The Blind Side - now with pictures

I don't know if it belongs in Anything Goes or Sports and News, but I think it deserves its own thread.

Bring the Kleenex.

 

I want to be snarky and above it, but darn me if that doesn't look really good.

 

Yeah it does.

And Oher's adopted mom is way hotter than Sandra Bullock.

 

It looks like the football version of Diff'rent Strokes

 

Slight threadjack for a moment...

Was that trailer supposed to get me to the theater? Because I feel like I just saw the whole movie.

I just don't get why they summarize an entire film in the trailer.

Anyway, helluva story. Hope it's a good movie.

 

Damn good point.

 

Surely, there will be different versions of the trailer. I tend to think that one was aimed at women. The ones that will air on ESPN and its ilk would certainly have more football scenes.

 

I'm glad I didn't have anything in my mouth when she said "You threaten my son you threaten me" 'cause it would've ended up all over my monitor and keyboard.

 

Anyone here read the book by Michael Lewis?

 

Yep. One of my favorites.

 

I absolutely love it. The selection they ran in SI where he describes the Theismann play is unbelievable.

The only complaint I have, as always with Lewis, is how unrelentingly he slobbers over his subjects.

 

Good book, but it veers totally away from where you think it's going at the start of the story. You think it's going to be about the evolution of the left tackle position --- which would have been interesting in itself --- and basically becomes the Michael Oher rags-to-riches story.

I agree Lewis tends to gush, even moreso in this case because he and Sean Tuohy (Oher's adopted father) grew up together. I think that without that built-in access, it wouldn't be quite the book it turned out to be.