“How about all those other families that help a kid in a similar situation and, gasp, they become ordinary productive citizens?”
Yes, really. I mean what is this man saying, that white people shouldn’t help black people because that is racist?
I enjoyed the movie very much, and hubby liked it too. It is a good movie because it has enough girly stuff for the girls and enough football for the guys.
Plus, you are quite right, this is a hollywood movie, it is not to be taken as any kind of documentary.
To me the best scene in the picture is when Sandra Bullock is telling the ghetto thugs that she’s a member of the NRA, always carries, and is in a prayer group with the District Attorney. (I paraphrase from memory). And the tough guys are just staring at her, speechless.
That was worth the price of admission, or rather the blockbuster rental fee.
It probably just galls this “teacher” that here was a movie that showed Christians in a good light, as opposed to revealing them as the eeeeevil people he knows they secretly are.
And when the one thug asks if she has a Saturday night special, she said “yes, and it shoots pretty good every other day too” (Paraphrasing myself here...)
I didn’t see this movie about the sassy white people saving the poor black boy—they just gave him an opportunity to succeed...but the effort was his. He went from a .6 gpa to a 1.7 to over a 2.5—he was studying non stop with a tutor. He had obvious football talent, but you can’t succeed to the level he did on just talent—he worked at that too. Contrast that to the thugs in Hurt Village...Laying around and trying to bring Michael down to their level.
Certainly it has been Hollywoodized to some level...but the basic story matches what I have read about Michael Oher and the Tuohys.
It probably just galls this “teacher” that here was a movie that showed Christians in a good light, as opposed to revealing them as the eeeeevil people he knows they secretly are.
Admittedly most teachers are NOT like the science teacher in the movie - I ought to know, as I am like her and am surrounded by the ones like the English teacher. I am also a very strict football coach who does not allow any F’s to be on the team, where-as the school policy is 2. My players appreciate the fact that I make them stay up on their grades - even the ones who aren’t honor roll.