The Blind Side, Michael Oher, and Charge of the Light Brigade

tau film 'The Blind Side'? tau dong pastiii..

film yang dibintangin Sandra Bullock dan film itu bikin si pemeran Leigh Anne itu jadi pemenang Oscar lalu. pasti taulaaaah...

mungkin tau, tapi belom nonton...
film ini WAJIB ditonton. MESTI, HARUS!

kenapa? karena film ini banyak banget pesan moralnya. dan yang bikin gue makin nggak percaya, film ini based on true story.
yeeeep, Michael Oher di film ini ada di dunia nyata dan main di klub Baltimore Ravens, juga baru diberi penghargaan NFL di tahun 2009.

The Blind Side bercerita tentang Michael Oher, anak dari wanita yang punya banyak anak. sampe suatu saat si Michael Oher ini akhirnya hidup terlunta-lunta hanya dengan sepotong baju dan celana pendek. akhirnya dia ditemuin sama pasangan Tuohy. Michael Oher ini dikenalkan sama football oleh pasangan itu.

gue salut sama tokoh si Leigh Anne Tuohy di film ini. gimana dia diejek temen-temennya yang rasis karena si Michael Oher ini kulit hitam dan - basically - orang kulit putih nganggep orang kulit hitam itu sebangsa pencuri dan kawan-kawannya.
juga gue ngerasa amazed sama tokoh Michael Oher di mana dia punya nilai yang rendah banget buat IQ-nya tapi dia dapet poin 99% dalam hal 'insting untung melindungi'. si Michael Oher ini ngebuktiin 'insting untuk melindungi'-nya waktu mobilnya kecelakaan dan dia langsung ngelindungin SJ - anaknya Leigh Anne - tanpa sadar kalo dia sendiri luka parah.

walopun biasanya gue nggak tertarik sama film bergenre drama tapi beda sama The Blind Side ini.
satu scene yang bikin gue mikir tentang kehidupan adalah scene dimana si Michael Oher harus nulis esai buat ngatrol nilainya. ini yang dia tulis...

Courage is a hard thing to figure. You can have courage based on a dumb idea or a mistake, but you are not supposed to question adults or your coach or your teacher. Because they make the rules. Maybe they know the best or maybe they don’t. It all depends on who you are and where they come from. Didn’t at least the six hundred guys think of giving up and joining with the other side. I mean The Valley Of Death! That’s pretty salty stuff. That’s why courage is tricky, should you always do what others tell you to do. Sometimes you might not even know why you do something. I mean any fool can have courage. But honour, that’s the real reason you do something or you don’t. It’s who you are and maybe who you want to be. If you die trying for something important then you have both honour and courage and that’s pretty good. I think that’s what the writer was saying, that you should hope for courage and try for honour and maybe even pray that the people telling you what to do have some too
~Michael Oher

esai yang dia tulis ini diilhami sama Mr. Tuohy yang bantuin si Michael karena dia nggak ngerti apa yang harus dia tulis. Mr Tuohy pun ngebacain puisi yang judulnya Charge of Light Brigade by Alfred Lord Tennyson yang bunyinya..

Half a league, half a league,
Half a league onward,
All in the valley of Death
Rode the six hundred.
`Forward, the Light Brigade!
Charge for the guns!' he said:
Into the valley of Death
Rode the six hundred.

`Forward, the Light Brigade!'
Was there a man dismay'd?
Not tho' the soldier knew
ome one had blunder'd:
Their's not to make reply,
Their's not to reason why,
Their's but to do and die:
Into the valley of Death
Rode the six hundred.

Cannon to right of them,
Cannon to left of them,
Cannon in front of them
Volley'd and thunder'd;
Storm'd at with shot and shell,
Boldly they rode and well,
Into the jaws of Death,
Into the mouth of Hell
Rode the six hundred.

Flash'd all their sabres bare,
Flash'd as they turn'd in air
Sabring the gunners there,
Charging an army, while
All the world wonder'd:
Plunged in the battery-smoke
Right thro' the line they broke;
Cossack and Russian
Reel'd from the sabre-stroke
Shatter'd and sunder'd.
Then they rode back, but not
Not the six hundred.

Cannon to right of them,
Cannon to left of them,
Cannon behind them
Volley'd and thunder'd;
Storm'd at with shot and shell,
While horse and hero fell,
They that had fought so well
Came thro' the jaws of Death,
Back from the mouth of Hell,
All that was left of them,
Left of six hundred.

When can their glory fade?
O the wild charge they made!
All the world wonder'd.
Honour the charge they made!
Honour the Light Brigade,
Noble six hundred!

Charge of the Light Brigade
Alfred Lord Tennyson

tadinya gue nggak ngerti apa maksud dari puisi itu. karena penasaran, gue buka tante wiki dan nemuin beberapa hal tentang Charge of the Light Brigade. walopun gue masih nggak begitu ngeh tapi begini kurang lebih maksudnya...

Although Tennyson's subject is the nobleness of supporting one's country, and the poem's tone and hoofbeat cadences are rousing, it pulls no punches about the horror of war: "cannon to right of them, cannon to left of them, cannon in front of them, volley'd and thunder'd". With "into the valley of Death" Tennyson works in resonance with "the valley of the shadow of Death" from Psalm 23; then and now, it is often read at funerals. Tennyson's Crimea does not offer the abstract tranquil death of the psalm but is instead predatory and menacing: "into the jaws of Death" and "into the mouth of Hell". The alliterative "Storm'd at with shot and shell" echoes the whistling of ball as the cavalry charge through it. After the fury of the charge, the final notes are gentle, reflective and laden with sorrow: "Then they rode back, but not the six hundred".
sumber: en.wikipedia.com

and quote of the day, "something that was built with blood, will end with blood too"