Jim Kling (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} jkling) wrote,@ 2007-09-24 23:05:00 |
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'Kill 'em all, Frankie!"
mareklamo and I watched Million Dollar Baby, featuring Bellingham's own multi-Oscar award winning actress, Hilary Swank. Good movie, over all, but there was a moment of detachment for me...
So, Frankie is agonizing over whether to help the paralyzed Maggie take her own life -- convinced that it's a sin if he does, and that it's a sin to keep her alive just because he wants her around. The priest he's talking to advises him to leave her in God's hands.
I immediately piped up: "The solution is clear. He's got to set fire to the rehabilitation clinic (where Maggie is staying). Let God sort it out."
Then I got to thinking about the phrase "Kill 'em all, let God sort 'em out." So I googled it and found this. I have no idea whether it's true or not, but it amused me.
It's possible that I was insufficiently touched by this movie.
mareklamo and I watched Million Dollar Baby, featuring Bellingham's own multi-Oscar award winning actress, Hilary Swank. Good movie, over all, but there was a moment of detachment for me... So, Frankie is agonizing over whether to help the paralyzed Maggie take her own life -- convinced that it's a sin if he does, and that it's a sin to keep her alive just because he wants her around. The priest he's talking to advises him to leave her in God's hands.
I immediately piped up: "The solution is clear. He's got to set fire to the rehabilitation clinic (where Maggie is staying). Let God sort it out."
Then I got to thinking about the phrase "Kill 'em all, let God sort 'em out." So I googled it and found this. I have no idea whether it's true or not, but it amused me.
It's possible that I was insufficiently touched by this movie.
