FILM ANALYSIS The Blind Side is a 2009 American semi-biographical drama film written and directed by John Lee Hancock. The film took place at Memphis‚ Tennesse and featured Michael Oher‚ an offensive lineman who played for the Baltimore Raven of the NFL. For most of his childhood life‚ 17 year old Oher has been in foster care with different families yet runs away every time he was placed in a new home. His life change when his friend’s father asks Burt Cotton‚ coach of Wingate Christian School
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THE BLIND SIDE HUMAN SERVICES SENIOR LEADERSHIP MATTHEW HOOGVELD PERIOD 1-2. 1. After a late night Thanksgiving school play‚ Leigh Anne notices Michael walking on the road‚ shivering in the cold; when she learns he intends to spend the night huddled outside the school gym‚ she offers him a place to sleep at her house. The next morning‚ when she sees Michael leaving‚ she asks him to spend the holiday with her family. Slowly‚ Michael becomes a member of the Tuohy family‚ even as Leigh Anne’s
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homeless African American teen‚ who was drug through the foster system for many years solely because he wasn’t born into a forever family. In honor of this courageous male and the family that loved he like their own‚ movie producer‚ John Lee Hancock‚ decided to create the film‚ The Blind Side. In 2009‚ this inspirational story hit the big screen‚ in an effort to show people that those that are raised with nothing can work hard to rise above their ruins and make a name for themselves with one key factor
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Based on the true story of Baltimore Ravens offensive tackle Michael Oher‚ The Blind side opens with footage of the monumental moment when quarterback Joe Theismann got sacked by Lawrence Taylor‚ turning the offensive tackle into one of the highest paying positions in football but ending Theismann’s career. If you are not a football fan‚ The Blind Side is about Michael following in Taylor’s footsteps‚ but more so about how his adoption into the Tuohy family got him they’re to becoming a professional
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In “The Blind Side” by John Lee Hancock‚ an important issue in the film is racism. The film is about a boy called Michael Oher that comes from a very poor and problematic community in the south of America. Racism is held by all members of all racers. Through racism‚ the Christian community are afraid of Michael but there thoughts change when they get to know him. Racism is the belief that all members of each race possess characteristics‚ abilities‚ or qualities specific to that race‚ especially so
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Theme: One major theme of The Blind Side was to judge people based on their charter and not on their appearance. When Michael had first started at Briarcrest Christian School the teachers deemed him unreachable. Michael was a sight to behold at school because he was huge and black. I wasn’t until a teacher gave him a test orally did they find out that he was like a sponge that soaked up the information he was given. After teachers found out that he was paying attention they started to reach
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looking for the bad parts of the movie then they can go straight to the “What I didn’t like” section and read Carr’s negative thoughts.This review does a good job of covering all the main points. Instead of having to search the whole two page review just to see what is bad about the movie. It doesn’t drag things out and is straight to the point. When I am looking for a quick review‚ these are the ones I go to for opinions. Carr states his low expectations for the movie up front‚ but then expresses
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**Share some contemporary examples of cultural diversity issues. Some contemporary examples of cultural diversity issues‚ for example‚ are law enforcements inabilities to understand completely some of the minority group’s language‚ traditions‚ beliefs‚ lifestyles‚ religions‚ stereotyping‚ and profiling of minorities. Law enforcement also encounters cultural diversity issues with the different moral beliefs of ethnic groups‚ therefore‚ can interfere with relating to other minorities when faced with
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The Blind Side‚ Movie. November 17‚ 2009 released. Micro Summary: The blind side follows the story of Michael Oher‚ a boy from‚ ‘Hurt Village’ in the lower side of Memphis‚ who lives a life of poverty until he is taken care of and then adopted by the Tuoheys‚ a rich family who own a chain of Taco Bells. They help him improve his grades and develop his NFL skills until he earns a scholarship to Ole Miss University which helps him become a professional NFL player. Belonging in The Blind Side: During
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Personality Theory Paper PSYCH-504 March 17‚ 2014 Personality Theory This Personality Theory paper will be written on The Blind Side. This movie was based on a true life story of Sean Tuohy and Leigh Anne. It begins with a Caucasian family who takes this homeless African American teenager whose name is Michael‚ but called Big Mike. While Michaels mom lived in a drug infested projects‚ he never knew who his father was. Michael had very little to no education and very limited skills to help him
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