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Rissa
Member
03-20-2006
| Friday, November 20, 2009 - 4:43 pm
Wonderful! Would gladly turn around and go watch it again. Funny, sweet, sentimental without being maudlin. Enough football to keep dh happy, with a great story for me.
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Lycanthrope
Member
09-19-2002
| Friday, November 20, 2009 - 7:48 pm
From what I understand, the young man that this movie portrays now plays pro football for the Baltimore Ravens...I could be wrong, but that's what I heard.
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Rissa
Member
03-20-2006
| Friday, November 20, 2009 - 7:55 pm
They show the real Michael and his family at the end of the movie in news clips and photos. The family sans Michael was on TV this week (Oprah - not sure and my question mark won`t work. LOL) and Bullock really does an amazing job portraying the mom.
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Weinermr
Member
08-18-2001
| Saturday, November 28, 2009 - 8:46 am
We really enjoyed this movie. A big thumbs up.
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Saturday, November 28, 2009 - 11:05 am
Lycan, yes he does. he was an 09 draft pic from the little clips at end of movie. I loved this movie. Dylan even wants to see again. Bill loved it too. I wonder what Michael's real mom is doing these days, I wonder if she ever got help for her addiction
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Konamouse
Member
07-16-2001
| Sunday, November 29, 2009 - 5:15 pm
Excellent movie, heartwarming. Love happy endings (and they started this film before he was drafted - but to be a first round pick is even more awesome).

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Teachmichigan
Member
07-22-2001
| Saturday, December 05, 2009 - 9:17 pm
Loved it, loved it, loved it!
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Westtexan
Member
07-16-2004
| Saturday, December 12, 2009 - 7:23 am
Loved it but makes me cry for all the lost lives of young men caught in the vicious cycle of poverty, drugs, and gangs. Such lost potential everywhere.
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Tuesday, December 29, 2009 - 10:27 am
We are off at noon to see it. DH would walk through hot coals to see Sandra Bullock.
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Wednesday, December 30, 2009 - 11:50 am
OG I don't blame your DH, I think SD is wonderful. She's always excellent value for your movie-going buck. 
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Beekindpleez
Member
07-18-2006
| Wednesday, December 30, 2009 - 11:59 am
I wonder what Michael's real mom is doing these days, I wonder if she ever got help for her addiction This is what Michael Oher told Black Christian News in April of this year: There are other brothers and sisters, but Oher hardly expresses strong connections with biological siblings. He's closest to his oldest brother, Marcus, who works in the cleaning business. Another brother, Deljuan, died in a car crash. Other siblings, he says, are "here and there." Oher doesn't speak to his biological mother. "I can't relate to her at all," he says. "We're in different situations now. But for someone to keep doing the same thing, which got all of her kids taken away, it kind of breaks your heart." Link is to blackchristiannews.com ETA: His mother had thirteen children.
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Rissa
Member
03-19-2006
| Wednesday, December 30, 2009 - 12:05 pm
I watched 20/20 last night and while talking to my mom this morning, she expressed an interest in seeing it as well (interviews with Oher and Toueys). Well, couldn't get it (in Canada) so found a couple other interviews on youtube for her. One said that Michael's mom died while he was in high school and the Touey's adopted him and that his dad had been murdered. It's the first time I had heard that she had died or that there was any formal adoption. Seems every interview I see and/or hear gives just a slightly different story. One thing is sure, everytime I do catch another interview it just makes me want to go see the movie again!!! Not sure which one of these that clip came from though, sorry: YouTube Diamond in the rough YouTUbe: Testimony Michael Oher
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Rissa
Member
03-19-2006
| Wednesday, December 30, 2009 - 12:33 pm
ETA: Found it. 4 minute mark on 2nd link.
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Monday, January 04, 2010 - 9:59 pm
Saw this tonight with a galpal. This is my kind of feel-good movie. Thankfully there were only about 6 people in the theatre... cuz after the first few minutes, I spent pretty much the entire film sobbing. After about the first half hour, I knew I was going to have to get the DVD when it comes out. The last time I had this reaction to a film, was with of all things, THE HOLIDAY starring Cameron Diaz and Jack Black. If I had gone on my own to The Blindside, you can bet I'd have sat through it again. What a tremendous story, and the fact that its true, packs an even greater punch. I came home and just spent several hours watching youtube interviews with the stars, and with the actual family, and crying some more. I'm drained. I cannot recommend this movie enough!!! I just love it. I started this post by saying thankfully there were only 6 people in the tiny Cineplex theatre, cuz I was weeping so hard. BUT it's really a crying shame that there were so few people in the audience. I'm telling myself that it's been around for quite a while so it must have had a consistently large appreciative audience when it first came out. I hope it wins a ton of awards!
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Monday, January 04, 2010 - 10:23 pm
I just remembered it's a Monday night, and the entire Cineplex was pretty deserted, hardly any filmgoers. So I'm betting this film does very well on weekends.
