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When I’m being a typical guy, I don’t like to cry. In public or elsewhere. But especially not 
in public. That may be why I have such a problem with movies based on Nicholas Sparks novels. I hate feeling manipulated toward emotions that cause my eyes to well up. It’s usually easy, then, to smirk my way to the exit. Some films, though, do a better job of hitting those key emotional points. Not perfect, maybe. But effective. Such a film is “The Blind Side.” Right off, when I found myself sitting through the trailers, I giggled at the thought of Sandra Bullock pushing her way into the “based on real life” story of a homeless kid (Quinton Aaron as football player Michael Oher) struggling to overcome his brutal childhood. But then a couple of things happened/Dan Webster, Movies & More. More here.
Question: When did you last cry at a movie?
D.F. Oliveria is a columnist and blogger for The Spokesman-Review. Huckleberries Online was judged the best 2008 Idaho newspaper blog by the Idaho Press Club. And the best 2007 news blog in the Pacific Northwest by the Society for Professional Journalist. Print Huckleberries is a past winner of the Herb Caen Memorial Column contest by the National Association of Newspaper Columnists. The Readership Institute of Northwestern University cited this blog as a good example of online community journalism.
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Cis on December 07 at 8:08 p.m.
Taking Chance…. with Kevin Bacon
it is on dvd… well worth the watch… but need tissues.
It is about bring back a soldier to be buried.
The reactions of people across the nation as he brings him
home thru Montana to Wy.
Soaf on December 07 at 8:19 p.m.
Agreed Cis.
And being a vet myself, the movie was very emotional for me and several freinds who are vets and saw the movie. Kevin Bacon did a great job.
BethB on December 07 at 8:31 p.m.
Last night, “‘Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner?” I’m a sap.
CheckingItOut on December 07 at 11:28 p.m.
“Marley and Me.” I’m a sucker for anything involving animals.