nomadreader

  I put off seeing The Blind Side for months. Even after hearing all of the Sandra Bullock Best Actress hype, I waited. After she won the SAG award, I decided to see it, but it still took a Best Picture Oscar nomination to finally coax me into the theater. I went in with an open mind, and I enjoyed parts of the movie. The problem, however, is that it's not a great movie. It's less deserving of it's Best Picture nomination than Avatar is. Hear me out. I know people love this movie, and that's fine. Loving a film does not make it great. Yes, I teared up a few times during this film, which plays upon the viewer's emotions numerous times. The problem with this movie is that it doesn't play to the viewer's intellect at all. The Blind Side is a better than average sports movie. It's an average movie. It lacks nuance and intelligence. It's a tearjerker without much substance. It's an oversimplification of a true story.  On a continuation...

Joe Posnanski's take on the selection committee's mistakes: http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/sports/columnists/joe_posnanski/16884642.htm For the uninitiated, Joe Posnanski is one of the best sportswriters in the country. He happens to write for The Kansas City Star , and he also happens to be one of two great sportswriters for the paper. Unfortunately, most of the country does not care much about the Kansas sports, so most of the country does not know who he is. Of course, I also think most of the country does not read nearly as much sports journalism as I do.