The title of Clint Eastwood's "Million Dollar Baby" is a literal translation of the English title, so why does this boxing movie have the title of Million Dollar Baby?
Baby it's not hard to understand, but it's a little bit puzzling that the million dollar doesn't come until the last game and it's 50/50, only half a million dollars. Thinking back and forth, presumably because the theme of the movie is embedded in that million dollar. The biggest theme of the film is still about the family's story of love, whether it's the old and stubborn Frankie's rigid relationship with her daughter, or Maggie's love for her family who can't support the wall. Maggie wants to support the whole family like Dad, she has to fight all the time, make money, enough money. And the million dollar has also become an expression of her love for her family and her love for her deceased father.
Why does the paranoid little old man Frankie in the film make the audience like it? Probably because Frankie is still on the field despite his advanced age, coaching of course. He regards the life of a boxer as greater than the victory of the competition, and what he often says to athletes is "protect yourself at all times". Insist on writing a letter to my daughter to ease the relationship, although it is always returned intact. He also insisted on going to church to attend services, and every time he ended, he had to discuss the rationality of God with the priest. His old-school toughness, and serious jokes about his old partner. A little old man who is cold on the outside and hot on the inside.
Why do I expect Frankie to take Maggie in the film? And who is Maggie? Maggie is a thirty-year-old woman who doesn't know anything about boxing, except for her passion. And Frankie's famous saying is to make a boxer with only a bloody nose bruised. Maggie has blood and passion, but not enough to move Frankie. But she still has a point of perseverance, insisting on going to the training ground to practice boxing every day, and practicing until the lights are turned off late at night, even if no one is around to guide and watch. Then there is the living environment of Maggie, a waiter in a restaurant, who packs leftover meals from guests to save money. Then she went to the store with a pile of coins and banknotes she had saved up to buy boxing pear balls. The most important thing is that Maggie wants Frankie to be a coach, not to sell tragic sympathy, and she doesn't need Frankie to pity herself. She wants to be an athlete boxer who really relies on her own efforts to win support.
And why did Frankie have to accept Maggie? In addition to Maggie's own enthusiasm and persistence, it is also a coach's dream to train a champion boxer. At the beginning of the story, Frankie, a very promising champion boxer, left Frankie indifferently. The Maggie that appeared at this time was actually not a good choice, because she was female and older. But the characteristics of Maggie rekindled Frankie's passion, and accepting her and developing her into a champion was actually the best counterattack against the boxer who left him. And letting a stubborn little old man who is extremely reluctant to accept a female boxer accept Maggie is an interesting thing for the audience, and the two must be able to create different sparks.
Why are there so many complicated feelings after Maggie fell in the middle and later stages of the film? Maggie will never fall, she will stand up, and there is only one small step left to the championship! Stand up and smash the slut who made the dirty trick. Maggie should not lose. But in reality, she didn't stand up, all her efforts came to nothing, regret. And then not only lost the opportunity to compete for the championship, she lost her entire life, paralyzed, unable to reverse the repair. Even though Frankie was with him all day and the whole country called for help, the miracle still didn't happen. Afterwards, Maggie's family did not come to visit after receiving the news, and they came for her property. After that, the body began to have problems, amputation. The bad is worse and worse, and finally decided to bite the tongue and commit suicide, which also suffered many twists and turns. On the other hand, Maggie wants Frankie to understand that she is like her father, and Frankie suffers a lot if she leaves her or stays with her. The two people pulled each other and finally came to an end. Frankie helped Maggie relieve the pain, and he disappeared without a trace.
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