ACC英語會話第5組

攻其不備 

The Blind Side

上映日期(Release date)：November 20, 2009  (2009-11-20)

類　　型：劇 情、勵 志、溫 馨/家庭

片　　長(Running time)：2時08分

發行公司：華納兄弟

語　　言：English

預算 ：$ 29,000,000

票房收入：$276,996,838

官方網站：http://www.theblindsidemovie.com/

SYNOPSIS

Michael Oher ( Quinton Aaron ) knows little about family. Less about football. What the homeless teen knows are the streets and projects of Memphis. Well-to do Leigh Anne Tuohy ( Sandra Bullock ) knows little about his world. Yet when she and Michael meet, he’s found a home. And the Tuohys found something just as life-changing: a beloved new son and brother. This real-life story of family and of Michael’s growth into a blue-chip football star will have you cheering with its mix of gridiron action and heartwarming emotion. Share the remarkable journey of the college All-American and first-round NFL draft pick who was a winner before he ever stepped onto the playing field.

簡介:

邁克爾Oher (Quinton Aaron)對家庭毫無所悉，對於橄欖球更是一竅不通。這個無家可歸的青少年唯一認識的就是孟菲斯街道。 而Leigh Tuohy 只知道一點關於他的世界。 當她和邁克爾認識時，發現他無家可歸於是邀請他到家裡與親人同住，她給了他一個家。 而Tuohy發現生活正悄悄的改變： 多了一個心愛的新的兒子和兄弟。 這個真實的故事和邁克爾成為一個知名的橄欖球明星與它的美式足球運動和感人的情感結合使人為之瘋狂。 特別的是在站上球場成為偉大的運動家之前，他從來沒有接觸過真正的美式足球。

Plot

For 17 years, Michael Oher (Quinton Aaron) has been in foster care with different families. Every time he is sent to a new home, he runs away. One of his friend's fathers, whose couch Mike had been sleeping on, enrolls him into a Christian school, after the father convinces the coach that "Big Mike" is a natural athlete, yet he refuses to beat people to the ground. The coach convinces the school principal to enroll him into the school. After school one day, Michael meets Sean "SJ" Jr. (Jae Head), who quickly befriends Michael. Leigh Anne Tuohy (Sandra Bullock) is a fiery interior designer, mother to SJ and Collins (Lily Collins), and wife to Sean Tuohy (Tim McGraw). After a pre-holiday Thanksgiving school festival, Leigh Anne notices Michael walking on the road, shivering in the freezing cold; she pities his situation and offers him a place to spend the night. The next morning, much to her dismay, she finds Michael leaving their driveway and asks him to spend Thanksgiving with her family. Slowly, Michael starts becoming a part of the Tuohy family, even as Leigh Anne's friends warn her that Michael could affect SJ and Collins' social life. Nonetheless, SJ and Michael become buddies. Leigh Anne goes to the school about Michael's academic performance and is surprised to learn that even though he has scored low in essentially every aspect, he scored in the 98th percentile in 'protective instincts.' Sean also takes to Michael and lists the Tuohys as his emergency contact and talks to the school coach to get Michael enrolled in the football team.

Possessed of enormous stature and titanic strength, Michael performs exceptionally on the field and catches the eye of many college coaches from around the state. SJ tells Michael that his mother cannot stand Tennessee. Leigh Anne comes to know that to get a NCAA Division I Scholarship, Michael needs a 2.5 GPA; his current GPA is too low, so they hire a private tutor, Miss Sue (Kathy Bates), to raise his grades. The school teachers also take a special interest and start giving his tests orally rather than in written format. During one of his private tutor classes, Miss Sue, a University of Mississippi alumna, tells him that the FBI bury the body parts of the unrecognized dead people under the University of Tennessee's Neyland Stadium. Michael's heart aches and this is possibly shown as a reason for Michael opting to join University of Mississippi ending with a 2.52 GPA. Subsequently, Michael receives a call from the NCAA, who suspects that the Tuohys forced Michael to select Mississippi, rather than Tennessee, his home-state team. The investigator also tells him that the Tuohys were from Mississippi and his high school coach got a better job at Ole Miss after Michael chooses Mississippi.

