The best scenes from my favorite movie of all time....News flash: It ain't no chick flick and I'm pretty choosy in the films I watch. What Hillary Swank did to prepare for this movie is impressive and the boxing choreography was the best I've ever seen, period. I guess I'm a sucker for films that depict people overcoming adversity and coming from nothing to achieve greatness. This film also won Best Picture, Best Director (Eastwood), Best Actress (Swank) and Best Supporting Actor (Morgan Freeman). I'm not ashamed to say the ending of this film is the only one that's ever made me bawl.
Maggie, on her 34th Birthday....
Maggie's hick family finally comes to see her after she becomes paralyzed and is in the hospital - first they decided to show how much they cared about her by going to visit Disneyland for a few days...the only real reason they came was to get her to sign over all of her assets before she died.
Maggie asking Eastwood for a favor, so she can die in peace instead of miserably suffering the few months she has left.
Eastwood reluctantly grants her request...
Bonus: Freeman kicking Anthony Mackie's a** in the ring.