Amazing movie with a great story . I would recommend to watch it

The Blind Side is a wonderfully engaging film, a film you might just pass off as another Good Will Hunting, Finding Forester type pic. You would be right, but this is a fresh or refreshing movie, if judged against that context. The film features knockout performances from it's black lead, another reason there's such a high pool of black acting talent about. Big Mike, we'll call em, though he doesn't like it, has grown up tough in his environs. Currently living on the street, at the request of a friend, where we're not really sure if he's the father, he's accepted into college. A gifted athlete, yet no intellectual, his grade point average close to nought, Big Mike,we see can shoot basketball hoops more than I can wolf down Krispy Kremes. He's taken in by a woman- a school sponsor, where he becomes part of Bullock's warm wonderful family. Bullock who's pushy character kind of irritated me a little, does shine, in her pinnacle worthy Oscar nominee moment. This inspiring film you enjoy, the more it progresses. It'll surprise you and grow on you, like Bullock's little son and very familiar Malcolm In The Middle face. Don't be blindsided and pass this one off. Film could of done with a better title and Collins, what sort of name is that for a girl, which had me initially thinking one of Bullock's too.

If I had a theme, I would just say truly compassionate. Let me start out by saying I am a very masculine male who is big into sports, spent the first have of my childhood growing up in the projects, I can relate to Michael's(Quinton Aaron) upbringing. Though not to his extent. With that being said, this movie brought a tear (one tear) to my eyes seeing the compassion that Leigh (Sandra Bullock) and her husband Sean (TimMcGraw) showed this young man who had been abandoned my his drug addicted mother. The way Mike bonded with Leigh's children, S.J (Jae Head) and Collins (Lily Collins) was great. Although Mike was a big kid, he was very gentle. Remember the scene where he told Leigh that he did not like being called Big Mike. Also, the movie had religion in it as the school accepted Michael based on their religion principles. Also, the way Sandra reached out to find Michael mother was very impressive. This movie had it all, compassion,drama, sports and religion. It made me appreciate the good in people and I truly want to pass this on. Maybe if more people felt this way, the world would be better.

This is my first rating ever, and i don't usually complain about racism but this movie takes the cake. Every movie/show I have seen in my life (save for empire) has been about ignorant, impoverished,hopeless black people who end up dependent on someone white to do the thinking because they're supposedly too helpless to help themselves. Or broke or lazy or some other stereotype, usually, the only thing we are shown as capable of doing is beating people, stealing, abandoning babies, and drugs-all of which describe every black person in this movie- stereotypes. Crap like this subtly implies how useless and dependent black people supposedly are. It is movies like this that set stereotypes that make it harder for us to get respect in accordance to our personal ability/personality. This movie pith me off, and of all the movies that could have gotten an Oscar, the one that insults the dignity of black people everywhere is the one that got it. Maybe I'm being overly sensitive. Maybe I'm thinking too much but i cant see this movie as anything but degrading, and surely I'm not the only one.