Justin at the Movies

#6

// June 3rd, 2009 // 100 movies

Million Dollar Baby

Last years rank: 5

↓1 position

Two years after Clint Eastwood blessed the world with Mystic River he came back and blew us away with Million Dollar Baby. This time he did win best picture and best director as there were no more Lord of the Rings movies. Not only are both of these films brilliant, but he filmed both in less than 40 days. The guy is good. He also managed to get Hilary Swank her second best actress award (she is now 2 for 2) and finally got Morgan Freeman an oscar which was way overdue. Morgan Freeman’s character in this movie is one of my all time favorites. And just like Mystic River, this movie is a story of redemption, unless you are Rush Limbaugh and then this movie is pro assisted suicide. So like any normal level headed person would do, after he saw this movie he went on his radio show and gave away the ending so that people wouldn’t go see it. Once again Rush, you are a jackass. And secondly, if you think this movie is about assisted suicide than you completely missed the point, which he obviously did. This is one of the those movies that makes me tear up everytime I watch it, but still nothing compares to the first time I saw it. I saw it in the theaters back in December 2004. I went to a matinee showing all by myself because everybody was at work. It was only me and three other couples all over the age of 65. When it got to the end there was this old lady a couple rows ahead of me that was just bawling so uncontrollably and her husband was trying to comfort her but to no avail. It made the movie that much more powerful and is still my favorite theater experience of all time. I couldn’t have watched it with a better audience. There aren’t words to express how much I love this movie. #6. Enjoy.