50 million dollar babies

I heard it was a great movie. I haven't seen it though.

I want to watch it. Hillary Swanks my bet for the awards.

One of the better movies of the past year.

These were my favorites:

House of Flying Daggers
Hotel Rwanda

For those of you who saw Million Dollar Baby, what was your take on the situation between Eastwood and his daughter that they hinted at the whole movie, but never revealed. Was she dead, or had they had a falling out over some negative incident and she wasn't responding to his letters. Obviously Eastwood felt he needed some level of forgiveness for something that happened in the past between them and I kept feeling like maybe I missed a few lines that shed some light on it.

I don't think she was dead because he always looked guinely disappointed when the letters would come back. Unless he was dillusional.

best movie this year so far, it will be hard to beat it :2 cents:

Yeah, I agree with you, although my wife keeps on insisting that she was dead and he was only sending the letters as some sort of therapy, knowing they would be returned.

Also, if you look at the letters, they have 'Return To Sender' handwritten on them...That leads me to believe that the daughter got them and sent them back...

I"m quite positive she was alive but they just had a major falling out. Thats another reason why Maggie was almost a surrogate daughter for him, and he a surrogate father for her.

Damn great movie.

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she got a staph infection during shooting
 

Haven't seen the movie yet:(

I'm going to see it soon.

I'm afraid to read the entire thread. I have a feeling someone may give the ending away.

I didn't saw it :(
But I want to see it, where I can find it?

they haven't so far......but go see it..........its fantastic........but extremely sobering.........ppl shuffled out of the theater where I went in silence

but thats good.............every once in awhile a movie should come along with the power to do that

Don't want to give away the ending, but yes, it was kinda nice having a movie that didn't have the typical hollywood feel good ending.

Best Picture
 

Hope it wins Best Picure tonight at the Oscars

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very powerful movie

she dies in the end.

it won Best Picture!

way to go Clint!

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Oh man, I haven't seen it yet.

its an awesome movie.

deserved best picture

:thumbsup

The gf want's to see it. Hopefully we can go some night this week! It looks good.

I don't like Hilary Swank but she nailed this role !

go Pats go! :)
great movie.

amazing and shitty at the same time.

wtf is that supposed to mean?

You have no idea how much I agree...atleast it got best original screenplay. If the Incredibles had won that over Enternal Sunshine I may have kicked in the tv.

I agree. It should have been "ESOTSM" over say, something like "Ray"

Whilst Jamie Foxx was good, Ray was just a bio pic. Without Foxx it was just another film. ESOTSM was still the best film of the year for me..a pure work of art.

Again, I agree with your assertion of Ray and Jamie Foxx, who was also very good in "Collateral" if you haven't seen it.........I also recommend that flick highly.

While I loved ESOTSM as well, I have to agree with the Academy........Million Dollar Baby was the year's best film.........it was an amazing piece of work. It was great to see Eastwood, Swank and Freeman get their due. All in all a pretty good year for movies but not nearly as good as last year. But Million Dollar Baby, thats the viewing experience of the year, although not a pleasant one at times because its a tough film.

didnt see it yet

I am sure there are many who haven't.............and with exposure like winning Best Picture, it will be released even wider this weekend and many will be curious...........but its akin to Schindler's List............very hard hitting and folks will be leaving the theater in silence.

But thats a good thing.

I will reserve my comments until I see it.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,148937,00.html

nice pic on that page of Swank in showing off her nice back in her backless dress.........yum

I think taht this movie was great :thumbsup !

http://a.oscar.abc.com/images/galler..._SwankH_01.jpg

http://a.oscar.abc.com/images/galler..._SwankH_02.jpg

The girl has a nice big rack for a 110 pounder..........wonder if anyone has any before and after pics to make sure they are real, unlike, say, Britney's.

I'm gonna watch it soon !

that list of yours sucks ox balls

what was your favorite? Alien vs. Predator?

you mean to tell me that you think Million Dollar Baby sucked and is a bad movie? lets see your list and your taste perhaps

Funny..I was thinking it was more or less spot on as far as English language goes. I would throw Sideways in and maybe even Team America just for making me crack my ass laughing in a small cinema in London where I was the only woman and the youngest person by about five decades.

That was based on a novella by Stephen King, wasn't it?

haven't seen it, but looks like I need to do that :)

I absolutely loved that movie

I watched it and I loved it. I thought it is a realistic heavy movie. I'm very happy it won for the best picture at the oscars. :thumbsup

I'm not gonna say anything hyberbolic like "this is a crime", but:

The Passion of the Christ
Icon Production; Icon and Newmarket.
2004 (77th)
CINEMATOGRAPHY -- Caleb Deschanel

MAKEUP -- Keith Vanderlaan and Christien Tinsley

MUSIC (Original Score) -- John Debney

These were nominations, the movie didn't win anything. What's up with that?

well i never saw million dolar baby but i really wanna see that shit..
anyway, i'll edit your list with my comments since im not working cuz im in my lazy mode for about a week now....
ok lets begin:

The Incredibles (fantastically entertaining)
Overhyped. I really expected some subtle 'grown up' humour in this movie. I always had a thing against animated flicks targeted on adults AND kids, but i heard so much positive stories about this one that i gave it a try with all my best intentions... but i could barely watch it. Childish, standard unrealistic jokes, it confirmed my hate against these kinda movies even more.

Collateral (gripping, extremely well directed)
I agree with you on this one. Quality of everything was top notch, very good movie.

Kill Bill Vol. 2 (all I have to say is Pei Mai)
A great dissapointment... I expected way more of this tarantino flick. There were some good parts but overall it was too boring.

Man On Fire (great movie)
This was indeed a good movie, i wouldnt say great but good.

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (brilliant script, concept)
Never heard of this one.

Million Dollar Baby (as I already mentioned)
Didnt see it yet.

Spider-Man 2 (simply one of the best superhero movies made so far)
Didnt see it yet. Part 1 was so-so, kinda childish especially with that toby macguire as peter parker; hes a sissy. Plus i expected mary jane to be sexier, kirsten dunst or something aint really sexy.

Shrek 2 (lol fare)
My hatred towards animated 'for kids and adults' movies have blown out of proportions after seeing The Incredibles so i dont even think about watching this one.

well thats it for your list, as you can see i didnt see half of the flicks listed but the bad movies i did see made me instantly think that the list sucks ox balls.

Some additions of me, i dont know if theyre all 2004 flicks but i think they are:
Saw - Sick movie, gotta love the plot twists in it.
Dodgeball - Just a hilarious movie to laugh at, very fucking funny. Altho some parts were really corny, its clear these parts were in there to make fun of sport movies

By the way, i liked Alien vs Predator!

Everyone is entitled to their taste and opinion and I do respect yours, but dude, you liked an absolute piece of shit of a movie. I rest my case.

You just contradicted yourself in one sentence... i rest my case :1orglaugh