Night @ the Movies.
December 12, 2009 2 Comments
I’m not going to break down this movie from a cinematic point of view, as most critics don’t actually like this movie. They find it to have some pretty big racial undertones and they believe it is a fluff piece that is meant to make a rich white family look God-like because they took in an underprivledged black kid and paid for his things. To all those critics, I say take your head out of your ass. Sometimes you need to put the pen and paper down, stop judging everyone, and just take in the story you are being told. Yes, Hollywood got ahold of this and it’s no longer 100% accurate, but at the end of the day, it’s still a movie. Most of it is true and you need to realize that this is one of the more inspirational movies we’ve seen in a while. If you’re mad because some facts were smudged or scenes were exaggerated, then go watch a fucking documentary. Get over yourselves.
The Blind Side tells the true story of Baltimore Ravens LT Michael Oher and his upbringing. He is no different from the thousands of underprivileged African-American kids in the inner cities of Memphis, or of any major city in America. Instead of falling through the cracks, however, one family decides to help him. First by just simply giving him a place to stay, and then by legally adopting him and accepting him as one of their own.
Michael is huge, and football is a way for him to use his size to his advantage. The movie is less about sports and more about family, with sports as a backdrop. The focal point of this movie is the pseudo mother-son relationship between Leigh Anne Tuohy (Sandra Bullock) and Michael, and Bullock obviously is one of the reasons this movie is so great to watch. Sean Jr. steals a lot of the spot light as Michael’s sidekick, and even Tim McGraw as Sean Tuohy does well with a limited role.
This movie reminds me of the feeling I got after watching The Pursuit of Happyness. It was really sad, but super inspiring, and somewhat restored your faith in humanity.
I’m sure if I sat down with a pen and paper, I could find fault with the editing, camera angles, story, plot, content, or form. However, sometimes, you need to just sit back and enjoy the movie. And enjoy this movie I did.
9 out of 10.
Haven’t seen it yet, but I’m intrigued by it. I bought the book the week it was released though, and LOVE IT, so I’m not ready to watch it without thinking “hey, that’s not the way it was in the book.” If you haven’t read the book, highly recommended it. Does the Oher story but also how Left Tackle evolved into a highly coveted position. Specifically it has some stories about how LT used to make guys piss themselves and forced more than one into premature retirement.
yeah you’re the third person to tell me the book was great. i’m just worried now that i’ve seen the movie, I’m going to read the book and wish they had put stuff in the movie. so basically, same problem as you but from the other side of the aisle. one of the complaints people had of the movie was there were far too few dilemmas to overcome. there wasn’t really a “villain” in the story, so people weren’t rooting against someone. I’m pretty sure the book goes in to a lot more detail, and I’m very interested. Just FYI though, Mike, if you take the gf to see if, she will cry. A lot.
At one point, I looked around me and all I saw were female heads leaned on male shoulders wiping tears away.
Also, the cameo by all of the real-life former head coaches is pretty cool.