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watching Million Dollar Baby - first time I've seen it since watching it at theatre when it first came out and I'm amazed at how real the cuts on the

Posted by JenBro Feb 27 '11, 12:06

fighters seem - they did an awesome job with the makeup on this film. This and Mystic River are I think arguably two of Eastwood's best. I've already got the big lump in my throat as I watch the big fight scene.

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paul haggis should write a 26 page apologia in the New Yorker about that script -- nm - moles Feb 27, 12:11 9
- ok - what didn't you like about it? -- nm - JenBro Feb 27, 12:12 8
  - maudlin claptrap - moles Feb 27, 12:18 7
    - I suppose I can understand you seeing it that way - as a writer yourself - I'm a bit more forgiving I guess. -- nm - JenBro Feb 27, 12:23 5
      - i remember being angry in the theater at the time - moles Feb 27, 12:29 4
        
        I had a different feeling ... I remember thinking - wow - this is no boxing movie is it? I guess maybe it hit me differently because of the decision - JenBro Feb 27, 12:36 3
        
        At no time did I think it was a 'boxing movie'. - kelly Feb 27, 12:46 2
        
        not only was it sold as a boxing movie, the first 90 minutes are about nothing but boxing -- nm - moles Feb 27, 13:19 1
        
        yeah the marketing was wrong for it. But it's about as much a boxing movie as Black Sawn is a ballet movie. -- nm - Remlik Feb 27, 13:37
    - are you talking about (spoiler) - amoxy Feb 27, 12:23

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