Dirty Harry does an Agenda Movie? ? ? Excellent entertainment, though .....

Rating: Null/10 (17 February 2005)

Dirty Harry didn't need to do an "Agenda Movie" ..... He's better than that!
Thought he was above attempting to change societal morals!
Yet, I have to admit "$Million Dollar Baby" sure doesn't seem like a typical agenda movie .... yet .... one has to take it for face value.
On 2nd thought, maybe it's not ..... it's your call! Either way, it's worth seeing!
It's not that euthanasia is not an integral part of the movie; it is!
It's not that it wasn't well done! It was!
It's not that the act itself wasn't a compassionate act.
It was! ..... as far as when she asked for his help and only regarding the body and suffering!
Thing is, it ignores the reason for pain. Whether physical or emotional!
And like it or not, there IS, ... a reason for pain.
We all know that pain keeps us from leaving our hand on an extremely hot wood stove but what about emotion or psychological pain?
Is there no reason to learn a lesson here? Of course there is!
To play God and make a final decision impacting our afterlife in eternity? The garden of eden was about playing our roles and not trying to outguess or over-rule God!
I know ....; it all comes down to whether there is a God or not ..... Thing is, there is! If you don't know, you've not asked Him if He exists!
When I was 'out of my body', I learned that the body was only the tent I temporarily live in ...... and 'what was out' was what was actually me, not the body!
After one makes that final decision and asks someone to pull the plug, then, I would hope there'd be a compassionate decision-maker around .... and that doesn't mean one that would comply with the risk, but would first make sure that one knows and has made an appropriate choice. After that decision, ..... rather the correct one, one should possibly be able to opt out of permanent pain.
Yet, that'd probably be just before stem cell research became a reality ..... life just sometimes plays out that way .....
Maybe there is another reason to go through the pain ..... even emotional pain.
I submit that God designed life this way for a reason! I sure couldn't have seen that when the doctors were going to amputate both legs, ..... almost 31 years ago, and I'm glad I didn't opt for leaving the movie before it finished! Otherwise ..... I wouldn't have married, had a wonderful son, be able to go bass fishing, ride my motorcycle, etc. My legs were saved; things we cannot foresee can happen.
Don't leave this one early; so what if it cleans out the tear ducts?!
Yet, I have to admit, I'm still waiting for movies to take that next step and approach it objectively and confront the philosophical and religious questions!
What? You say Hell is freezing ....? I'll wait and see ......
Though, they say Dirty Harry now lives on the McKenzie and that the water there is a bit magical .....