Million Dollar Baby

[Mitch]

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I came to this movie in a bad mood, and I had very low expectations for it. It's got a nod for best picture. So? I thought nothing of it.

But it ended up being easily one of the best movies I've seen in a long time, and probably one of my favorite movies.

The story is about boxing, but it's about a lot more. It's about emotion, determination, death. It's about too much for me to cram in this post without giving it all away.

Needless to say, this is, without a doubt, the best movie of the year. I doubt any better movie will come; a lot of movies these days are extremely lackluster as it is. But this movie delivers.

I don't think there's much else I can say, really. You have to go see it for yourself to hear what I want to say.

The acting is magnificent, the directing well done, the musical score spot-on, the characters alive and breathing.

Go see it, and if you don't, then you're missing a wonderful, wonderful experience that won't leave you for a while, and will have you hungering to see it again.

[eleanor]

[color=darkslateblue] ARGH. Clint Eastwood! I worship the ground he walks upon. *blush* *and then sweeps [i]Blood Work[/i] into a far, dark, very far away corner*

Of course Clint Eastwood and Morgan Freeman hold up to their good-actor-reputation, but Hilary Swank really kicked it up in this movie. I think it's her best performance since [i]Boys Don't Cry[/i], hands down. I liked this movie a lot because of the sheer amount of emotion they managed to pack into it, shown throughout a good plot that doesn't go down the same path most other 'emotional' movies do. And it didn't seemed rushed at all... :) I loved it. I tried seeing which movies I liked better: Mystic River or Million Dollar Baby. :P Don't try it, I tell you.[/color]