I thought I read that Michael Oher had issues with the book and the movie, but I don't remember what exactly.
I liked it. Is the book good?
Xander: Am I right, Giles? Giles: I'm almost certain you're not. Though, to be fair, I haven't been
listening.
'Sleeper'
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megan walker - Apr 26, 2010 7:53:16 pm PDT #7983 of 30000
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
javachik - Apr 26, 2010 8:39:17 pm PDT #7984 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
Yes, book is a fast, good read. There's some history on football, and it's Niner's centric (Michael Lewis lives in Berkeley), but the Oher's story is captured very well.
Did you ever see the movie "A Perfect World"? I remember loving it when it came out; it's also a John Lee Hancock movie. I got to meet that handsome Texan one fine day in 1996, but since I was hanging with Clooney, I let him walk away.
Oh, name dropping is so much fun when you just don't give a shit.
Strix - Apr 26, 2010 8:50:22 pm PDT #7985 of 30000
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
yer such a starfucker, java! ;)
javachik - Apr 26, 2010 9:11:06 pm PDT #7986 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
Ha! It was very easy for me to make friends once I quit the industry [ETA: my very small, little branch]. Being a civilian and not wanting to be part of any scene made me that much more pleasant to have around. At least, that's what I was told.
Polter-Cow - Apr 26, 2010 9:16:02 pm PDT #7987 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I didn't even know you were in the industry before!
javachik - Apr 26, 2010 9:57:12 pm PDT #7988 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
Yeah, I don't talk about it much. Ancient history and all. And I never wanted to be *that* forty-year old who still thinks she's 20 and lives in the past and talks about coulda shoulda woulda kinda shit. So.
But most of my movie friends came after I was done with that scene, so it's nice. And it's nice catching up with some of them on Facebook after all of these years.
Strega - Apr 27, 2010 5:50:12 am PDT #7989 of 30000
I love A Perfect World. Partly for way Eastwood says "I do like tater tots," but there's other good things about it, too. And Keith Szarabajka!
Tom Scola - Apr 27, 2010 5:55:05 am PDT #7990 of 30000
hwæt
Matt the Bruins fan - Apr 27, 2010 5:58:39 am PDT #7991 of 30000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Everytime I see Push, I think Precious.
If they'd switched plots, Mariah Carey could have saved them a ton in SFX costs for the gang that could make people's ears bleed by screaming.
Amy - Apr 27, 2010 6:03:14 am PDT #7992 of 30000
Because books.
I loved A Perfect World when it came out. I haven't seen it since, though.