Preface: I wanted to bring this closer to the top because the movie is still in some of the theaters!
There were 101 seats in the theater auditorium....and my wife and I were the only two there to see the new biopic on Phil Robertson....The Blind. It was a late afternoon showing....but I noticed that the evening showing was much better attended. We had only seen a couple of Duck Dynasty episodes in its what....five year run? Although I do have and love their Christmas album. So I don't know a whole lot about the family....although I did know that Phil was an alcoholic and terrible father and husband in his twenties. I also knew that he was a college football star.
Well there's one more thing that I knew about Phil. It was a Roy Moore rally in December of 2017.....and the usual cast of conservative characters were there to support Moore.....including Phil Robertson. I posted on this at the time. I think that Robertson was the last to speak.....and it was a typical conservative evangelical speech....very profound actually....and he finished with this....."We better get a godly man in the White House." As I wrote back then....he paused to let that sink in....Donald Trump was already in the White House...and then added this...."The Ten Commandments Trump Politics....pun intended." So I knew back then that this Phil Robertson and I were of the same mnd.
So back to the movie....The Blind....it was a wonderful Christian message of redemption....much needed in these tremulous times! There's a lot of duck hunting in it. Our son is a duck hunter.....so this gave me an idea on what he does when he goes out in....the blind.
The acting is very good....along the lines of the Johnny Cash 2005 film I Walk The Line....and the length is about perfect....an hour and forty-five minutes. I'll relate one odd scene....Phil....in his younger days.....puts a sack over Terry Bradshaw's head.....(yes the Steeler Terry Bradshaw).....this over fifty years ago....and takes him on a short cruise in a fisherman's powerboat. That's all I'll tell you.....maybe you will go to see the film to see what that was all about.
They choose a good title in....The Blind....but another one would have been....Blinded By The Light....pun intended.
