Clint Eastwood is a famous American director and actor.
As an actor, he has starred in the famous dart trilogy "Red Dead Redemption", "Dusk Double Dart" and "Golden Three Darts", and as a director, he has achieved great success.
Classic films such as "Classic Car", "Million Dollar Baby", "American Sniper", "Captain Sully", "The Dream of the Covered Bridge" and so on are all his directorial masterpieces. As a director, Eastwood not only produces a large number of works, but also a classic in quality.
Today, I recommend one of his masterpieces, "Million Dollar Baby", with a Douban score of 8.5 points, better than 90% of feature films and 94% of sports films.
"Million Dollar Baby" won a lot at the 77th Academy Awards, winning 4 awards, namely Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress, and Best Supporting Actor.
The film tells a sports inspirational story, but it does not fall into the cliché.
Maggie is a restaurant hostess who saves money in order to fulfill her boxing dreams, hoping to get guidance from boxing coach Frankie, but Frankie refuses to train female boxers.
Like all inspirational films, Maggie did not give up in the face of disapproval, and worked hard to train until late at night every day.
On the other hand, Frankie encounters trouble, and the boxer who has followed him for many years leaves him because Frankie is too cautious and does not let the boxers play championship matches.
The boxer who left Frankie easily won the championship, which also made Frankie suspicious of his own ideas, indirectly prompting him to accept Maggie.
From nothing to success, inspirational films are the usual routine, but "Million Dollar Baby" makes a joke with the audience.
While everyone was happy for Maggie's success, the director pushed her into the abyss.
After having the money, Maggie bought a house for her mother, but she was complained and did not understand by her mother.
At the last boxing match of her life, Maggie was seriously injured and woke up in the hospital, accompanied by a coach, while her family was only plotting to inherit her property.
At the end of the film, Frankie personally ends Maggie's pain.
"Million Dollar Baby" is not only a lesson in success, but also a warning of the crisis that may be encountered behind success.
The reality was too harsh, and Maggie realized her dream of being a boxer, but lost her life.
She was lucky and pathetic, and the cost of plugging her life for her dreams was too high.
Hollywood's reunion inspirational movies are all about stories, but "Million Dollar Baby" is about life, which is the main reason for the success of the film.