"The Blind Side"

The Blind Side

Have you ever seen "the movie of Big Mike"? I bet you do. I think "Big Mike" is a better reference to know of which movie we are talking about insted of its real name.

This is so far one of the best based on real story movie I've seen.

It is based on real story of Michael Oher (Quinton Aaron), a seventeen-year-old black homeless, who has been under the care of different families due to his mother's drug addiction. Then his life change completely when Ligh Anne Tuohy (Sandra Bullock) and her husband, Sean (Tim McGraw) saw him on the street and eventually they took care of him as he was part of the family. Then story keeps going to the point that they adopted him, and he realizes his potential as a student and football player and achived a position as one of the most highly coveted prospects in college football, then finally becoming a first-round pick of the Ravens. He was jusy a blessing to the family and vice versa.

The movie has many emotional scenes and it is really difficult not to cry.

Finally, I would like to tell you something interesting of the movie. Why "the Blind Side"? Well on futboll it means the side of the field opposite to the way a player is facing. This term is often used when describing offensive tackles. The left tackle is often said to be protecting the quarterback's blind side.
The personality of Michael Oher was not like a common futboll player personality, he was not violent at all; but he was overprotective, and once he started to protect the quarterback's blind side as if that player was part of his family, everybody saw he was gold worth.

If you have never watch it, you should!

Here you can see the real Michael Oher and his family. 

By Paola Montano.