Million Dollar Baby
This movie is less about euthanasia than I thought which is a good thing. The fact that a person accustom to fighting the odds her whole life would want to die after being crippled seems strange even though they did a decent job explaining why she wanted out. I just don't buy it.
It just seems to me that someone that is as determined as Hillary Swank's character never quits. Did Christopher Reeve quit? Did he stop acting? If anything the Superman's and Steven Hawkins of this world stop wanting to live when they die. On top of all of that why would Clint's character euthanize someone after all the supposed mistakes he made in his personal life? Would this character really not see that this would be the worst thing he has ever done? Would a father end the life of his daughter because she was no longer valuable? Does a father tell a child it is ok to quit or give up. He may want to or even wish that he could take the burden but a good father never gives up on his children. I realize that Hillary Swank was not blood related but Clint certainly became a surrogate father to this lost soul. In fact she was his redeeming act of kindness yet he discarded her life when he had the chance to do the right thing. The ending of this film killed any joy it brought. We don't need a typical happy Hollywood ending where Hillary Swank is repaired and reborn as the best female fighter in the world, but it would have been nice to see Clint become the hero and stay by her side until her natural end.
From a cinematic perspective the gritty Hit Pit gym and filth of the environment gives the story great visual interest and adds to the feel of the story's authenticity of an intercity gym. The fact that Clint's character apparently has enough money to retire but decides to miserly use electricity is a distracting irritation that did not add to the story. This movie is not an art film but the producers must have needed the extreme drama of half lit faces talking in the shadows. Who really sits in complete darkness in a building with the exception of the little bit of light coming in through window while at a gym working out? They are not relaxing or watching a movie, they're throwing punches. This movie was not deep enough to merit any of this goofy over the top lighting.
I enjoyed the movie and am glad that I saw it, to see what everyone has been talking about, but I would give this film a 5 out of 10 for telling a story that hope is a fairy tail.
Rated 5
It just seems to me that someone that is as determined as Hillary Swank's character never quits. Did Christopher Reeve quit? Did he stop acting? If anything the Superman's and Steven Hawkins of this world stop wanting to live when they die. On top of all of that why would Clint's character euthanize someone after all the supposed mistakes he made in his personal life? Would this character really not see that this would be the worst thing he has ever done? Would a father end the life of his daughter because she was no longer valuable? Does a father tell a child it is ok to quit or give up. He may want to or even wish that he could take the burden but a good father never gives up on his children. I realize that Hillary Swank was not blood related but Clint certainly became a surrogate father to this lost soul. In fact she was his redeeming act of kindness yet he discarded her life when he had the chance to do the right thing. The ending of this film killed any joy it brought. We don't need a typical happy Hollywood ending where Hillary Swank is repaired and reborn as the best female fighter in the world, but it would have been nice to see Clint become the hero and stay by her side until her natural end.
From a cinematic perspective the gritty Hit Pit gym and filth of the environment gives the story great visual interest and adds to the feel of the story's authenticity of an intercity gym. The fact that Clint's character apparently has enough money to retire but decides to miserly use electricity is a distracting irritation that did not add to the story. This movie is not an art film but the producers must have needed the extreme drama of half lit faces talking in the shadows. Who really sits in complete darkness in a building with the exception of the little bit of light coming in through window while at a gym working out? They are not relaxing or watching a movie, they're throwing punches. This movie was not deep enough to merit any of this goofy over the top lighting.
I enjoyed the movie and am glad that I saw it, to see what everyone has been talking about, but I would give this film a 5 out of 10 for telling a story that hope is a fairy tail.
Rated 5
posted by Super K at 6:30 PM
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