In addition to the adaptation of a true story, it is more important to have a variety of emotions, involving topics such as race, religion, education and human nature. With the redemption of the big black boy Mike, the audience can successfully see his growth.
Based on michael lewis's work "Weakness: The Progress of the Game", this film tells the extraordinary experience of michael oher, the first draft player in the National Football League in 2009.
And Mike in the movie is his portrayal. Watching him grow, we feel warmer.
Mike grew up in a black community with a sinister environment, but he has always maintained a kind nature. That night, when Anne saw lonely but kind Mike, she made up her mind to save him.
As a middle-class Anne family, it is not difficult to support Mike. They are very rich in funds, which has attracted many people's comments that they are hypocritical.
Here we can't help but see the weakness of human nature. Not all your kindness can be understood. In the end, Anne broke their guesses with her own actions and made Mike.
"You can't teach a person anything. You can only help him learn to handle this kind of thing by himself. " Annie's family adopted him and gave Mike a warm home. Although Mike is big, Annie sees Michael's amazing strength and motor nerve and wants to train him to be a football player.
Take Mike to school. Everything didn't go well at first. "I looked around and saw nothing but white.
White walls, white land and many white people. The teacher doesn't know what I don't understand. I don't want to listen to others, especially teachers. They give me homework and let me do my own exercises, but I never do my homework. I went to the bathroom, looked in the mirror and said, This is not michael oher. "This is how Mike felt when he first went to school.
As a black man, he always seems out of place, and he has never been to school. His mother is a drug addict, and all kinds of violence often occur at home. Her mother always makes Mike endure, close his eyes and open them again, which makes Mike very sensitive and afraid of things, which is also one of Mike's weaknesses.
There is a scene where Anne tells her son and Mike a bedtime story: "Michael, did your mother read you a story?" Mike shook his head. "No, a long time ago, in Spain, there was a calf named Ferdinand. Other calves like to run around and fight hand to hand. Ferdinand is different. He likes to sit quietly and smell the flowers. He likes to sit under the oak tree in the pasture. He likes this tree best. He can sit in the shade all day and smell the flowers. Are you listening? " Mike answered me, focus on only one thing at a time.
Seeing this, I feel sorry for Mike's family. His mother didn't take care of him, and there was no warmth at home. He is also a child who needs a mother. On the contrary, Anne is a kind and loving mother and won't tell Mike to run away from difficulties.
I'm thinking that if Mike hadn't met Annie, his future would be the same as those black people. He is both unfortunate and lucky.
In order to let Mike study, Anne hired a tutor for him, constantly encouraged Mike, and communicated with school teachers and football coaches. After getting to know each other for a long time, everyone began to accept Mike and grow up with him.
Finally, with everyone's encouragement and help, Mike was admitted to the university. In the movie, Mike said, "This is a school for all families." Mike also started his own sports career.
Weakness is the greatest potential.
Everyone has weaknesses, and we always say that we should foster strengths and avoid weaknesses. In fact, from another angle, why hide your weaknesses?
Mike's big size is a weakness in most people's eyes, but Annie can find it as an advantage and change Mike's fate.
Although the process is very difficult and long, besides exercise, learning is also Mike's weakness, but it is precisely because they dare to face up to their weaknesses and turn them into advantages that they have the later Mike.
Life lies in constant trial and challenge. If you know clearly what your weakness is, then you must have a way to overcome it, or use it to discover your other strengths.
Overcome the weakness of human nature and achieve an excellent self. "Life is only once, so any virtue and good deed that can be dedicated should be done now. Don't slow down, don't forget, because life is only once. "
The film does not focus on racial and religious issues, and the director's intention is not to let people simply pay attention to racial issues, but to use the Anne family to explain what is true kindness, not just verbal acceptance. This is a higher level of goodwill, which will gradually change the views of those who once had ideas about Mike.
Anne's daughter and husband also had their own views on Mike's joining at first. We can't say that they are wrong, but this is a weakness of human nature. Because of these ideas, many times the other party didn't get real respect and understanding. The director used Annie's actions to keep Mike kind and sincere, telling everyone that human weaknesses can be turned into advantages bit by bit.
Your help to others is not only helping others, but also helping yourself. I don't believe in reincarnation, but I think kind people should live more relaxed and don't care what others think. Carnegie once said in "The Weakness of Human Nature", "If there is any secret of success, it is to look at the problem from the other side's standpoint, just like looking at the problem from your own position. Be able to put yourself in others' shoes. People who have insight into other people's hearts never have to worry about their own future. "
Some people may say that this society is so cruel. If I am kind, others will bully me. What I want to say is that your kindness is not stupid, and your kindness can also bring you edges and corners.
Blindly ignorance and kindness are hypocrisy. What we need to do is inner freedom and peace.