I am still impressed, who doesn't like to watch sports movies...

Leslie 2022-10-23 02:10:59

This old movie from 11 years ago, I have two discs hidden in my hand, but I have never found out and watched it. Recently, after "Hundred Yuan of Love" came out, the film was brought up again. I watched it after all. After watching it, I found that these two films have nothing in common except that they are both female boxers. "Hundred Yuan of Love" tells a story of ordinary people, a little bit of struggle of ordinary people, a little achievement of ordinary people, and ambiguous feelings of ordinary people...Many people can find the corresponding in real life. And "Million Baby" tells the story of heroes. This story is like a black-and-white print. It is unusual, with very deep lines and very cool.

In fact, I was uncomfortable in the first act. The fighter's face was beaten with blood. If it weren't for Morgan Freeman's deep and deep voice, I might have given up. Sports movies and boxing are not my food at all.

But this film completely surpasses the pure sports inspirational film. If the main line is just to fight for the dream, burned, splendid, and died without regrets, it would be a waste of three dramas. Its background color is much darker and more complicated. I like its calm and gloomy narrative style, not sensational or overly hot, and even full of life's helplessness. What moved me the most was the kind of deep nostalgia between two unwilling people who had nothing, like a father like a daughter. When she was seriously injured, what she cared about was his feelings. She wanted to say sorry to him. He could commit the felony of being unable to ask God for forgiveness for her request. There is no deeper love than this, which reminds me of the movie "Love", between husband and wife, the same.

The ending of this movie was so cruel, I cried silently for a while after watching it. Morgan Freeman plays a calm bystander and narrator, with a clear mind and compassion. At the end of the movie, give us a little hope, maybe that long letter can bring a little comfort and redemption to poor Frankie.

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Million Dollar Baby quotes

  • Eddie Scrap-Iron Dupris: Some people say the most important thing a fighter can have is heart. Frankie'd say: show me a fighter who was nothing but heart and I'll show you a man waiting for a beating.

  • Frankie Dunn: [about Danger] He paid his dues?

    Eddie Scrap-Iron Dupris: Dues? The boy can't afford pants, you want him to pay dues?

    Frankie Dunn: Get out of my office!