From the Bottom to the Top

The Film "Million Dollar Baby" starring Clint Eastwood (Frankie), Hillary Swank (Maggie), and Morgan Freeman (Scrap) displays an interesting story plot with an interesting array of characters. Maggie is a lower class lifetime waitress from Missouri who shows up in Los Angeles at a run down gym called the "Hit Pit" owned by Frankie. Maggie wants to train to become a boxer, however Frankie turns her down saying "he doesn't train girls". After a while and a few incidents, Frankie ends up agreeing to train maggie with the influence of Scrap, the narrator of the movie.

Maggie thought she was self-proclaimed "white trash" and incapable of achieving a successful lifestyle unless she pursued a career in boxing. With much hard work and behind Frankie the trainer, Maggie becomes a well known name in women's boxing and eventually fights for a total bout. But after a sucker-punch from behind, she is left paralyzed and eventually chooses to die rather than suffer through life incapable of performing her everyday tasks.

The movie overall is a very good picture seeing as it won multiple academy awards and certainly kept me on the edge of my seat. The characters became easy to root for being a underdog trying to overcome adversities to achieve victory. Hilary Swank does an absolutely phenomenal job portraying maggie as fiery and fierce competitor willing to do whatever it takes to achieve what she wants. All of the elements that make up a good sports movie. The directing and narration of the film are very well displayed and the effects and lighting really add an element of interest to the film. The terrible and sad ending really does not sit well with me, despite the whole film being very well producted.