Posted on 02/27/2005 8:53:26 PM PST by metalmanx2j
oh, I really want to pay homage to a film about euthanasia.
Yawn.
Is this the end of Rico?
You interrupted me watching my toenails grow to tell me this? ;-)
So, Clint, you gonna put her down when she gets a little older?
Look on the bright side. Jamie Fox won and credited his grandma with whipping him into shape and teaching him to be a gentleman.
"Ray" should really have tuck it. Also Don Cheedle SHOULD have won for Hotel Rawanda. Other than that I don't have too many complaints, other than that someone other than Eastwood should have won for best director.
that was just the end of the movie......it was not the entire plot.....it was just a story like the Godfather was about a mob family.....it didn't glorify it.....and Clint has said so.......
Didn't bother to watch.
Los Angeles, CA (LifeNews.com) -- In a year featuring an unprecedented number of films promoting abortion and assisted suicide, Clint Eastwood's "Million Dollar Baby" is the latest to have viewers up in arms.
The boxing drama is up for an Academy Award, but disabled activists and pro-life advocates are upset because the movie promotes a very negative view of those with serious disabilities and promotes euthanasia.
The movie features Eastwood, a boxing trainer who serves as a mentor for fighter Maggie Fitzgerald (played by Hilary Swank). The two develop a father-daughter relationship as Swank's character rises to the top of the boxing world.
When an opponent leaves Fitzgerald paralyzed from the neck down after a devastating blow, she decides she would rather die than continue her life. She asks Eastwood's character, Frankie Dunn, to help her.
After some excruciating soul searching, he does.
Marcie Roth, director of the National Spinal Cord Injury Association, says she doesn't like the film's conclusion because so many still wrongly believe that "having a spinal-cord injury is a fate worse than death."
"Unfortunately, a message like the one in `Million Dollar Baby' just perpetuates exactly what we work so hard to dispel," she told the Associated Press.
"The movie is saying ‘death is better than disability," Roth adds.
Debbie Schlussel pans the film and says it will continue earning awards becasue "it's Hollywood's best political propaganda of the year ... it supports killing the handicapped, literally putting their lights out.''
Eastwood, who directs and stars in the movie, says the characters' choices aren't meant to promoted assisted suicide. Instead, the movie is intended to stick closely to the book it by author F.X. Toole on which it's based.
"How the character handles it is certainly different than how I might handle it if I were in that position in real life,'' Eastwood told the Associated Press. "Every story is a 'what if.'''
The criticism leads some to say that the movie will be a shoo-in for Oscar voters.
"All the conservative outcry is going to steel Oscar voters in favor of this movie," says Entertainment Weekly's Dave Karger. "It already has the most emotional power of any of the [best picture] nominees, and this is going to intensify that sentiment."
Us Weekly film critic Thelma Adams tells USA Today that Oscar voters probably strongly favor "Million Dollar Baby's" pro-euthansaia stance.
I wonder how low their ratings were this year? I can't figure out how they think they can insult half their potential customers and expect them to watch. Robin Williams hasn't been funny in 20 years, and Chris Rock is pathetic.
That did really piss me off.
Haven't seen the movie yet, but since you appear to like it, am I wrong to say Hilary Swank is not an Oscar calibre actress? She was Miss B movie star before that ridiculous transvestite role. Was ok in a small role in Insomnia but I've never seen her command the screen. Seems like a trend to me, weak actresses winning the Oscar.
marty and harvey are going to break some legs tommorrow.
Agree it was a weak show. The tribute to Carson was tepid. Even the stars in attendance seemed to lack star power. Where were the Deniros, Nicholsons?
As someone said, a weak show this year. But the movies have been getting weaker with the decades. And there was no question that an honest award would have gone to the Passion for best cinematography. Swank won because Hollywood liked Eastwood's message, in his message film. And there were better actresses and performances.
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