Wonderful family friendly fil

Rating: 8/10 (27 July 2016)

When Lawrence Taylor broke Joe Theismann leg, the football world realized how important a left tackle is a quarterback. Then the story of Michael Oher (Quinton Aaron) comes into the play. By providing, one act of kindness in someone's life forever. In the movie, he's an oversized teenager from the inner city of Memphis. With his potential in football, an upscale private Christian school football coach (Ray McKinnon) took a leap of faith and was able to get into the school. There were many doubts from teachers in the school due to his grade point average, which was a dreadful 0.6. Michael was very intimidated by his new surroundings, majority white and wealthy students S.J. Tuohy (Jae Head) befriends Michael at school, and Leigh Anne and Sean Tuohy (Sandra Bullock and Tim McGraw) see his roaming the streets on a cold and rainy night. They take him in for the night, which turns in a week then finally, adoption. By living with the Tuohy's, gives a sense of comfort and trust away from crime and poverty. With help from S.J. and Leigh Anne, they help him find his killer instinct in football. Before then, he was just a gentle giant and lacked the football skills. Tuohy's hire Miss Sue, (Kathy Bates) to help Michael with his school work. Leigh Anne tells the coach about Michael scoring high in protective instincts, which causes him to protect his team, as well as his family. Leigh Ann helps Michael by providing a mental picture that his quarterback and running back are his family and must protect them.
Michael surpasses any struggles that are against him, in the classroom and on the football field. By breaking free from the environment that surrounded him early in the film, he can exceed in life. The close- up angles in some of the scenes, want to show the anger or happiness depending on the part of the film. I like how the movie focuses on the relationship between humans and look beyond the color of skin. Lighting throughout the movie was great, especially on the football field. It shows depth in the movie and helps provide focus on the main character of the movie. I believe protective instincts is a continuous them throughout the film. An example of the protective instincts is when Michael and S.J. were riding in the truck and the big truck backed out inform of them. Michael first instinct was to protect his family before himself. Everyone needs protection in life, not just a quarterback but even the biggest of giants. This in the case of Michael.