Talk about the year of documentary. 100% fresh at RT with 39 reviews and an average of 8.2. 8.6 at IMDb. And it entered moviefone top 5 list while being only in 8 theaters! Can't wait to see it, and I still have March of the Penguins and Mad Hot Ballroom on the pipeline.

I really want to see this. There are also other documentaries I'd like to see but I forgot what they were called

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I can't wait to see Murderball.

I'm no documentary tourist either.

Still at 100% with 42 fresh reviews.

Impressive.

Looks pretty great.

Seriously, I challenge anyone to not at least mildly find this documentary interesting. Regardless of your sentiment's towards the subjects' personalities, they are very interesting, touching, uplifting, and most importantly, very real. Murderball was not a sob story, though I did tear up on occassion. This movie is about life, all of its pleasures, pains, and casual moments. From cussing to sex life to suing the national team, Murderball has it all.

Full review to come later.

I just listened to Ebert & Roeper, and they mentioned Oscar in their review...

I'd love to see it.

I read something in a Time magazine review that I thought was insightful enough to mention. It said that Murderball was an example of modern documentaries that are more specific than ones used to be. In the past, a movie like this would have been about parapalegia and how they cope in general, but this movie is about *these specific people* and that makes it more interesting, more watchable.

Well, I see your point. I'd expound on it a bit by saying its not that specific. They follow one man who has just gotten out of an accident, who isn't yet a player. He's miserable. I mean, he handles it as well as he can, but he comes home for the first time...seeing how his family and girlfriend have revamped the house for him while he was in ten months of rehab, and he just has a small breakdown. Very simple..."This sucks" type moment. But Zupan travels around introducing men to the sport, and you see Keith (I think that was his name) get this small light in his eye. They put him in Zupan's chair and he gets to try it out, and you finally see some vigor.

I think this movie is very physical. It doesn't really deal with quadriplegics that decide to go into academia, or anything like that. It focusses on men who were physical before and want to remain physical after. So yes, there are many people who drop their previous love for atheticism, but Murderball really focusses on the people who didn't want to give up on it.

I finished my full review awhile ago, but its not going up until after the main page change/update. I'll post it again in here too then.

This documentary was really great. The best I've seen since Spellbound, and by far the best of this year. Though people who are not into sport movies will still really learn alot from here. Just about spirit and persevearance, really the triumph of how these men tackle their own desires. As I mentioned before, some of them are kind of jerks, others are very soft-spoken and nice, but their stories are all woven together to procur a vast and rich discussion about appreciating habits one used to take for granted.

And let me say, the rugby ga,es were brutal I was cringing half the time at how agressive it was. Though I had trouble even looking at a regular rugby game once, so....

i had a chance to see this last weekend. i saw the rreviews, was shocked and went to read the synopsis and realized i really don't care much abotu the subject matter.

glad people are enjoying it though.

This is one of my most anticipated films of the year.

Tell me about the sex scenes Dolce. :pop:

bABA, like I said, while it focusses on the player, the theme really transcends any individual within it. Its not melo-dramatic either, so you'll be spared rolling your eyes too much. Very realist.

As to the sex scenes, Andrew talks about girls hitting on him, and how when he gets along with someone at a bar he can tell what's going through her mind. There's footage of a woman broaching the subject.

Keith asks about it after the accident, and they show a bit of an instructional sex video, as well as some of the guys discuss positions.

Enough of them speak about how traumatized they were at the thought of never getting an erection again, and when they learned they still could, they begin to talk about how its a problem (at first) because men get excited even when they can't do anything about it. What they learn to do, etc.

Instructional Tape?

sex instructional videos are hot.

@dolce .. naah .. i read over the description again .. just .. can't get ... myself to pay for this one. maybe one day.

The subject looks interesting, but this may be something that is better seen at home then paying for at a theater.

Doesn't look too good for its box-office either, it dropped 41.6% this weekend for a PTA of only $3,716. Not good at all and it might not be able to expand much beyond 25 theaters if it doesn't pull up soon.

Here it is guys, since there's been a delay due to main page overhaul to get it up I thought I'd post it here.

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Murderball doesn't hit Iowa until August 12th. Unless I drive into Chicago before then, that's the soonest I'll be able to watch it.

now what did you think of the 40 year old virgin