Murderball
An inspiring documentary Called Murderball focuses on the life of paraplegic athletes. They are in the rugby US team and played in the 2004 Paralympics. This sport is a very aggressive game, in which players in a modified wheelchair clang into each other making the other player to fall out of his chair. The main purpose of the game is to take the ball to one of the extremes of the court in order to score. Each of the players in the movie became disabled for different reasons, but all of them are in the team to follow their dream of becoming the best athletes. This film certainly captures peoples’ life experiences after they became paraplegic and how rugby has helped them recover. It also talks about the stereotypes we all have about handicapped individuals and how this film is so inspirational for many of us.
The film showed the struggles these players had to go through shortly after they got injured. They went through a face of denial, hoping they would walk again. They hid themselves from society …show more content…
There are many misconceptions about people in wheelchairs; people often look at them as they are not capable or taking care of themselves and feel sorry for them. In reality, they can learn to live normal lives and do everything as normal person would do. In the film, we can observe how all the players are very intelligent and energetic. They enjoy the same activities as everyone else, such as driving, going out with their friends, having a normal sex life, having a girlfriend or a family. At the same time, one of the team members said that people do not know about the Paralympics and they confuse them with the Special Olympics. He stated, "We're not going for a hug, we're going for a gold medal.” It is frustrating for them when other people underestimated them and treat them like they have a mental
An inspiring documentary Called Murderball focuses on the life of paraplegic athletes. They are in the rugby US team and played in the 2004 Paralympics. This sport is a very aggressive game, in which players in a modified wheelchair clang into each other making the other player to fall out of his chair. The main purpose of the game is to take the ball to one of the extremes of the court in order to score. Each of the players in the movie became disabled for different reasons, but all of them are in the team to follow their dream of becoming the best athletes. This film certainly captures peoples’ life experiences after they became paraplegic and how rugby has helped them recover. It also talks about the stereotypes we all have about handicapped individuals and how this film is so inspirational for many of us.
The film showed the struggles these players had to go through shortly after they got injured. They went through a face of denial, hoping they would walk again. They hid themselves from society …show more content…
There are many misconceptions about people in wheelchairs; people often look at them as they are not capable or taking care of themselves and feel sorry for them. In reality, they can learn to live normal lives and do everything as normal person would do. In the film, we can observe how all the players are very intelligent and energetic. They enjoy the same activities as everyone else, such as driving, going out with their friends, having a normal sex life, having a girlfriend or a family. At the same time, one of the team members said that people do not know about the Paralympics and they confuse them with the Special Olympics. He stated, "We're not going for a hug, we're going for a gold medal.” It is frustrating for them when other people underestimated them and treat them like they have a mental