Countdown to LA: 54 days.
Countdown to Sydney: 65 days.
Feeling the cold weather settling in and wishing we were anywhere but here, Naz and I headed to the movies for "Double Feature Sunday". It's a wonderful, new-found tradition where we lazily sit in a movie theatre all day and watch as many movies as we can fathom. So, yesterday we saw The Blindside (which we had been dying to see for months) and New Moon (round 2). I'm only going to discuss the Blindside today, so as not to be repetitive.
The Blindside tell the heartbreaking, real-life story of Michael Oher, an NFL playe
r born to poverty in Memphis, Tennesse and the wonderful couple who adopted him and made it possible. The movie stars Quinton Aaron as Michael, a larger-than-life teenager who spent his formative years being shuffled around in the foster care and public school system. Due to his size and athletic ability, he is accepted to a prestigious private school. It is here that he makes a chance encounter that changes the lives of those around him forever. He befriends a little boy by the name of SJ Tuohy(played by the adorably funny Jae Head) and is taken in by his family. The Tuohy family takes Michael into their home helps him fulfill his potential - in the classroom, in life and on the football field.The casting for this movie, in our opinion, was fantastic. The film stars Sandra Bullock and Tim McGraw as Leigh Anne and Sean Tuohy. Sandra Bullock is amazing in her portrayal. The real Leigh Anne should be happy with the tough, blunt but touching representation. It was a departure from the kinds of characters Sandy typically plays (aloof and goofy). Tim McGraw was also very believable in this film. It was hard to think of him as the cowboy hat wearing, bearded country singer, as he meshes well into his role. The Tuohy family is rounded out by the aforementioned Jae Head (playing SJ Tuohy) and Lily Collins (playing the Tuohy's daughter Collins). Quinton Aaron is so heartbreakingly authentic as Michael Oher. There were many times we found ourselves crying from his portrayal. Whether they were happy tears or sad tears he had us from the first line he delivers.
This movie had it all. We laughed, we cried, we cheered, we laughed some more, then we cried again. It was the perfect mix. We left the theatre feeling uplifted and ready to help out those less fortunate. But first, we had to sneak into New Moon : )
Perpetually dreaming,
Linds & Naz
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