Daily affirmations of a word mercenary
It’s movies like Murderball that make me fall in love with documentary film making all over again. GREAT fucking movie. It treats its subjects like what they are: jocks. Disabled jocks, sure. But jocks with bad attitudes and rivalries who like to talk about tits and jerking off and kicking each other’s asses. Sure, there’s a little bit of a redemption tale woven in (how could there not be when you’re dealing with athletes who are overcoming physical obstacles?), but mostly it’s just a movie about guys playing sports … in wheelchairs that look like small tanks. Here are (unanimously positive) reviews, here’s a murderballer’s blog, here are some clips, here’s the official website, and now for fooksake: GO SEE THE FILM! It’s playing all over the place.
Hey there. I'm Ariel Meadow Stallings, a native Seattleite who's written my way up and down the Left Coast. Electrolicious is where I post daily randomata, but I also write for a living. My first book, Offbeat Bride, was published last year.
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brett
August 2nd, 2005 at 9:26 am
glad you liked the movie ariel. thanks for letting people know about it. i hear it is doing big things in the usa. it comes out here in aus in sept i think. anyway……….seemerollin!