Unforgiven v Million Dollar Baby
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I loved Unforgiven.
I hated Million Dollar Baby.
I hated Million Dollar Baby.
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I didn't think Million Dollar Baby was as bad as everyone else is making it out to be. Sure, it's depressing as all Hell, but I still liked the film.
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This is really hard I like them both 
voted for baby 
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Million Dollar Baby was a cliche within a cliche. Decent film yes but giving it the angle of Woman's Boxing, felt too much like a gimmick that was written solely to draw in the crowds.
Unforgiven is also a cliche within a cliche, and the 'one last job' gimmick has been done many a time, but the overall screenplay and shooting (the photography, not the guns) gives it a massive edge over MDB.
Unforgiven, all the way...
Unforgiven is also a cliche within a cliche, and the 'one last job' gimmick has been done many a time, but the overall screenplay and shooting (the photography, not the guns) gives it a massive edge over MDB.
Unforgiven, all the way...
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16 to 3. It's closer than I anticipated.
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Unforgiven, and it isn't even close.
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4 Eastwood flicks make my top 10:
Mystic River
Million Dollar Baby
Gran Torino
Unforgiven
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Mystic River
Million Dollar Baby
Gran Torino
Unforgiven
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Where do I have the subpoena delivered?
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4 Eastwood flicks make my top 10:
Mystic River
Million Dollar Baby
Gran Torino
Unforgiven
so sue me.
Mystic River
Million Dollar Baby
Gran Torino
Unforgiven
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You should, since you're a big fan of Eastwood. It's my favourite Eastwood movie (other than Unforgiven).
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Unforgiven and MDB are pretty much the same film. Both have Eastwood, an 'out-of-shape' but previously expert master teaming up with a completely disposable Morgan Freeman (included for the sole purpose of explicating Eastwood himself), taking on a new, nobler challenge that rekindles the spirit of his previous line of work while redeeming himself for the crimes he committed under it.
The films differ only in the way they choose to portray the opposing aspects of the cleansing act of murder. Both films even end on the same note, retaining a very slight degree of moral ambiguity while prompting us to take the situation positively. Finally, both films examine hugely familiar visual and stylistic territory, with MDB possibility being slightly more novel because it was women's boxing.
Nevertheless, Unforgiven is better, because it was a good degree less emotionally 'manipulative.'
The films differ only in the way they choose to portray the opposing aspects of the cleansing act of murder. Both films even end on the same note, retaining a very slight degree of moral ambiguity while prompting us to take the situation positively. Finally, both films examine hugely familiar visual and stylistic territory, with MDB possibility being slightly more novel because it was women's boxing.
Nevertheless, Unforgiven is better, because it was a good degree less emotionally 'manipulative.'
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I always try to be on the contentious side of these things, but in this case Unforgiven wins by about a billion miles. MDB was little more than a skilfully made schlocky tear-jerker, no matter what the Academy had to say on the matter.
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