Michael leaves the investigation room and confronts Leigh Anne; he asks her if she only took him in so that he would play football for her alma mater. Michael goes to his birth mother's apartment in the projects, where his old friends at first welcome him, then make sexually suggestive remarks about his adoptive mother and sister. A fight ensues, where Michael easily dispatches three armed thugs, and flees the scene. Leigh Anne goes in search of Michael. He finally calls her, and they meet at a neighborhood laundromat. Leigh Anne tells him that she wants him to choose which university he accepts a scholarship from and any decisions he makes in life will be supported by her. Michael returns to the NCAA office and tells the investigator that he chose Ole Miss because his whole family has gone to school there. Michael gets accepted to Ole Miss with a scholarship for football. Leaving Michael at school, Leigh Anne feels happy for what she has done for Michael and also what he has done for them all.

The film ends with the 2009 NFL Draft, showing the real-life Michael Oher being drafted by the Baltimore Ravens.

The end credits include a dedication to the director's father, also John Lee Hancock, a football player and coach who died in 2009.

劇情:

17年，邁克爾Oher (Quinton Aaron )流轉在不同的家庭中寄養。 在他被分配到一個新的家庭時，他便會偷偷跑掉。 而他朋友的父親，讓他在長沙發上睡覺，並協助他進入基督徒學校就讀，因為他說服教練說「大麥克」是一位天才運動員。 教練說服校長註冊他入學校。 在學校的某一天，邁克爾遇見夏恩「SJ」Jr. (Jae頭)，對邁克爾的生活起了相當大的影響。 Leigh Tuohy 是一位出色的室内設計師、同時也是夏恩「SJ」和Collins 的母親及夏恩Tuohy (Tim McGraw)的妻子。在感恩節學校表演結束以後， Leigh 注意邁克爾在走路，在寒冷的夜晚冷得發抖; 她同情他的情況並提供他一個地方過夜。 慢慢地，邁克爾開始變成Tuohy家庭的成員之一，既使Leigh 的朋友警告她邁克爾可能影響SJ和Collins的社會生活。 但是， SJ和邁克爾成了好兄弟。 Leigh 對邁克爾的學術表現感到相當驚訝，即使記分上顯示他在每個方面的低落，但他在『防禦本能』卻有98分。擁有極佳的身材條件和窮大無比的力量，邁克爾吸引了許多學校的注意。Leigh發現若想取得NCAA的獎學金，邁克爾需要2.5 的GPA。 他的GPA顯然是太低，因此他們決定雇用一位家教，蘇小姐，來教授課程提高成績。 學校老師也採取特殊的教學方式並且給予口試而不是紙筆測驗的優惠。 蘇小姐(密西西比的大學校友)告訴他FBI埋葬許多身軀殘破的屍體在田纳西大學Neyland的體育場之下。 邁克爾的心理壓力讓他對原本很有興趣的田納西大學產生恐懼，選擇加入密西西比的大學。 邁克爾最終獲得GPA 2.52。 随後，邁克爾從NCAA接到一個電話，他們懷疑Tuohys迫使邁克爾選擇密西西比(因Tuohys長期捐贈此學校)，而不是田納西。邁克爾一氣之下回到他生母的公寓裡，他的老朋友邀請他喝酒，然後言語騷擾他的養母和妹妹，戰鬥隨即爆發。之後Leigh找到了他並且告訴他他所做的決定她都會支持。 於是邁克爾回到NCAA辦公室並且告訴調查員他選擇留在密西西比大學，因為他的全家人都在那裏上學。

影片是以2009 NFL選秀會結束，畫面是真正的邁克爾。

心得:

I just saw "The Blind Side" last night and enjoyed myself thoroughly. I think it’s absolutely one of the best movies I have ever seen. A Lady and her Family opened their hearts because they had love to share. This is a great example how lives can be changed if people would love each other and share the glory and the pain that goes with everyday life. I feel good and the laughs keep it from getting too bogged down with sentimentality. It's always great fun to cheer for a winner and the theater was full. I enjoyed this movie very much. Try your best to love and care your family.

LINK : http://www.theblindsidemovie.com/dvd/index.html

我昨晚看了“攻其不備”這部電影，非常得享受。我認為這絕對是我這輩子看過最棒的電影之一。描述了一位女士和她的家人敞開心胸，因為他們有愛他們懂得分享。這部電影告訴我們當人們互愛懂得去分享榮耀和悲傷再糟的命運也可以扭轉。我覺得整部片笑點不斷使它沒有呈現過度的感傷。而且歡呼聲總是讓人感到歡樂，我很喜歡這個電影。要關懷家人喔!