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Buckeye_Democrat

(14,853 posts) Mon Jul 5, 2021, 03:58 PM Jul 2021

Best Picture in 2004: Million Dollar Baby

I saw that movie on TV a few years after it was released in theaters.

As the climactic scene in the boxing ring happened, I thought, "Seriously?! And this was the Academy award winner a few years ago?"

I'm not a big fan of the "Scary Movie" series either, but this parody of Million Dollar Baby made me laugh hysterically when I happened to see it while channel-flipping several days ago.

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Best Picture in 2004: Million Dollar Baby (Original Post) Buckeye_Democrat Jul 2021 OP

Really overrated, probably because of Eastwood's reputation Doc Sportello Jul 2021 #1

Yes, the writing was too far-fetched for me... Buckeye_Democrat Jul 2021 #2

The fatal one was the head butt Doc Sportello Jul 2021 #3

Doc Sportello

(7,520 posts)

1. Really overrated, probably because of Eastwood's reputation

Reply to Buckeye_Democrat (Original post)

Mon Jul 5, 2021, 05:01 PM

Jul 2021

And that plot turn near the end was total BS. Never would have happened in real life.

Buckeye_Democrat

(14,853 posts)

2. Yes, the writing was too far-fetched for me...

Reply to Doc Sportello (Reply #1)

Mon Jul 5, 2021, 05:12 PM

Jul 2021

... in several places. That's my general memory now, since my brain seemed to purge lots of the plot details out of my memory pretty soon. And I never watched it again.

Doc Sportello

(7,520 posts)

3. The fatal one was the head butt

Reply to Buckeye_Democrat (Reply #2)

Mon Jul 5, 2021, 05:15 PM

Jul 2021

Done on tv in front of a crowd and the referee - and it was ignored, when it would have been a disqualifier. Come on.

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