NBC: ‘The Blind Side' subject Michael Oher says adoption by Tuohy family was a lie and he was cut out of money from movie

[LadySkinsFan]

1 hour ago, PokerPacker said:

Also they made the Titans seem like underdogs scraping by and dealing with racist refs trying to ruin them.  In reality, they were an ultra-dominant team featuring three schools' worth of talent and easily mopped the floor with their competition.  Also made the coach out to be some inspirational figure and not the piece-of-**** asshole he apparently was in real life.

 

Here's the question, though.  Are these movies "Hollywoodized a little bit", or are they Hollywood movies with small traces of inspiration from real events that they sell to audiences as true stories?

 

Plus TC Williams was an ultra modern building back then, not the old school building like in the movie. 

[tshile]

1 hour ago, PleaseBlitz said:

 

Large traces of inspiration from real events, but those events are entirely conformed to the Hollywood playbook:  Scrappy underdog but with a conventionally attractive hero, seemingly insurmountable obstacles/drama, climactic final hurdle with additional insurmountable obstacles/drama, victory, conclusion.  If any of those things are absent from the real story, they will be added. 

And if it’s hallmark there will be a gazebo 

Also they will have been high school sweethearts but one of them is now married to an awful person, and other embarks on a quest to get them back. 

[PokerPacker]

8 minutes ago, tshile said:

And if it’s hallmark there will be a gazebo 

Also they will have been high school sweethearts but one of them is now married to an awful person, and other embarks on a quest to get them back. 

And also incredibly wealthy, but down-to-earth

[Forehead]

2 hours ago, PokerPacker said:

Also they made the Titans seem like underdogs scraping by and dealing with racist refs trying to ruin them.  In reality, they were an ultra-dominant team featuring three schools' worth of talent and easily mopped the floor with their competition.  Also made the coach out to be some inspirational figure and not the piece-of-**** asshole he apparently was in real life.

 

My favorite part was how Gerry Bertier learned to walk again, then moved west, changed his name and joined a motorcycle gang.

[TD_washingtonredskins]

1 hour ago, PokerPacker said:

And also incredibly wealthy, but down-to-earth

And oddly disinterested in finding companionship in anyone else, even if they are far better looking than said high school sweetheart. 

[Califan007 The Constipated]

2 hours ago, tshile said:

And if it’s hallmark there will be a gazebo 

Also they will have been high school sweethearts but one of them is now married to an awful person, and other embarks on a quest to get them back. 

 

And it will happen during the holiday season. And an unplanned business trip will be involved in there somewhere.

[Sacks 'n' Stuff]

You guys watch too many Hallmark movies.

[Captain Wiggles]

[Califan007 The Constipated]

39 minutes ago, Sacks 'n' Stuff said:

You guys watch too many Hallmark movies.

 

 

Watching them is a Xmas tradition in my family lol...

[PokerPacker]

55 minutes ago, Sacks 'n' Stuff said:

You guys watch too many Hallmark movies.

We have mothers and/or wives.

[DCSaints_fan]

7 hours ago, Sacks 'n' Stuff said:

You guys watch too many Hallmark movies.

In some respects better than porn.  Those nice bakery type women have to get busy at some point …

[Destino]

11 hours ago, Califan007 The Constipated said:

 

And it will happen during the holiday season. And an unplanned business trip will be involved in there somewhere.

if a city dweller ventures alone into the country, they’re never coming back. 
 

hallmark has this point in common with horror.

[balki1867]

22 hours ago, PokerPacker said:

Here's the question, though.  Are these movies "Hollywoodized a little bit", or are they Hollywood movies with small traces of inspiration from real events that they sell to audiences as true stories?

 

LOL, I was reading something about the The Junction Boys a while back (the movie about Bear Bryants first season at Texas A&M, and how he made a bunch of college kids practice for 10-12 hours a day in 100 degree heat without water breaks).  In the movie, he molds them into a winning football team. In reality, half the kids left the program, and the team went 1-9.  The following season they went 7-2-1 with a bunch of new players.

18 hours ago, PokerPacker said:

We have mothers and/or wives.

 

My girlfriend tells me one of her holiday highlights is watching my reactions to the one Christmas Hallmark movie she makes me watch each year... "Wait?!? So she's single on Christmas, and she's standing in a Christmas wedding, alongside her high school guy friend whose also single, and her birhday is on Christmas, and she's back in her hometown, also named Christmastown?  Why do we need to watch the rest of this?!?"

[Xameil]

19 hours ago, PokerPacker said:

We have mothers and/or wives.

Pretty sure Hallmark movies are the reason Man Caves exist

[Fergasun]

Going back to the original topic.  It seems like the family has ended the conservatorship (sp?).  This is not a great look for them as:

1) He could have been adopted and accomplish the same thing

2) Why does he need a conservatorship after he is in the NFL? 

 

There should be a full audit of the financial decisions...  not sure if that is allowed though.

[Cooked Crack]