The Blind Side...Blind Sided Me?


Yea, it did. I went into this thinking I knew exactly what it was going to be. One of those movies where something great happens tothem, then they screw it up, its tragic, but they salvage it in time. Fine, so that is the movie, but they go about it in a way thats not so Disney-esque, and I give them props for that. It really entertained me, I laughed out loud at times, I felt bad for the characters, in essence, I cared. I felt connected, which is what movies want. Thats what the audience wants as well. And they did that, which is why the movie was so succesful. The only thing I didn't really like about it was, sort of, the way Michael acted.

Let me back up. In case you don't know, Michael is poor, he is taken in by a rich family, and he is an amazing Offensive Tackle. So as I was saying, I thought the way he acted was to cliche and unnatural. Dont get me wrong, the act-ING, was great, just the way the character in the movie was written to ACT, I didn't like. Your wondering what I'm talking about. Basically, he would mope, not say thank you, never smile, I guess just act disrespectful, at least when first introduced to the family. In real life, im sure he was much more thankful, and respectful, or at least gracious in the way that he accepted their TLC. I mean no one would be like that, even if sersiously traumatized.

Oh and just some fun facts about the reality of this movie (It's a true story, Michael Oher actually is an OT for the Baltimore Ravens) Apparently the real Michael didn't like his being portrayed as a bad football player. He also didn't like being portrayed as stupid. But hey, it was for the movies sake.

So yes, in the end, this movie took me by surprise. It "Blind Sided" me. Verdict: See it in theaters if you want, dont make any sort of effort to get to see it on the big screen though. It would be fine on DVD, with the fam or some friends, unless its really important to you that you are able to chat about it with people now.