>>I seem full of recommendations and questions lately. This time I won't gas on and on about it, although I easily could. I am about to watch "Million Dollar Baby" for about the 10th time. IMO it is the best American movie of the past 10 years. Just watch it and enjoy.
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>Can't disagree more. The ending of Million Dollar Baby is so hokie!
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>And don't get me started about that giant turd of a movie Gran Torino. The acting was atrocious.
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>I liked Mystic River and Trouble with the Curve was fun (if you don't expect much), but Clint is hit or miss as a director.

We do disagree. I was fine with "Gran Torino" even if it wasn't one of his best. I was also fine with the ending of "Million Dollar Baby." Given the story up to that point I'm not sure where else it could have gone. The one part I can't stand, and skipped over last night, was the fight with the Blue Bear. (An actual professional boxer).

One of my favorite moments in MDB is the one where a trainer who is a rival to Clint Eastwood's character comes up to her in a diner and wants to sign her up. She says I'm happy with the trainer I've got. Morgan Freeman in voiceover: "Maggie always did like to put them down in the first round."

More dialogue from the movie ---

Maggie to Frankie: "Will you train me, boss?" Frankie: "I don't train girls. And don't call me boss."

Scrap-Iron (Morgan Freeman) in voiceover: "The only thing Maggie knew about herself growing up was she was trash."

Maggie working as a waitress and cadging a customer's leftover steak for her dinner.

Scrap-Iron: "She's getting better." Frankie: "Yeah. It's almost like someone's been teaching her."