project film school

Having thouroughly enjoyed watching the film Murderball, I wondered why I never got around to seeing it before. This is the type of documentary that is right up my alley. I got my answer when I revisted the trailer for the film (see above). It is marketed as sports movie - more than that a RUGBY movie.

Murderball is a film about courage, and using all you have to live your life - it is about family and acceptance - these issues are all packaged and woven together with the thread of wheelchair rugby - it is the thing that brings the film together - but not what the film is about.

This happens all too often in present day cinema - take Signs for example (I may hate M. Night Shyamalan, but his films often fall into this catergory).

Signs was marketed as a movie about an Alien Invasion - and while that was a part of the film, Signs is a movie about spirituality and faith - those expecting aliens were most likely disappointed (although i argue that you should simply expect BAD when hanging with M Night in order not to be dissapointed)

Unfortunatley while missleading marketing most likely helped M Night and M Gibson - it most likely hurt M. Zupan and J. Soares - I can think of many people that would love Murderball but like me never really considered it - based on a poorly run advertising campaign.

I wish Hollywood realized that it isnt always about gltiz, glam and rough and tough: sometimes the human spirit is inspiration enough to spend 2 hours of your day involved in a story.