Million Dollar Baby

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I agree that the family was over-the-top. I even chuckled a bit at the absurdity of putting the pen in her mouth. However, it is important to establish that she has nothing to live for in regards to them. Overall, I found the film to be very moving. I still get teary-eyed when I think about the scene with Clint Eastwood's character telling her what her name meant. It's a definite thumbs-up for me.

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I agree that the family was over-the-top. I even chuckled a bit at the absurdity of putting the pen in her mouth. However, it is important to establish that she has nothing to live for in regards to them. Overall, I found the film to be very moving. I still get teary-eyed when I think about the scene with Clint Eastwood's character telling her what her name meant. It's a definite thumbs-up for me.

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Let me make sure I'm not confusing two different things. I think it's a thumbs up as well. It was a good movie. Well worth the $8.50 I paid. But to say it is the best picture of the year, I don't agree. I thought Sideways kicked ass.

[astroglide]

when i saw it the theater had a speaker fuckup which was buzzing randomly for extended intervals during the last hour of the movie. i wasn't wowed by it but i don't know how much that hurt things.

[theBruiser500]

astroglide i think you have good taste so the theatre ruined it for you, sorry

[Homer]

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I couldn't believe we never really hear anything about his daughter.

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Yes this was one of the biggest problems of the movie. They really did not explain what happened between them at all.

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I thought this made the movie better.

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I couldn't believe we never really hear anything about his daughter.

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Yes this was one of the biggest problems of the movie. They really did not explain what happened between them at all.

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I thought this made the movie better.

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Same.

I saw this movie knowing basically nothing about it other than it was supposed to be good and was about a chick who boxed. I thought it was one of the better movies I've seen in a while, but I haven't seen any of the other big oscar movies from this year so can't really compare.

[BeerMoney]

If you had to explain to someone what this move is about, what would you say?

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I thought it was awesome.

I liked it better than Sideways, but it was very close.

both awesome movies.

[Sporky]

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I liked it better than Sideways, but it was very close.

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i don't think i could put it above sideways. i really enjoyed that movie. both were very good and hard to compare in my opinion. sideways is ahead of the race though for me. i thought million dollar baby was great, but it was one of those movies that i'll probably watch once and then the magic is gone. sort of like 6th sense. sideways i could enjoy many times.

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I liked it better than Sideways, but it was very close.

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i don't think i could put it above sideways. i really enjoyed that movie. both were very good and hard to compare in my opinion. sideways is ahead of the race though for me. i thought million dollar baby was great, but it was one of those movies that i'll probably watch once and then the magic is gone. sort of like 6th sense. sideways i could enjoy many times.

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very true. i would rather watch sideways again as well, but I guess i was rating on how much MDB moved me after watching it. but I would buy sideways, prob. not MDB. so whatever that means...