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Family Responsibility and Strength
Mallory 2022-03-21 09:01:29
This is a very inspirational film. The male protagonist Brock quits the ring due to injuries and illnesses. It coincides with the Great Depression. With his grieving wife, Bullock reappeared in the ring with a strong sense of family responsibility, and brushed past the god of death again and again. With his wife's encouragement, for the family reunion, Bullock miraculously defeated one stronger and younger one after another. The opponent, I felt a lot from the film, family affection, love, courage to overcome difficulties, perseverance......
Extended Reading
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Jim Braddock: You think you're telling me something? Like, what, boxing is dangerous, something like that? You don't think working triple shifts and at night on a scaffold isn't just as likely to get a man killed? What about all those guys who died last week living in cardboard shacks to save on rent money just to feed their family, 'cause guys like you have not quite figured out a way yet to make money off of watching that guy die? But in my profession - and it is my profession - I'm a little more fortunate.
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[Mae enters a church on the day of her husband's big fight with Max Baer]
Mae Braddock: I came to pray for Jim.
Father Rorick: So did they.
[camera pans around to reveal that the church is almost completely filled with people]