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Wednesday, January 06, 2010 - 9:13 pm
Loved it!!! Makes my top ten fav movie list of all time!! (joins the likes of Dances with Wolves and Life is Beautiful.)
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Monday, February 15, 2010 - 4:16 pm
Watched this today and my eyes were misty through the whole thing.
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Saturday, March 06, 2010 - 5:42 am
my dh and i finally saw this last night, what a wonderful movie!!!
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Weinermr
Member
08-18-2001
| Sunday, March 07, 2010 - 4:39 pm
Yep this is really a good movie.
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Whoami
Member
08-03-2001
| Saturday, March 27, 2010 - 11:29 pm
Just watched this movie via On Demand. Very glad we did! Good movie!
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Mack
Member
07-22-2002
| Sunday, March 28, 2010 - 7:59 am
We bought this yesterday and watched it last night. What a great movie! Sure, it's not dynamic in the sense of a movie like Avatar but the story is real and very moving. Makes you think. Makes you cry. Makes you cheer.
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Landileigh
Member
07-29-2002
| Sunday, March 28, 2010 - 8:59 am
we watched it On Demand as well. it was a 4 kleenex movie!
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Sunday, March 28, 2010 - 9:06 am
Yesterday afternoon we rented The Blindside, on ROD. I'd seen it in the theatre and loved it, (it was my fave movie of the year) and knew Vinnie was going to really enjoy it, which he did. After the movie was over, he went out to run an errand, and I watched the movie all over again. I realized afterwards that it was the perfect way to honour mom's memory, as she ALWAYS sat through movies twice in the theatre, insisting she got more out of the film the 2nd time around. (Yesterday was the two month anniversary of mom's passing) And this movie had the perfect balance of laughter and tears and was the perfect tonic for me. Although since it was actually the 3rd time I was seeing it, I FF through the violent bits I'm not too keen on.
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Teachmichigan
Member
07-22-2001
| Sunday, March 28, 2010 - 12:26 pm
Now I'm curious - what "violent bits" are in Blind Side? I literally just watched it (I'm watching the interviews/extra scenes, etc. right now), and I can't figure out which scene you're referring to. Thanks. 
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Mack
Member
07-22-2002
| Monday, March 29, 2010 - 4:00 am
I only remember the one scene where Michael goes back to his old apartment complex and gets in the fight with who I'll call the "gang leader" and his followers. I don't consider the football scenes violent though some might.
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Monday, March 29, 2010 - 6:12 am
My husband was VERY upset at the initial Laurence Taylor / Joe Theisman (?) scenes...the buildup and constant replays of that moment. I still don't like the gang leader and his followers scenes. Plus the actual car accident upsets me every time. I don't want to say more, I don't want to spoil it for those who haven't seen it yet. None of it is horrifically violent just emotionally, for me anyways.
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Teachmichigan
Member
07-22-2001
| Monday, March 29, 2010 - 4:34 pm
Ahhhh...that makes complete sense, Mame. Thanks for clarifying. 
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Monday, March 29, 2010 - 10:58 pm
YVW Teach! 
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Lycanthrope
Member
09-19-2002
| Monday, April 05, 2010 - 8:40 pm
Finally saw this movie and was highly entertained. I also learned that if my Cowboys hadn't boneheadedly traded 3 draft picks for Roy Williams, they could have drafted Michael Oher. Oh, how I wish they would've gotten him...
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Terolyn
Member
05-06-2004
| Thursday, April 08, 2010 - 4:27 am
Good movie. Didn't think it was all that violent. One thing confuses me though. She said at the beginning that Laurence Taylor changed her life? How?
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Thursday, April 08, 2010 - 6:46 am
Terolyn, when Laurence Taylor tackled Theisman (?) and permanently injured him because he came up behind him on his BLINDSIDE where Theisman couldn't see him, that's when the officials of the game realized that if there had been someone there to 'watch his back/blindside' it would never have happened. It was a historical game-changing moment. Or as I like to say, a light-bulb moment. Being a total fan of the movie, I went out an bought the book the film was based on, and it really goes on (and on and on) about this moment and the importance of it, in minute detail. Michael Oher was trained for that position, as he was the perfect build for it, tall, wide, strong, and yet graceful and fast. The book mentioned that someone described him as being as graceful and technically astute on his feet as a ballet dancer - which baffled everyone, because of his size.
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Terolyn
Member
05-06-2004
| Thursday, April 08, 2010 - 7:41 am
Thanks Mame, I will read the book sounds like it is really good.
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Thursday, April 08, 2010 - 12:56 pm
Yay Terolyn. Let me know what you think. The book felt like it was about 50% football and 50% about the Twoeys and Michael. I learned A LOT about football. Mind you I knew bupkiss/nada/zilch about it before. LOL. And I totally recommend the book. You find out what really happened compared to how things were Hollywoodized. (For instance Michael Ohr enjoyed watching football since he was 9 years old. But in the movie they have him as a total dufus about it, until he's properly trained. Plus his little foster-brother comes across as less endearing and more gimme-gimme in the book.)
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