I finally saw “Million Dollar Baby.” As far as Clint Eastwood movies go, it was pretty good. I don’t know what the fascination is with Clint Eastwood as a director though. Why does Hollywood love him so much? His movies can be so long and drawn out at times.

Take for example “Unforgiven”. He won an Oscar for directing for that too, but what was the message supposed to be? You’re going along in this movie thinking there’s going to be some kind of redemption, and in the end he just kills everyone, even innocent people.

And there always seems to be a scene or two that just seem out of place. In “Space Cowboys,” when Tommy Lee Jones is sent up into nowhere. Or in “Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil” with the guy who carries around a bottle with bugs in it everywhere he goes. What was the point of that? In filmmaking, every scene needs to contribute to the overall theme or plot of the movie. Maybe in his mind it did, but I just don’t see it. But I’m not a filmmaker. I’m just someone whose studied it.

Anyway, “Million Dollar Baby” seemed to be pretty well on point, although it did have some drawn out moments. The third act took a little longer than it should have I think, and I’m not really sure exactly what I would call the climax. Nor am I sure what to think of how it ends – or rather, what Eastwood was trying to say, if anything. But it was interesting.

No huge points this time, just some thoughts.