Million Dollar Baby

[mrversatile48]

I'm amazed that I can't find a thread on this Oscar-grabber

Mind you...

the only folk I know who've seen it - both vivacious young women - say it's basically boring!

What do YOU think??

Oh: www.HollywoodJesus.com may have a thread @ it??

Ian

 

[mrversatile48]

As soon as its page comes on, Clint E kinda rasps @ ya...

http://www.hollywoodjesus.com/million_dollar_baby.htm

Ian

 

[VeronicasImage]

its a great movie for anyone overcoming obstacles and i enjoyed the character hilary swank played.not sure she deserved the Oscar considering the competing actress's she was up against.i was pulling for kate winslett. still after you see million dollar baby you realize they shot it in 39 days and thats amazing in itself.

 

[glo]

http://www.pluggedinonline.com/movies/movies/a0002027.cfm

^another good source for Christian views on the thing.
but i'm not a fan of all their reviews. too right-wingy for me sometimes.

 

[puppy]

I'm amazed that I can't find a thread on this Oscar-grabber

me too

 

[antiarte]

There's a thread already. It's been around even before the Oscars.
Me and probably a couple of more people actually enjoyed the film. The rest basically seem to utterly hate it. And please, how can anyone compare Hilary Swanks' performance with the others. She deserved that Oscar she won.

 

[MaddiesDad]

you're right,how can anyone compare her with the others? annette benning,kate winslette are real talent. swank seems to only be able to play in films where she does a contact sport... they gave the oscar to her because its all political,Eastwoods film talk money..but hey,I dont have to buy that..the Academy is nothing anymore.I think Swank should go into WWF. she belongs there and would be right at home

There's a thread already. It's been around even before the Oscars.
Me and probably a couple of more people actually enjoyed the film. The rest basically seem to utterly hate it. And please, how can anyone compare Hilary Swanks' performance with the others. She deserved that Oscar she won.

 

[antiarte]

you're right,how can anyone compare her with the others? annette benning,kate winslette are real talent. swank seems to only be able to play in films where she does a contact sport... they gave the oscar to her because its all political,Eastwoods film talk money..but hey,I dont have to buy that..the Academy is nothing anymore.I think Swank should go into WWF. she belongs there and would be right at home

Really? So in 1999, when she won her first Oscar- beating Annette Bennig, who was nominated for "American Beauty"- was that political too? I'm not a fan of hers, I just think she deserved that Oscar. I was pulling for Catalina Sandino Moreno, but she was like Keisha Castle Hughes last year: not a chance.
And what was Kate Winslet doing there anyways? There were much better performances by actresses last year, like Judy Marte in "On the Outs" and "Vera Farmiga in "Down to the Bone", but I bet you probably haven't even heard of those films.

And Eastwood films talk money? Check how much it's made in the Box Office. I do agree the academy is nothing, and they should've given the Best Director to Scorsese.

I still think "Million Dollar Baby" is a work of art. Maybe you don't see it that way because you judge it based on the whole euthanasia thing. It's rare to see films like that this days, using pure, traditional storytelling. Yes, it's formulaic and the way it has to be promoted might make it seem deceptive, but it's art. I haven't enjoyed this pure storytelling in modern films since "The Straight Story".

 

[StAnselm]

I'm amazed that I can't find a thread on this Oscar-grabber

Please look harder next time.