Week Five Individual Film Critique Neil A. Burgheimer HUM/150 Week Five Individual Film Critique This week for the final film critique I chose to review The Blind Side (2009). In this film Sandra Bullock plays Leigh Anne Tuohy‚ a successful interior designer. Her husband Sean Tuohy played by Tim McGraw is the owner of over 85 fast food franchises including Taco Bell‚ Kentucky Fried Chicken‚ Pizza Hut‚ and Long John Silver’s. In the film Leigh Anne takes a boy named Michael “Big Mike” Oher into
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The Blind Side The Blind Side represents many characteristics of The Key and management leadership. The Law of Attraction is used many times in this movie. One example would be when Leigh Anne Tuohy is told that she is changing Michael’s life and she responds that he is changing hers. This shows that by the Tuohy family helping Michael Oher in return he is giving them benefits back. The Key is the basis of the leadership role the Tuohy’s found themselves in. They showed a genuine care and
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The Blind Side Formal Speech Alex CalinaThe Blind side is a not only a novel‚ but a movie based on the life of a young man named Michael Oher who was taken in by a family and turned into one of the most successful athletes in the history of the NFL. The movie has gotten many great reviews‚ because of its great acting and very deep story. “Is every extraordinary true story worth adapting to film? It seems as though we’ve heard everything before‚ especially when it comes to down-on-their-luck athletes
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The Blind Side is a movie that is based on a true story about Michael Oher. Throughout this movie there were examples of prejudice‚ discrimination and ignorance. Michael Oher had a tough upbringing. He went through many difficulties and challenges but still prevailed no matter the doubt. It all began when Leigh Anne Tuohy and the Tuohy’s spotted Michael in the cold rain‚ and decided to help him out. Instead of ignoring him on the street‚ Leigh Anne Tuohy offered to drive Michael home. Michael
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In the movie‚ Blind Faith‚ a black boy‚ Charlie Jr‚ is accused of strangling to death a white Irish boy and gets caught up in the legal system of the pre-civil rights era. John Williams‚ Charlie’s uncle is a lawyer who takes a leap of Blind Faith on Charlie’s case. Uncle John took Charlie’s case not just knowing the odds against them‚ given the circumstances of racism during this time‚ but knowing Charlie had already given a signed confession to the police department. Uncle John insists that his
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prototypical left tackle‚ Oher’s six-foot-five‚ 330-pound frame would have been pretty close to their model. And yet the fact that he was even still at high school was‚ in itself‚ nothing short of a miracle. The focal point of Michael Lewis’s The Blind Side is the story of Oher’s transition from a teenager so neglected by society that the Memphis school board can’t really account for his academic record to an eighteen-year-old college recruit with the potential for earning millions when he hits the
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Racism is hate that is found from one person to another. It is when people make extreme fun of others that have a different race; different ethnicity. In this movie‚ “The Blind Side” there is an African-American boy named Michael Oher‚ everyone called him “Big Mike” because he was over weighted. He had a mother who wasn’t stable enough to keep him with her‚ she was a drug addict and he had no idea who his father was. He went to several foster homes‚ he ran away from many because he was treated differently
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you are approached with an opportunity‚ you have a choice to take or leave it. That’s the thing about opportunities‚ you never know what might come out of them‚ whether it benefits you or someone else. I believe that this is portrayed in the movie‚ Blind Side‚ where Michael Oher is advanced with an opportunity by the Tuohy family and it changes his whole life forever for the better. In the beginning‚ Michael Oher felt out of place‚ he had no home‚ was poor‚ and he had lost his family. As time passed
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1. Why do you think this film is called “The Blind Side? ( i.e. who has a blind side and why?) The term “Blind Side” refers to Michael Oher when he is playing football‚ his objective is to guard the quarterback’s blind side. Michael does not understand this at first‚ however‚ Leigh Anne tells him to imagine his team as his family. His instinct to protect his family’s blind side is why this movie is titled “The Blind Side”. The title of the film Is also related to Michael’s previous thoughts of being
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Introduction 1. Title: _The Blind Side _ 2. Author: Michael Lewis 3. Genre/Type of Book _Biography Body 1. When/Where book takes place: a. Time __1984-2009 b. Place __NFL____ 2. Who/what is the book about? The book is about Lawrence Taylor and the real life of Michael Oher._______ List principle characters Michael Oher‚ Lawrence Taylor‚ the Tuohy family‚ NFL Quarterbacks‚ Teachers‚ Tutors_ 3. Summarize Plot/Climax What happened in the book? The Blind Side contains two separate stories
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