I am sorry that you could not appreciate a movie. Well, I can not contend on that since it is matter of personal choice when it comes to art.
I liked Million Dollar Baby for several reasons and I am going to list some of them here to make the point in non-objective format.
It is basically story about a man who has seen himself failing not once but twice when he was not able to save Morgan Freeman, 27 years ago during the boxing match. He is holding himself responsible for his loss of the title and yes of course, loss of his one of eyes. (This becomes quite evident when Maggy Fitzgerald is lying on the death-bed and requesting him to kill her; he contemplates that decision then goes to Priest, who seems to be Catholic does not allow him to do so, but in response he says that he has already done that 27 years ago!).
At the same time, he is trying to find the reason why his only daughter left him and where is she? He is trying to find what his daughter means to him now?
Maggy is a not-so-young-for-boxing girl from abused and poor Southern family trying to erase deep marks left on her mind and to remove the stigma as well, who is trying to prove herself. She finds boxing as one of the ways to let out all the aggression.
In the meantime, Clint Eastwood's character is dubbed to train guy "to" championship but not for the championship. This is because perhaps he is a good boxing trainer, he is never confident about his methods or about his student! But as the term "Million Dollar Baby" appeals to me, the baby is worth million dollar or you prepare the bbay to win million dollars, that baby (person in training for championship) is not going to stay with you, so to me, Clint Eastwood is always in this utopian dream of having his student win the title.
But he is not growing old and he sees that fire in Maggy's eyes and decided to train her. They subsequently win many boxing matches but again he fails to win the title, he again faults himself for "She did listen to me...'Always Protect Yourself'
When Maggy can not recuperate her ties with her family and when she realizes that all her family cares about is money, she sees Cint Eastwood as her father figure and leans on him for support, this is evident when she reminisces about her actual father and the dog.
In end, I would like to say it is a great story of a person who is trying to find his lost soul, a girl who's downtrodden and is now trying to prove herself to the mark and a man (Freeman) who could not just achieve his dreams!
Originally posted by: EyeMWing
The title is Million Dollar Baby. And yes, the movie sucked.
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