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MDB should have had more scenes of Hillary Swank in training http://tinyurl.com/7suvj instead of in her deathbed.I think for the same reasons I enjoyed Mystic River, I enjoyed Million Dollar Baby. Though, they focused on different things (MDB being more about the trainer and his needing to understand human emotion and desire).
Apparently, those same reasons are probably why you didn't like the movies.
But seriously, at least with MDB the character's death had a heartfelt impact. With Mystic River it was like Robbin's character was someone to throw aside, like yesterday's garbage. I saw little remorse from Penn's character, explaining it away as though he did him a favor my murdering him. The end of the movie with the parade and Penn and screen wife LL's conversation is still "mystic" to me.
By the way I like happy endings, and it's to Clint's credit that he seems not very interested in the bottom line (sorry, still obsessing about Hillary), but it's a proven fact that happy endings add millions to your box office figures. MDB made $100 million in the US, while MR hit $90 million, which is pretty mediocre for movies of that stature.Comment
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The Blair Witch Project
Halloween 5 (not exactly a great movie I know but the ending, oh God)
The Butterfly Effect
A History of Violence
The Day AfterPatrick Mahomes > GodComment
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Stephen King's IT.
The first part with Pennywise was absolutely terrifying to me..and still is.
But the end..with the gay looking giant spider....ugh.AUBURN TIGERS
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Dreamcatchers. Started out looking like a cool psychological thriller. Ended in a stupid Grade B looking monster movie whereby the monster is referred to as "Mr. Gay" because the freaky dude has a speech impediment. Gay all right.
As far as W.O.T.W., I think they followed the story line.Last edited by daflyboys; 10-27-2006, 10:50 AM.Comment
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Originally posted by trobinson97Comment
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It's really not that bad.
MDB is #346 in top grossing films domestically.
Considering the number of movies released in history and it's budget (30 million) that's an impressive number.
Mystic River, btw, places #397.
And lots of movies get bunched up in the 90 million and 100 million area. I wouldn't necessarily say one movie is better than the other if it made 91.37 and the other made 91.25. I'd say they pretty much tied.
But, it's all opinion."It may well be that we spectators, who are not divinely gifted as athletes, are the only ones able to truly see, articulate and animate the experience of the gift we are denied. And that those who receive and act out the gift of athletic genius must, perforce, be blind and dumb about it -- and not because blindness and dumbness are the price of the gift, but because they are its essence." - David Foster Wallace
"You'll not find more penny-wise/pound-foolish behavior than in Major League Baseball." - Rob NeyerComment
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This topic screams "Monty Python and the Holy Grail"Blue Jays, Blackhawks, AuburnComment
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"Good music transcends all physical limits, it's more then something you hear, it's something that you feel, when the author, experience, and passion is real" - Murs (And this is for)Comment
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"It may well be that we spectators, who are not divinely gifted as athletes, are the only ones able to truly see, articulate and animate the experience of the gift we are denied. And that those who receive and act out the gift of athletic genius must, perforce, be blind and dumb about it -- and not because blindness and dumbness are the price of the gift, but because they are its essence." - David Foster Wallace
"You'll not find more penny-wise/pound-foolish behavior than in Major League Baseball." - Rob NeyerComment
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