see how this won Best Picture of 2004. I enjoyed other nominees as well such as Sideways, Finding Neverland, and The Aviator, but I thought Ray topped all of these.

:4: out of :5:

[George Bellefontaine]

I pretty much agree with what Nick says, but I have to say, the conclusion was pretty damn depressing. As much as I liked the film, I wouldn't care to watch it again. I watched it last night and I'm still feeling depressed. Glad I only rented it.

[Nick M]

Picked this up the other day after renting.

2004 certainly had some excellent films...

Million Dollar Baby
Sideways
The Aviator
Finding Neverland
Ray
Spanglish
The Woodsman
Hotel Rwanda
Eulogy
I Heart Huckabees
The Incredibles
Spiderman 2
Lord of the Rings: ROTK
Kill Bill 2
Monster

Other notables are...

Shrek 2
Harry Potter: Prisoner of Azkaban
Touching the Void
Kinsey
House of Flying Daggers
Hero
Napoleon Dynamite

And countless others.

2005 isn't shaping up as hot in my opinion... :roll:

[Penningtonsm]

The wife and I watched this film last weekend (after her persistance, I did not want to see it). I found this film boring. I was trying to get into it, but just found it too unbelievable. It seemed to just drag with all the actors had this "the world has done me wrong" attitude thoughout the movie. I love boxing and clint, and freeman for that matter, but this story was just dark and gloomy and just boring to me.

[aud19]

Finally watched it!

Overall it was pretty good but I have to say I was a bit dissapointed... Another case of expectations raised too high I think

I certainly felt Ray and Finding Neverland were better films and this was more on par with Spanglish for quality (which I actually went into with only mediocre expectations)

So overall a good movie, I just expected "more"...

3.75 out of 5 for me.

[ThomasW]

It's on HBO rotation so I watched it twice (I missed the begining the first time.)

It is indeed depressing.

I thought it lacked depth the first time I watched it. After the second viewing I realized it was me that lacked depth ..:wink: