I didn't care for Mystic River that much. I thought the climax was telegraphed by oddly deep suspicions right at the beginning. Some dialog at the end was total BS. It did have some good acting. It had good mood music. The last Eastwood film I saw that I really liked was Unforgiven, but in Mystic River's case the screenwriting is suspect, whomever is to blame for that.

It was remarked on how good it looked on my Hitachi 57" HDTV. In that respect it shows off the advantage of tried and true CRT. They still have the best blacks, and Mystic River is a dark movie.