The Blind Side

John30_30
John30_30 Posts: 1,024
edited May 2010 in Music & Movies
2 Thumbs up. Very heart-warming, true story of a kid from the rough projects of Memphis and the family that take him in.
Football, a blonde Sandra Bullock, Kathy Bates, and a very convincing Quinton Aaron in the starring role of Michael Oher- what's not to like?



TAKE THE WHOLE FAMILY AND SEE IT!!!
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  • Face
    Face Posts: 14,340
    edited December 2009
    I'm going to take a ride to my local homeless shelter, pick out the biggest kid there, take him home and see how it pans out.
    "He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. And when you gaze long into an abyss the abyss also gazes into you." Friedrich Nietzsche
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  • muncybob
    muncybob Posts: 3,063
    edited December 2009
    Will only work out if you have Bullock at home! I wonder how much of this movie is real and how much is Hollywood hype? Still...it's nice to have a feel good movie to watch every now & then!
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  • danz1906
    danz1906 Posts: 5,144
    edited December 2009
    Looks pretty good!
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  • janmike
    janmike Posts: 6,146
    edited December 2009
    Heard it was a good one as well.
    Michael ;)
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  • Conradicles
    Conradicles Posts: 6,128
    edited May 2010
    This is a super movie. We just finished watching the blu-ray and I now see what all the hype was about. Amazing movie!!!
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited May 2010
    muncybob wrote: »
    Will only work out if you have Bullock at home! I wonder how much of this movie is real and how much is Hollywood hype? Still...it's nice to have a feel good movie to watch every now & then!

    I read a couple articles after watching the movie about what was real adn what was hype. It seems the biggest "license" the movie took was that in reality, the kid DID know how to play football before coming into the family, and apparently the real kid that the movie is based off of was kinda pissed that they made him out to be such a dullard.

    But the spirit of the movie seems pretty correct (Again, based on random things I read around the Internet).
    If you will it, dude, it is no dream.
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  • Knucklehead
    Knucklehead Posts: 3,602
    edited May 2010
    We liked it a lot..I had no idea that was Tim McGraw..
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  • mdaudioguy
    mdaudioguy Posts: 5,165
    edited May 2010
    I'm just glad that he now plays on "my" team! :)
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited May 2010
    It's always interesting to read that type of criticism when it's obviously written by an elitist snob who only writes to hear himself talk. "infantilizing didacticism masquerades as humantiarianism"? Die in a fire.
    If you will it, dude, it is no dream.
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  • janmike
    janmike Posts: 6,146
    edited May 2010
    Watched it on the weekend. Good movie.
    Michael ;)
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  • kuntasensei
    kuntasensei Posts: 3,263
    edited May 2010
    xcapri79 wrote: »
    The professional movie reviewers are artists painting a colorful picture for us with their prose.

    Not everyone appreciates their work.

    If they were artists painting colorful pictures with their prose, they would be novelists instead of just some shmoe writing a movie review. As it is, the flowery language serves only to prove that their review is completely out of touch with the intended audience. Not hatin'... just sayin'.
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,461
    edited May 2010
    xcapri79 wrote: »
    The professional movie reviewers are artists painting a colorful picture for us with their prose.

    Not everyone appreciates their work.


    I guess you use LoMO's word to decorate your life. How lonely you must feel right about now Mr. X...


    Wanna hug and a kleenex?:rolleyes::p
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,136
    edited May 2010
    bobman1235 wrote: »
    It's always interesting to read that type of criticism when it's obviously written by an elitist snob who only writes to hear himself talk. "infantilizing didacticism masquerades as humantiarianism"? Die in a fire.

    You hit the nail! It's a friggin movie for entertainment not a documentary that needs to have a high hat response such as highlighted above. UGH!

    Anyway, I would much rather read what the average Joes write about a movie, such as what we have here, rather than read a critics "deep thoughts" and over analyizing of something as frivolous as a movie made for entertainment.
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  • Midnite Mick
    Midnite Mick Posts: 1,591
    edited May 2010
    I watched this about a week ago...very nice feel good movie.

    That's pretty much as indepth of movie reviews I give..

    Regards,
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  • FTGV
    FTGV Posts: 3,649
    edited May 2010
    bobman1235 wrote: »
    It's always interesting to read that type of criticism when it's obviously written by an elitist snob who only writes to hear himself talk. "infantilizing didacticism masquerades as humantiarianism"? Die in a fire.
    Agreed except maybe for the last part.:D


    My whole family enjoyed this one.
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  • kuntasensei
    kuntasensei Posts: 3,263
    edited May 2010
    FTGV wrote: »
    Agreed except maybe for the last part.:D


    My whole family enjoyed this one.

    Whew! You have no idea how much I thought that last sentence was gonna read "My whole family died in a fire." :eek:
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,136
    edited May 2010
    ^^^^^reported, spam in signature.
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