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The Blind Side

  • 02-02-2012 5:51pm
    #1
    leposean
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 278 ✭✭


    Anybody seen this? Reason I ask, Watched it today with the girlfriend. She didn't seem too pushed cause she was like its about American Football feck that n I was kinda ah its real mushy but we watched it anyway.

    Amazing Film. Based on a true story, one I knew anyway being a bit of a Ravens fan (The team the person ((Michael Oher)) plays for in real life) but still it just touched the heart, had great funny lines and brilliant characters. One of the best films I've seen in a long time. No wonder Sandra Bullock won an Oscar.


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  • #2
    Irish Aris
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 6,470 Mod ✭✭✭✭Irish Aris


    tbh, I didn't find it very interesting. There were really great moments in the film, and it was melodramatic at times (which I always love), but generally the story didn't hold me there that much.
    Not a performance worthy of an Oscar IMO, but definitely a totally different Sandra Bullock of what you usually have in mind.

    2025 gigs: Selofan, Alison Moyet, Borderline Festival, Wardruna, Gavin Friday, Orla Gartland, The Courettes, Nine Inch Nails



  • #3
    WatchWolf
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 545 ✭✭✭WatchWolf


    Didn't like it.

    White republican family take in big dummy black man. Just meh.


  • #4
    leposean
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 278 ✭✭leposean


    WatchWolf wrote: »
    Didn't like it.

    White republican family take in big dummy black man. Just meh.

    Except he wasn;t dumb he as quite intelligent once he'd been given the chance....


  • #5
    JoeA3
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    Hated it. Melodramatic tosh. Like an episode of 7th Heaven.!


  • #6
    mikemac1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,395 ✭✭✭✭mikemac1


    Oher has looked pretty dumb out on the field, racking up the false start penalties for the Ravens

    Anyway, ok film but forgettable
    The book however was superb


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  • #7
    Underdraft
    Closed Accounts Posts: 323 ✭✭Underdraft


    Awful movie. The worst kind of hallmark greeting-card crap that would hopefully insult the intelligence of the average viewer. My eyes nearly rolled out of the top of my head when I watched that scene with the mother driving into the middle of cracktown to give the head drug-slinger a piece of her mind. Girl power! There's stuff in Lord of the Rings or Star Wars that is more realistic.


  • #8
    Jimmy Iovine
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,416 ✭✭✭Jimmy Iovine


    WatchWolf wrote: »
    Didn't like it.

    White republican family take in big dummy black man. Just meh.

    Read the book and then I'm sure you'll find your opinion changes a bit. It's a gem.


  • #9
    ricero
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,348 ✭✭✭✭ricero


    should of been made for the hallmark channel


  • #10
    monkeysarecool
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 62 ✭✭monkeysarecool


    Loved it! Sandra bullock was great in it


  • #11
    Hangdogroad
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,685 ✭✭✭Hangdogroad


    The real life couple are being sued by Michael Oher, the athlete they "adopted" or didn't as the case may be.


    https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-66505371




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  • #12
    2smiggy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,999 ✭✭✭✭2smiggy


    odd this is coming up now. retired a few years from the NFL, injured for the last part of his professional career. lots of these players go broke despite being paid vast sums of money. Due to poor understanding of the tax they have to pay off their earnings, and the many new found and old friends who gladly help them spend the money. Interesting to see where and who is advising him now



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