Smartorhypo Highly Overrated But Still Good

Platicsco Good story, Not enough for a whole film

Kien Navarro Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

Fatma Suarez The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

SnoopyStyle United States has been the dominate Quad rugby power until 2002 in Sweden when Canada beats the American team. Joe Soares had been the star of the American team until he was eventually cut. His bitterness drove him to coach the Canadian team turning a minor team into a world power. The Americans hope to get revenge in the 2004 Paralympics in Athens. This also digs into the personal lives of these men.This is a wonderful documentary. It has great characters. A guy like Joe Soares can't be written with just a word processor. Nobody would believe it if he wasn't real. The movie is insightful. It really digs into these people's personal lives. It's got great twists. Only in real life would the movie end that way.

Python Hyena Murderball (2005): Dir: Henry Alex Rubin, Dana Adam Shapiro / Featuring: Joe Soares, Mark Zupan, Keith Cavill: Riveting documentary about retaliating against one's flaws or faults. It regards a contact sport where wheelchair impaired can arm their wheelchairs and become part of a sport where no padding exists. The basketball court is to their total disclosure. They can pass the ball and touch down but they can also ram their opponents. Directors Henry Alex Rubin and Dana Adam Shapiro create one of the best and most intriguing documentaries ever filmed. They focus on three particular individuals whose limitations are generated towards celebrating the turning of that limitation towards a talent. Joe Soares is cut from the American team and retaliates by coaching Canada. He has a son who plays the violin and who yearns for his father's attention and approval. Mark Zupan tells of the accident rendered his condition. He was sleeping on the back of a truck unknown to a friend and an accident occurred that rendered his condition. Keith Cavill learns to accept his condition after a dirt bike accident. Not only does this documentary examine this wheelchair full contact sport but it demonstrates how God can use our weaknesses for greater glory so that others can surpass despair and render a difference in their own lives as well as bring hope to others. Score: 10 / 10

Randolph James (Solipsisticblog) This recent documentary about quadrapalegics playing a violent form of rugby never found its expected audience. It was expected to be a breakout hit of last summer and was even released under the MTV Films label. It was eclipsed by last summer's surprise hit doc "March of the Penguins." Is it any good? The scenes in which we follow the players in their day to day lives are great. One portion of the film follows a recently paralyzed motorcross racer and his excitement in discovering the sport. These moments are touching, inspiring, and the doc's best moments.The sport, though, is either filmed poorly by the directors or its just not that exciting. These moments are reminiscent of Oliver Stone's football scenes in "Any Given Sunday"--I can see a lot of bodies of banging together, but don't ask me what the heck is going on. It appears that who ever has possession of the ball is likely to score meaning that winning the game comes down to having the ball in the closing seconds.As a sports doc, it falls short. It greatly succeeds, though, in exploring the lives of the athletes.Recommended.Read more at http://solipsisticblog.blogspot.com/.

poisoned_flesh My thoughts on this film are that this film was well done, considering it was a Documentary. It was better than I expected, I expected it to be a boring old Documentary on some sport, although it wasn't. It was based on real people and how they live their lives having being in a wheelchair. It's not necessarily "action packed" if you will, but it has enough action to keep the viewer entertained. It's not only filled with action, but it carries with it emotion as well as confidence,strength, difficult challenges, and humiliation. It also takes a look at accomplishing your goals, and working towards that completion. I loved this Documentary because it displays a lot of truth to the facts of being a Quadriplegic. By: Steph