It could have been so much better!

Rating: 1/10 (19 May 2008)

Million Dollar Baby may be the worst movie I have ever seen. The worst thing about it is that it could have been so much better. The first half was excellent. Hilary Swank certainly deserves her Oscar. Perhaps the other Oscars are also deserved. However, the movie was seriously flawed. In the first place, Eastwood's character, Frankie, failed in the most important responsibility of a manager and trainer. How could he not have warned his fighter never to turn her back on a dirty fighter? The movie never even indicated how the fight ended. Was the dirty fighter disqualified? Was she tried for assault and battery? Hitting a fighter with an illegal blow, especially one that is so devastating, is just as wrong as taking a gun into the boxing ring! Did Maggie's mother and sister inherit all her money as they would have if no preventive action was taken? Rather than feeling sorry for himself, as Frankie Dunn did, he should have thought of giving Maggie a reason to live. She should have sued the boxing association for allowing dirty fighters. The dirty fighter, Billie, should have been sued in civil court in addition to a criminal charge. Maggie might very well have lived long enough to win in court and her last act could have prevented another tragedy like the one she suffered.