Not even finals will keep me away from Documentary Night!

Ohhhhh, Documentary Night, the bright spot in my week of pain. This weeks feature was Murderball, actually suggested by Suzette in the comment section of this blog and then seconded by Megan. Since we could not get Suzette out here, Megan did the honors of introducing it. Also, we had screwed Megan over multiple times by stealing her suggestions, so it was time for us to give her a break. Paige suggested cancelling Doc Night earlier today due to the massive amounts of work that we all have, but we decided that might just be the last straw for Megan's sanity...and we just couldn't deal with that. Plus we were really excited for Murderball. So, without further ado.....Murderball.

10:00-Where's Ari?

10:02-Tonight I will be watching the documentary, blogging about it and writing a paper. Let's go.

10:04-The crowd is sparse, Megan is screwed over again

10:04-ARI ARRIVES! Megan is only slightly screwed over now. I should mention that tonight's feature is Murderball, which follows Quad Rugby, or a rugby league played in specially made wheelchairs for quadriplegics. 

10:05-Megan's introduction: Overall very well put together. Focuses on fun movie facts. She just used the phrase "Ass level view of the world". This movie just got 20 times more interesting. 

10:08-"People seem surprised at what I can do. I can cook, I can drive....I might not be that good a cook...I might not be that good a driver...."

10:10-This looks painful....

10:11-Dammit...this isn't one of those docs that you make fun of. These people aren't crazy....and they can kick my ass.

10:13-Hey-o! World rugby championship. As with all sports, the US is the favorite. U-S-A! U-S-A!

10:14-Joe is angry. Apparently he will be angry for the rest of the movie. He used to be one of the top US rugby players until they cut him because he became too old. He coaches Team Canada now....TRAITOR!

10:16- Oh snap, Canada vs. US in the finals!

10:17-Time for the traditional fight with the people using the non-tv side of the room..this time over tv volume. 

10:19-This is intense...oh snap....I think Canada won...

10:20-Fuck Canada. I hate this movie.

10:21-Ohhhhh Cannnnnadaaaaaa. The US is crying.

10:22-and now we're in a discoteque of sorts...?

10:24-I have a total crush on Andy...if only his hair wasn't bleached blonde

10:25-Oh, I like Scott too (Megan: They're both from Arizona!)

10:28-Joe is having a Super Bowl party....it's getting hostile...

10:31-Joe has a son Robert who he yells at and makes polish his trophies....ohhhh he's going to have issues. Robert also received an award for his exceptional performance as a school safety patrol, but his Dad won't let him put it on the trophy wall because it's not sports related

10:34-Oh. My. God. We are watching a video on how to have sexual relations post spinal cord injury.

10:41-Oh crap, Joe had a heart attack

10:43-He appears to be ok...

10:50-Keith, a recently injured quadriplegic, has beautiful eyes....I'm smitten. Sorry Scott and Andy...

11:01-Joe has a Boston accent, lives in Florida, coaches the Canadian team and, as it was just revealed, immigrated from Portugal. Go figure.

11:02-These wheelchairs they use are hardcore...I can't help but be reminded of Battlebots

11:03-USA prevails over Canada in the Olympic seeding round, they will enter the Olympics as the top team. WHAT WHAT!?!?!?!?

11:05- In a touching moment, Joe makes it to his son's viola recital. 

11:08-Mark visits Keith's rehab place to explain quad rugby to recovering quadriplegics. Keith smiles for the first time. His eyes look glorious. Megan warned me that all of the players are good looking....she was right

11:11-Ari: I wonder if they have some sort of...12 month calendar.....I would buy that. (As opposed to an 11 month calendar?)

11:13-They hid the man with no legs or arms in a box and then called in an able bodied person to help them pick the box up. Epic.

11:17-Zuppan invites the guy who was driving the car that crashed and paralyzed him to the Olympic games. It's a touching moment

11:20-Fuck Canada. The US has been defeated.

11:22-We're dangerously close to Brian's Song level of tears here. They haven't started yet but they're coming. Everyone's hugging and crying...Megan just told me they won gold in  2008, tears have stopped at this good news.

11:23-New Zealand won gold...so that's good, at least Canada didn't win

11:25-They end the movie at Walter E. Reed hospital teaching wheelchair rugby to vets. That was a downer

11:28-Andrea "surprises" us with a surprise documentary. It would have been a better surprise if she didn't e-mail us before hand to tell us. She says if anyone doesn't want to watch a 24 minute movie then they should just leave. I get up and try and get out

11:29-Apparently this has to do with her thesis, protesting AIDS....it covers a protest at St. Patrick's Cathedral that was "redonculous"...her words, not mine.

11:32-I should note that this is the first documentary we've watched that is on a video cassette. I enjoy the grainy quality of the film. 

11:35-Awkward close up on a women with a chipped tooths mouth. That's just mean

11:40-I'm a bit confused, but oh well

11:44-Discussion of next weeks movie.  Ari and I suggest "The OC" a touching story of a boy who fell off the wayward path and the family that put him back on track. It's shot down.