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My test of what a good movie to me is if I still think about it days after I have seen it. Do the characters have some realness and does the story interest me. This movie does that for me. It is interesting that after watching it I almost felt I had seen a b+w film,also I was totally unaware of any soundtrack music. This tells me I was watching a good story, good acting/ not effects.I liked Swanks performance for this part. I think that Mr. Eastwood has put a quality control on here that is much missing in other hollywood films. I like the let all the flaws , wrinkles, scars etc. hang out approach very much.
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Saw it yesterday, and it should wins a few Oscars...Best Director, Best supporting actress, and maybe best Actor and Best Film.
Yes it was a good movie. And the actors did a great job. But I had a big huge problem with it.Minor spoiler follows, do not read on if you haven't seen it.
After the big twist about 2/3 through the movie, it became dull IMO. What was supposed to be moving struck me as manipulative and I don't like manipulative pushing of emotional buttons. This twist was so far off the deep end, yes it could've occurred but it's such a stretch. I didn't make it through the transition. I felt like this was a rather awkward patchwork of two separate movies. Had the 2nd one been the whole movie, I wouldn't have been interested in seeing it.
Up to then, I was with it as a good, not great, character study, set in the interesting world of women's boxing. I don't understand all the praise that has been heaped on this, there were many movies I liked better, especially Sideways, which struck me as a great character study. Perhaps it is heresy, but I liked In Good Company better than Million Dollar Baby, enjoyed it thoroughly all the way through, although it obviously has much more modest goals. But sure, Hillary Swank and Clint Eastwood both did very good jobs at bringing their characters to life.
wonderful actiong and clean, firm direction. I also thought about it for days. I appreciate the serious issues raised, and the lack of pat answers. Very refreshingly un-hollywood. For that reason I'm not sure it can win the Oscar.
I saw it today and am overwhelmed. Fortunately I had no idea where the story was goiing so 2/3 of the way through I was amazed as it veered off in unexpected directions. This one will haunt me for days. It hope it wins a lot of Academy Awards. Everyone is justifiably talking about Hilary Swank but Eastwood's acting is IMHO the best he has ever done. I particularly liked the ending. The industrially bleak washed out cinematography added greatly to the overall effect.
Rico,Weeks ago when I brought up how good this film was...Clark had to push my buttons on Eastwood.
I can't wait for this on DVD.
Tosh
"I think this place is restricted Wang, so don't tell them you're Jewish"
...that I countered your observation that Clint had become a great director, by suggesting that he *had been* a great director for some time.clark
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