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Jennifer resents Million Dollar Baby:

I won't ruin the ending, but I haven't felt so blatantly and shamelessly played since the cheap ending of Saving Private Ryan ...

Cynthia: So I got suckerpunched by Million Dollar Baby and wasn't too happy about it:

... It isn't Oscar-worthy (even though the Oscars are of course bullshit). It isn't a great film. It's effective, and entertaining, and absorbing, but it's still a formula genre picture and it's full of cliches. Several plot holes too, and a very rushed pace that was unsatisfying. ...

Still, she explains why she's always been fascinated with Eastwood's interest in gender relations.

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However, I also found it quite interesting despite that. I admit that I was rooting for the woman boxer the whole time, and it was quite sad that she ultimately crashed and burned. That ending was kind of hard to watch, I'll admit. Frankly, now that I think about it, I wonder if or why that kind of ending was necessary. Any thoughts?

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