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Really it was too
good of a story for
Hollywood to pass
up. Michael Ohr, a
very big and very
good tackle for the
Baltimore Ravens had
an incredible
journey from being
poor and having
nothing to gaining a
family and earning
his way into the
NFL.
Ohr is from Memphis.
The tough part of
Memphis. He never
knew his father and
his mother had been
in and out of his
life because of drug
problems. He’s
basically been on
his own for most of
his life. That is
until he met Leigh
Anne Tuohy and her
family. When Ohr got
into a private
Christian school in
Memphis his life
changed for the
better. He didn’t
have the grades or
the education to be
there but the school
took a chance on him
and admitted him.
From there Ohr
overcame a lot of
hardships just to
attend the school.
Mainly being
homeless. With
nowhere to go and
nobody to help him
Tuohy saw a kid that
needed help and she
helped him. She
welcomed him into
her home and gave
him a family.
Something Michael
Ohr never had.
Sandra Bullock was
great as Leigh Anne
Tuohy. She really
made the movie in a
lot of ways. She put
herself into the
role perfectly and
she earned her Oscar
for best actress.
Quinton Aaron played
Michael Ohr very
well too. He was
quiet and full of
emotion throughout
the movie and his
face shows a lot of
emotion and a lot of
pain. He was the
perfect actor for
Michael Ohr. The
rest of the cast is
mainly filler pieces
which includes the
screen-friendly Jae
Head as S.J. Tuohy
and Tim McGraw as
Leigh Anne’s husband
Sean.
The
Blind Side
was a good movie but
it was slightly
overrated as well.
There’s no denying
that Bullock and
Aaron were both
outstanding, but the
way that director
John Lee Hancock
told the story was
slightly spotty.
They only show one
football game where
Ohr had a good and
terrible game. They
worked in way too
many college coaches
who couldn’t act at
all into the
storyline. And they
showed too much of
the dramatic part of
Michael’s life in
the beginning of the
movie instead of
showing more of him
turning his life
around at the end.
You get a lot of
moments where
Michael is
incredibly brave
through a lot of
adversity but you
don’t get enough joy
and pride for him
and from him. That’s
the weak part of the
movie. It was almost
too much about Leigh
Anne Tuohy and her
taking Michael in
and how good a
person she is and
was instead of being
more about Michael
and all of the
things that he had
to overcome. That
and really every
scene with Nick
Saban made this
movie unlikable in
parts. There is no
doubt that they
should have used
made-up coaches
instead of cameos.
It just made that
part of the movie
run too long.
The
extras on
The
Blind Side
are good bonus
features. You get an
interview/one-on-one
session between
Sandra Bullock and
Leigh Anne Tuohy.
You also get an
interview with
Michael Ohr and a
feature on the
coaches acting.
There’s also a
director/writer sit
down where the two
talk about adapting
the book into a
movie and a look at
Quinton Aaron and
his life before he
got this role.
The
Blind Side
is a good movie but
like I said it is
slightly overrated.
Bullock was
outstanding in the
lead role and this
was the best
performance she’s
had in any movie.
The
problem is that
the
movie should have
centered more around
Michael towards the
end of the film and
the college coach
cameos should have
been omitted.
The
Blind Side
is still a very good
family film that
anyone will find
uplifting.
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