Comments on: The Blind Side

By: Geezer

Geezer — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 14:41:09 +0000

Finally got around to seeing a movie back during the holidays and we selected this one. Great movie, great story, acting was good etc. but what was with the misquote indicating that with man it is POSSIBLE but with God all things are possible? Not a big deal that Hollywood would misquote, just curious as to why and wondering if anyone has heard anything about it.

By: Tim Perkins

Tim Perkins — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:12:06 +0000

Haven’t read the book but saw the movie this past weekend. My wife and I rarely agree with the critics and this is still another example. It’s a fantastic film. I didn’t cry but I whimpered a bit.

By: Terry

Terry — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 15:48:06 +0000

I have not read the book, but I loved the movie. The best recommendation I can give is that I paid full price to see it and did not regret it.

By: CK

CK — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 14:05:28 +0000

Saw it. Loved it. Got the definite impression that Leigh Ann’s philosophy is “Do the next right thing.” She doesn’t appear to waste a lot of time worrying about what other people think or how things might look. Gutsy, strong, great mom.

By: Terry

Terry — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 19:26:07 +0000

Steve and I saw the movie Monday and really liked it. I liked how honest Sandra Bullocks character was. I think we saw Christianty in action.

By: annie

annie — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 14:58:16 +0000

Haven’t read the book, but the movie was so sweet. Sandra Bullock was fun to watch, but I have to admit part of that was mixed with a little envy over her amazing figure & clothes. I bet Leigh Ann Tuohy was/is deeply flattered.

By: Amy

Amy — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 04:15:07 +0000

We saw the movie and loved it! I KNEW the left tackle thing sounded familiar when the opening scene was talking about that position, but I couldn’t figure out how in the world I knew such a random football fact. I should have guessed it was from reading a blog post of yours. Hope you’ve had a chance to see the movie by now.

By: gina

gina — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 22:33:48 +0000

Had to drag Mark the day it opened…. he cried and loved it. I thought is was very inspiring. Not sure how SJ was characterized in the book but wanted to take the “movie” SJ home with me. Glad to hear that the book gave more poverty details and insights … I was pretty sure I was missing something. The power of love and inclusion are profound. God, help me find my inner “Leigh Anne Tuohy.”

By: Randy

Randy — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 21:43:59 +0000

I haven’t read the book but I loved the movie. I plan reading the book. The bad part for me was seeing Houston Nutt playing a coach from Arkansas. Bad memories! Other than that – I loved it. Great sports movie with a lot of heart.

By: bpb

bpb — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 21:00:00 +0000

Everyone that has seen it here has loved it. I haven’t gotten to see it yet – hopefully SOON.

By: charlie self

charlie self — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 20:59:13 +0000

Read the book. Drug my family to see the movie. Everyone loved it. I cried more at the beginning, just remembering the poverty from the book. The movie does not show near the poverty that the young man endured prior to meeting the new family.
Thought it stayed close to the book, but still got a few things wrong.
Tim McGraw is a much better football father in this than he was in “Friday Night Lights”. And I was happy that they did not show Oher’s final college game, since it was the Cotton Bowl and Ole Miss defeated Tech. Not having to relive that made me happy.

By: Glenn

Glenn — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 20:29:29 +0000

Here’s a portion of the book that ran as an article before it was published:

The Ballad of Big Mike
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/24/magazine/24football.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all

By: Kristi S

Kristi S — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 16:34:50 +0000

I loved the movie. And Phil, based on what I witnessed when my own cousins took in an African-American kid after his father had dumped him, I don’t think what the Tuohys did was anything having anything to do with white paternalism. I think that reviewer is trying to dig a lot deeper than necessary. It was just a kid that had made friends with their son who would have been hungry, a gang member, a drug addict, or just dead otherwise. I would imagine that it looked a lot the same way to the family in the movie. Sometimes people are just nice. I happen to be extraordinarily blessed to have gotten to witness that sort of Christianity first hand.

By: Cate

Cate — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 15:40:44 +0000

It’s a good movie, but the book is better. They definitely take some “artistic license” with it.

By: Phil W.

Phil W. — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 13:58:03 +0000

Mike, I haven’t read the book, but my wife and I saw the movie this weekend and really liked it. I thought it told a great story, but I was curious at some fo the reviews I read.

One reviewer said, “In the best case, it’s an overly saccharine morality tale. In the worst, it’s poverty tourism.” And another who hated the movie said that he felt like the moral of the movie was that the best hope for a young black man in the projects is to be great at sports and find rich white parents. Basically white paternalism towards African Americans.

I don’t necessarily agree with those as I think they look at the movie trying to dictate a social policy rather than tell a story of a family, but I do think they raise interesting points.

I was also brought to mind Donald Miller’s new book A Million Miles in a Thousand Years and the power to have a story changed.