The Blind Side
The best stories in life (and film) have simple plots and complicated, inspiring and intriguing characters. Disregard your preconceptions, look past the simple plot, and go see "The Blind Side". A wealthy, white mother and career woman takes in a homeless, hopeless, black teenager from a gang-ruled housing project in Memphis. Although she knows nothing about him, and fully expects him to steal what he can carry, she breaks through his wall of silent despair and begins to care for him as her own child. He completes high school and wins a scholarship to play football for University of Mississippi, "Ole Miss". The film is based on a true story told by author Michael Lewis in his book, "The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game", 2007, W. W. Norton & Company . I want to see the film again, and I want to buy the video when it becomes available. Here are two reasons: I Don't Like Football I've never understood the strategy, except "thro...