At first, I didn't know what to expect from this movie while watching the preview of it on TV. I usually don't enjoy true stories based in football, but that's because I still think Remember the Titans is one of the best football movies out there and the rest after that can't match up to it. I went to see this and afterwards I was really amazed of how great it was. Now some of you who had seen it as well would probably think I like this movie just because of the humor. Not true, although the humor in this film were really good and they were necessary too. This movie has story, character, and a wonderful cast and crew. Sandra Bullock plays as Big Mike's step-mom Leigh Anne Tuohy, and she did an outstanding performance. She definitely deserves an Oscar from what I seen (and I heard she's being considered for an Oscar too). So this movie is about Big Mike, a.k.a. Michael Oher, (played by Quinton Aaron) way before he became a football star. And shows how he managed to get out from all this mess in his life to reaching his goal along with the help of his new family, which are the Tuohy family. Quintion Aaron was also very good in his role as Big Mike. He was very believable as the character, and he looks almost exactly like Big Mike from the pictures I seen, just without the facial hair. I didn't have a problem with this film at all, except for the fact that it had less football scenes. But I understand why it wasn't so much about football, and that's one of the reasons why I like this so much.
This movie really has a good message that we all should learn from. That we all can reach our goals. And when we're down, we'll always have our family there to help us. I'll always have my family to help me, and some day I will reach my goal in the future.
So this movie has a great direction from the director, and a great cast. I really wish I could say a little bit more for everyone else, but I think it's better that I say that they all did a great job, just to make it brief. This movie was wonderful, and was fantastic from start to finish. It's a movie that a family could enjoy. It's definitely a movie that we can learn from.
Kevin - 6/15/2010 (reply)
He does. They're just making it a point that he is unsure of how to apply it. He's a smart guy, he just, again doesn't know how to apply it.