Sure, Leigh Ann Tuohy has her sarcastic moments, but she is a completely different character from what Sandra Bullock is used to. Bullock, however, meets the challenge head-on and gives the best performance of her cinematic career. It’s fantastic. I would go see that movie again just to see Bullock’s acting. It was unbelievable.
Ignoring Bullock’s movie presence for a moment, the movie is about football. I didn’t really care about. that part of the movie. I’m just not into sports. I was more focused on a subtler part of the movie: what makes a person a Christian? When the school was talking about accepting Michael Ore, even though his grades were sub-par, the coach pointed to the Christian seal behind him and said something along the lines of “you can either act like a Christian or you can paint the word on the wall, but either way, this [enrolling Ore] is the right thing to do.” Also, Leigh Ann and Shaun Tuohy get into a small tiff about allowing Ore into their home. Leigh Ann says that it is the Christian thing to do, but Shaun asks why they have to be the Christians to do it.
I guess that is the real dilemma of calling ourselves Christians: we all know what the ‘Christian’ or ‘right’ thing to do is, but we all know that we don’t always do it. Maybe that’s why Christians have such a bad reputation now days. We’re all like Leigh Ann’s friends, laughing at the people who make an effort to be Christ-like.
In the end, I’ll say this about the movie: if you’ve seen the previews, you’ve seen the movie. There are no surprises (except for how amazing Sandra Bullock is). Despite this, however, I thoroughly enjoyed the movie. It is probably the best movie I’ve seen all year. It doesn’t matter who you are, you’ll probably find something you like about The Blind Side and you will walk out of the theater shocked and wanting to change the world.
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