Murderball

Murderball is a sport that quadriplegics can play. It is also called wheelchair rugby and is a very competitive sport. Team USA and Team Canada have huge rivalry. The former all-star from America, Joe Soares, was cut from the team and went to coach the Canadian wheel-chair rugby team. They won the United States team in Gothensburg, Sweden.
The movie inspired me to believe them not be disabled. I could not imagine how much stress was they U.S team was under during the finals. I felt a lot of sympathy and pity on the American team, not because of them having a disability, but because they lost to the Canadian team rivalry. Joe Soares was a definite betrayer of America. He just need to be the center of attention and the best. Ironically enough at the end of the movie New Zealand was the victorious team in the Paralympics.
The movie problematized the concept of normality and ability through the whole movie numerous times. They are all competitive males all in a huge contact sport. “Normal” males do the same thing with other various sports. These men discussed sex and alcohol which, not to be stereotypical, but what “normal” males do. A shot was taking with the men pulling pranks and playing cards. If I told you this though you would just assume able bodied males just chilling. I really see no difference between these men and their doing and a non-paraplegic.
The creators of the film did a very good job by making the audience understand what people with a disability go through everyday life without making people with disabilities seem like they should be pitied. They made everyone real. They created an atmosphere that you will find in many other sport related movies with the same educational feel. It had real life drama. It gave a perspective of wheelchair rugby for a paraplegic that hasn’t played before. It also offered an intense sports game to sit on the edge with. The movie was made extremely well in the sense of it not being a depressing movie.