| Okay. I'll say it right up front - I'm not a big fan of | | | | the movies. His true life story would be interesting to |
| football. In actually, I can't stand to watch it at all. | | | | see - maybe he will write an autobiography some |
| But, I am a big fan of movies about football players | | | | day. The world he and his adoptive family live in is |
| and The Blind Side, staring Sandra Bullock and Tim | | | | quite foreign to me. The idea of going away to |
| McGraw is one of them. | | | | college sounds terrible. I finished my degree only |
| What's interesting, is this movie is based on a true | | | | because of online colleges - if not for distance |
| story about Michael Oher. He plays for an NFL team | | | | education, I would have dropped out after my first |
| and his first contract was for millions of dollars. As | | | | semester. |
| you watch the movie, you find out that he was from | | | | Nonetheless, this movie is a great story, whether |
| a very troubled neighborhood and had a terrible | | | | you are a football fan or not. Sandra Bullock does a |
| home life. He was homeless for some time as a | | | | great job and, surprisingly, so does McGraw. Who |
| teenager and was given shelter by a couple in the | | | | would have thought a singer could act? I would put |
| Memphis area. | | | | this movie on your wish list for the next rainy day. I |
| Of course, you can't always trust what you see in | | | | think you will like it. |