《Million Dollar Baby》 (圖)

過節了，電視裏好戲連台：1日放了維也納新年音樂會，我看了後半場；2日放了這部《Million Dollar Baby》。看了前半場，已近半夜12點，猜想接下來無非就是苦練成器然後打遍天下，就不想再看，去洗澡了。睡前再瞄一眼卻意外地看到了不一樣的結局：女主人公在比賽中被對手卑鄙地偷襲，頸椎被打斷了，造成全身癱瘓，她要求教練幫助她安樂死。她的教練（Clinton Eastwood飾）處於巨大的矛盾、痛苦中。。。。。。

對於從小受到‘好死不如賴活’教育的中國人，這部電影提供了一個不同視角的生死觀。

[dancingqueen]

幾年前一位親戚癌症複發並大麵積轉移，非常痛苦。她本人不願意再治療，想早點解脫，但周圍的親人卻想盡一切辦法延長她的生命。對於她的丈夫、女兒來講，她多活一天都好。矛盾。。。

[highpeace]

In English the (controversial) practice of physician-assisted suicide for patients in great pain and the terminally ill is called Euthanasia, which is defined in www.m-w.com as "The act or practice of killing or permitting the death of hopelessly sick or injured individuals (as persons or domestic animals) in a relatively painless way for reasons of mercy."

I think anyone with pride in those situation would think of this way of ending his/her life.