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    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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    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. One

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    challenge can vary. In the biographical sports drama titled The Blind Side directed by John Lee Hancock‚ the protagonist Michael Oher faces countless challenges and difficulties and attempts to address them. As the film progresses‚ the director continuously exposes the viewer to Michael’s character along with the predicaments he faces. When coming to confront these challenges doing so alone may be tiresome which is why a loved by your side makes it easier. How you choose to tackle the situation as well

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    believe that taking sides is human. This is done mainly through character development‚ events‚ narrative and setting. Using these techniques‚ Graham Greene is able to successfully create invited readings which support his views. Important to this process‚ character development is the center of this novel‚ and a powerful force behind the beliefs and invited readings presented by the text. Using characters‚ Greene has positioned readers to take the stance that everyone takes sides. Particularly

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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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    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 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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    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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    Summary This Side of Paradise chronicles the life of Amory Blaine. Born the son of a wealthy and sophisticated woman‚ Beatrice‚ he attends St. Regis prep school. He is handsome‚ quite intelligent and he earns admission to Princeton. He makes many acquaintances who have the same interests as him and who become his friends such as Tom‚ Burne‚ Kerry and Dick. Toward the end of his college career‚ Amory dutifully enlists for World War l. Upon his return to America‚ Amory meets the young debutante Rosalind

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    The Two Sides of Connie ‘Narrative details in ’ Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?’ The story ’ Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?’ is about the fifteen year old Connie who is a girl struggling with her sexuality. The girl tries to be an adult and attractive‚ but at the same time‚ she hides her sexual side from her family. These two sides cannot remain separate from each other at all times and collide with each other‚ which this short story depicts. The main idea in this short story

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