Blind Sided

[murraynz]

I fully expected to dislike much of The Blind Side, assuming it would be patronising racism that's swimming in Americana but dressed in lovey sentimentalism. Being an under-cover sentimentalist myself, the question I was asking before the cinema went dark was whether the dressing would disguise enough of the bitter taste I was expecting to ensure I

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[snaxalotl]

I couldn't believe how good All About Steve was. In particular, I thought bullock's razzie performance was excellent. I think people generally hate it because the character is unappealing

[murraynz]

I hated that movie explicitly because the character was so unappealing.

HATED.

THAT.

MOVIE.

[snaxalotl]

but even so, you can't possibly think sandra did a bad job of acting that appalling character?

[murraynz]

She was probably the best person for that role. But still...

[snaxalotl]

well then ... my primary point is that she didn't deserve a razzie for worst actress. secondarily, I liked the movie, but I wouldn't expect most people to. I think you have to be interested in the fact that there really are people like the bullock character, and the narrative was a fairly clever way of conveying that character