It's good story what brings up your feeling of loving life

Rating: 9/10 (27 November 2015)

Write before watch it.
About cast:
The director is Clint Eastwood. And he also performed in this movie. Hmm, interesting. Then I did some research, and found out he did the same thing before — directing and performing in the same movie — in Gran Torino. That's pretty cool!
This movie won the best picture of the year, 2005, as well as best directing in Oscar. So the Eastwood as a director may be doing a good job! And also, as an actor, Eastwood also get dominated as well. That's awesome!
The screenplay writer is Paul Haggis. He writes for both TV series and movies. He is famous for writing for this movie, Million Dollar Baby(2004), and two 007 movies: Casino Royale(2006), Quantum of Solace(2008). And he got dominated!
It won best leading actress performance, by Hillary Swank. But I don't know who she is..
It also won best supporting actor performance. Morgan Freeman took it. And it's the only one he got awards. The other four are only dominated.
Also, the editor got dominated! He's Joel Cox, edited in Prisoners(2013), Gran Torino(2008) and this one Million Dollar Baby(2004).
About the story:
Quote from IMDb, "A determined woman works with a hardened boxing trainer to become a professional." That's pretty simple.
So I guess the genre would be only Drama. It's about boxing, so it's also Sport. But before that, we already have Rocky(1976), and The Fighter(2010) etc. What makes this one outstanding? Though I haven't watched the other two..
Last word:
My doubt is, how to watch/analyze the editing of a movie? In the words, what makes them good or bad?
So let's begin.
After I watched it:
Clint Eastwood actually is good at acting, far better than I thought. So I did some more research on him. And he really rocks!
Directed American Sniper (2015), got dominated in best motion picture; Directed Letters from Iwo Jima (2006), got dominated in best motion picture and best directing; Directed and performed in this one, Million Dollar Baby (2005), got dominated in best motion picture, best directing and best performing; Directed in Mystic River (2003), got dominated in best motion picture; Directed and performed in Unforgiven (1993), got dominated in best motion picture and best performance.
God this guy is a rock star!
Second thing, I keep thinking what is film, and how they are supposed to be. Someone told me, that watching a movie is more like experience a different life (yes even it's in that two hours). If it's true, then the only standard to test all the things in a movie is whether it can bring us into that 'life' or say that feeling. Actors and actress' performance, costume, makeup, decoration, photographing and editing, the of course directing.
So, without all the fast-pacing action scenes, mysteries, unnatural elements, I always wondered why drama movies keep attracting audience, and how. Then it turns out that it might be the similar feeling in this genre of movies that brings up our feeling or memory. And that happens to the most important quality of a movie, according to what says above. But of course, it needs a good story and a good director.
This one is really worth recommending to those who love lifes.