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Murderball
Written by Sean on Sunday, November 20, 2005
At long last, I had the chance to watch the movie. And several hours after coming out of it, I’m on a high. I thoroughly enjoyed it. Sure, most of those guys arrogant, but what do you expect from jocks? What made it good, for me, was that it wasn’t just about quad rugby, it talked about many things, tried to portray wheelers in a different light.
Perhaps it is portraying in a "superhero" light, though I don’t think it is. It certainly shows each individuals as individuals, warts and all. It also shows a couple guys who are assholes, but as a childhood friend of one of the players points out "He was an asshole before the wheelchair, he’s still an asshole now, and anyone thinking the chair is the reason he’s an asshole is completely wrong!". I like that :)
One scene I noticed had to do with a recently injured guy who sat in a rugby chair for the first time. The look of joy in his face was really amazing. It in fact reminded me of the look Sophie had on her face when she had a chance to try my spare chair recently!
Because finding parking to get to the movie was difficult, I dropped my fiancee off and went to find parking. Apparently, she told that to the attendant at the ticket couner. This person apparently asked my partner how come I was able to drive/park and unload my chair by myself if I was a wheeler. I suggested she should watch the movie afterwards, but it turns out she already had. I think she may have watched the movie, but she didn’t *see* the movie, eh?
Gee those guys can move. Gee those guys hit hard. And gee, those guys have a twisted sense of humour (no details here in case you’ve not seen it, but I nearly wet myself laughing with the "box incident").
Does that make me want to take up quad rugby? Nah! I’ve never liked playing teamsports before, can’t see why I’d start liking it now. But I certainly wouldn’t mind seeing a couple games live.
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