Million Dollar Baby (2004)

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"Rewatch on the 14th. My girlfriend wanted to see this after I told her how good it was, so we watched it and sure enough she cried at a few points ;o. Quality movie! "

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"Clint Eastwood A triumph of a boxing film that will make you go through all shades of emotion in existence "Mo Cuishle - My darling, my blood!" Million Dollar Baby is a boxing film but it's not about the life inside the ring: that means it's not energetic. It's not about the life outside the ring: that means it's not dramatic. It's about journey, the road that connects these two worlds, the fine strip in which one comes alive that's between shadow and light. This film is unique in the respec"

“Million Dollar Baby is a boxing film but it's not about the life inside the ring: that means it's not energetic. It's not about the life outside the ring: that means it's not dramatic. It's about journey, the road that connects these two worlds, the fine strip in which one comes alive that's between shadow and light. This film is unique in the respect that we get to see two relationships from two characters' point of view. One, a relationship between two generations and two; the tact passion for their mutual love for boxing. Frankie is a wounded man, a person broken by his past and present that continuously gets damaged by his uncertainty of the future. Maggie is almost Frankie's reflective, but with distinct differences: she's not much about the past or the future, but is focused straight” read more

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" Check out my review: http://www.listal.com/viewentry/4424056 We get to see the rise and fall of this connection through Scrap Dupris's point of view, who is at first a background enigma but becomes the solid voice of the film as time progresses. Now the boxing: rarely has any other film portrayed a sport as a character in itself. For the characters in the film, boxing is not a sport, but rather a living entity they must visit on a timely basis. We almost never get to see the the boxing. B"

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" ___ DIRECTED BY ~Clint Eastwood ─ Frankie : I swear to God, Father, it's committing a sin by doing it. By keeping her alive I'm killing her. Do you know what I mean, how do I get around that ? Father Horvak : You don't. You step aside, Frankie. You leave her with God. Frankie : She's not asking for God's help. She's asking for mine. Father Horvak : Frankie, I've seen you at Mass almost every day for 23 years. The only person comes to church that much is the kind who can't forgive himself for "

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"Eddie Scrap-Iron Dupris: "If there's magic in boxing, it's the magic of fighting battles beyond endurance, beyond cracked ribs, ruptured kidneys and detached retinas. It's the magic of risking everything for a dream that nobody sees but you." "

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“Million Dollar Baby is a movie I find works on different levels. One first viewing I found the majority of the film great right up until the plot’s heartbreaking turn of events, it easily ranked as one of my new favourite films of all time. On second viewing however I found substantially even better as I was waiting in dread for the proceeding events.

Clint Eastwood’s direction on Million Dollar Baby is near perfect, he makes the art of filmmaking look easy. It amazes me the effectiveness of his films despite their simplistic (at least on the surface level) and humble nature.

For as dark and serious as the film is, it still manages to incorporate subtle humor with the dialogue exchanges between Eastwood and Freeman. Not many other films come to mind which can be as” read more