So, it's really late and all, but I have finally watched 'The Blind Side', starring the Academy Award Winner, Sandra Bullock. Now, I'm not one for mushy movies and those inspirational stuff doesn't affect me very much. Watching this though, i thoroughly understand why the award went to Sandra...
How identical it is to the true story, i cannot ascertain, but movie-wise, it's definitely a rare, rich-storyline movie that I would really encourage parents to watch with their children (if they have not done that already). It's not just another Christian movie, fake and unachievable. It's very much doable. Parts that affected me in particular include her taking him in because she can and how her children reacted to the change in their family.
My mom personally has always been one to lend a helping hand whenever possible, always with the extra pillow, the extra blanket, just-in-case-not-enough food and drinks. Somehow, this has also rubbed off on me. (explains why i always have extra of everything)
It was quite annoying to know that Sandra Bullock's character, Leigh-Anne's "Christian" lady friends were mildly mocking her for her "project for the projects". How many times have we been in situations like this one, be it on either side?
How many times have you wanted to give a helping hand( to those to really need it, mind you, not LOA people:P) just because you can and didn't , because someone said it wasn't your business, why should you care? worse, how many times have you said that to someone else?
If it doesn't hurt you, why not?
The other part is the way Leigh-Anne's children handled people. SJ, albeit precocious, made friends with everyone, and was utterly patient , especially when explaining the game of football (or rugby to us). I might have exploded. He's proud to acknowledge his brother from another mother. His sister Collins knew better than to succumb to peer pressure...
Seriously though, none of this is something new. It's just been boxed into "Disney-esque" categories, making it all unreal and fake. We all know what we should do, but we just don't.
Why are good things so difficult to do? i have to admit i struggle as well, with all the crappy two-faced attention seekers take advantage of good people. sigh... we should just hope we are able to discern truly needy people from the pathetic ones...shouldn't we?
Of the rant, i personally loved Sandra's depiction of the suburban mom with a witty knack for getting her way and cracking wry comments. :)
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