Finally, I quote Baidu's film review, which is really well written.
This year, Eastwood's directorial career enters his 33rd year, and this is his 28th film, and his ability to interpret and tell stories needs no more proof to the world. This time he directed and acted by himself, not to mention the movie music. Eastwood said: "Boxing plays an important role in the film, but the film is not about boxing, it is a story about love..." (Beijing Morning News)
Life is like a 70-year boxing match, full of dodges and punches, if you're lucky, it's just one chance, one punch, but first and foremost you have to stand tenaciously, like Rick Frankie Deng (Clint Eastwood) has lived every day of his life for the past 23 years by mechanical It consists of two things: training boxers and going to church to go to mass, and every week he sends a letter to his daughter, but the results are all returned the same way. With his daughter estranged, Frankie shuts himself off from the crowd for long periods of time, and his only friend is Eddie (Morgan Freeman), a retired boxer nicknamed "Scrap" who helps him look after the training gym. Years ago, Frankie watched Eddie lose an eye in a game and couldn't stop. Regret has always been entangled in Frankie's inner world, so he does not want to watch the fighters go bloody to the championship title, although he has been training fighters, but his heart has long since retired. Until one day, a woman named Maggie walked into the training hall...
Frankie said to Maggie, I will take off the respirator for you and give you an injection. Then you will sleep forever.
This is a touching film. Perhaps too many people will smile at Frankie when she trains Maggie to be a professional female boxer. Will be delighted and cheered for her. This is Maggie's dream, the life she's dreamed of. When she, as a female boxer, made people think she was about to realize her dream and made people believe in the existence of miracles, she was smashed by a heavy punch.
She wants to move towards her dream step by step. When she is slowly approaching her dream, she wants to extend to a farther place. In order to get faster punching speed, in order to knock down more opponents, in order to stand higher, in order to have more people cheering for her. She keeps trying and keeps searching. However, at that moment, he was shattered by a despicable punch from an opponent known for his inferior boxing skills. Then, Maggie's world turned upside down. I thought that the cheers of people, the praise of the coach, and the shining championship medals disappeared in an instant and ceased to exist. When all dreams are broken, there is nothing to do with dreams anymore.
Perhaps life and death seem to many people to be an easy question to answer. Sure, to live. For others, for myself, for hope, for happiness, and of course, for dreams. However, when Maggie faced this issue, she had a disagreement with many people.
After the failure, not only her heart, but her body was also greatly damaged. She couldn't even breathe and needed a breathing machine to keep her alive. The wound on her leg got worse. Your leg may have to be removed, the doctor said. What is even more cruel is that at this critical juncture, Maggie's mother and younger siblings came to visit her just so that she could sign legal documents and use them to obtain all her property. It seems that in their eyes, her life and death are not important, what is important is her property and her money. Maggie spat out the pen her mother had put in her mouth. She looked at her mother with malicious eyes. It was a look of sadness and despair. It turns out that when everyone stands in front of interests, they will become indifferent and selfish. Of course, my family is no exception.
But there is one person who has always been by her side, both before and after the injury. He was always by her side. Read poems to her and talk to her about dreams and hopes. They looked at each other and smiled, and they kept struggling to stay alive. He is the coach. It's Frankie. As Maggie said, you remind me of my dad.
All the film is filled with warm affection. The deep affection between the unsmiling coach and the young female boxer who keeps chasing her dreams. Coach Frankie could not be forgiven by his daughter from beginning to end. Maggie, on the other hand, is an alienated and abandoned child from an indifferent family. It is true that this father loves his daughter. Otherwise he wouldn't be by her side all day after her injury. The daughter also loves her father. Otherwise, she would not look at him sadly beside her, and even say, you don't have to come with me every day.
In this world, family love is the most unconditional and the most full and prosperous. It is the deepest and the most difficult to repay. Obviously, Maggie's mother is not affectionate towards her, she just has to fulfill her duty of parenting. Frankie, Maggie's coach, is a real family for her. These two people who are not related by blood have forged a deep affection in this seemingly violent and bloody boxing sport. This is an ordinary and simple family relationship, this is a simple and warm family relationship, this is a family relationship that people will never forget, and this is a family relationship that makes people throw away all the family relationships. It is the most selfless love in the world. irrelevant interests. Not about the future. Not even life or death.
The sound of the ventilator working in the film kept inserting the fluctuating lines displayed by the instrument beside Maggie's head. That was Maggie's life. Let's hear and see Maggie's life. Living like this is actually more painful than dying. Nobody cares, nobody notices, nobody cares. What's the point of living like this. Maggie wanted to die, but Frankie was always by her side. Encourage her and support her. However, she did not want to live in such a wretched and cowardly manner. She told Frankie that she wanted to die. He doesn't allow it. He didn't want her to die. But that night, he saw Maggie commit suicide in blood. She couldn't move her hands. Her feet can't move. She couldn't move her whole body. In this way, she, who lost her right to death, bit off her own tongue. Frankie looked at her mouth, neck, and body, all of which were spewing blood. She was asking herself for help. let her die. Let her sleep peacefully, forever, who doesn't need to live in pain, and who doesn't need to fight for her dreams anymore. So, he secretly made a decision. He went to the god to pray and repent, and after talking with the priest, he bought the needle and medicine, and just wanted to do the last thing for her, and then do the last thing he could do for her.
"Many people think before they die that their dreams have not come true. Maggie, it has come true." This sentence made Frankie even more determined. Yes, although Maggie lost the match, what she got was the love of boxing fans, the love of the coach, and the love of herself for herself. She got the beautiful process of realizing the dream, got the full substance of the dream, and she has walked into the door of the dream. These are more important and precious than winning or losing, and can go beyond the limits of life and death. That night, Frankie came to Maggie's bed and told her I'd take your respirator off and give you the injection. Then you will sleep forever. The heartache can be felt. At that moment, Maggie burst into tears. Tears of joy or sorrow are no longer important. Because what Frankie gave her was the most unique, richest and most intense love. So, he won't let her suffer again. He unplugged the ventilator tube on Maggie's neck, injected her with a lot of adrenaline, let her sleep in the warmest and deepest love, and let her sleep behind the door of dreams. He kissed An Ran's breathless face, watching the line on the instrument turn into a long straight line. Then he left the hospital with all the empty grief and pain. But, Maggie, finally got relief. And Frankie still has a long way to go, and there are more boxers who need his teaching and training. He knew he wanted to give them, the best, love.
Good luck, Frankie.
Good night, Maggie. I wish you a sweet dream.
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