Comments on: ‘Blindness’ movie angers blind people

By: kc

kc — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 04:11:19 +0000

okay, seriously
****Just because a person is blind DOES NOT MAKE THEM STUPID!!!
I am legally blind myself, and this movie was awful!
we are perfectly capable of doing everyday things
WE ARE NOT IDIOTS
WE ARE ALSO NOT IGNORANT, LIKE A FEW OF THE POSTERS ABOVE
and it damn well is just like saying something about race or religion. it affects our lives just as race or religion does…
seriously, think people
try to step out of your ignorant bubble and actually THINK about what it might be like for a person with low vision on a day to day basis. THINK about all of the ridicule one might suffer from because of IGNORANT people like you.
thats all it is… people being ignorant and close minded.

By: brad

brad — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 21:20:03 +0000

hah now i feel bad. okay your not stupid just think sometimes

By: brad

brad — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 21:17:51 +0000

hi right, I AM BLIND what do you mean can someone explain to me how someone who is blind complains about a movie they didn’t like, sireusly think use your brain i just don’t understand people like you. your stupid infact all of the people like you are stupid.
i have not seen the movie and if i do well if i like it i like it, if i hate it i hate it. how could someone blind complain about a movie well like this.
i really really like the matrix but this is just a exsample.
i hated the voices the sound afex didn’t even sound right. oh here’s one for you. the audio description was crap. for anyone who doesn’t no what audio description is. i should say go google it but i wont. it is a track that plays a long with the movie it tells the blind persun waht is going on.
so to answer your question that is how someone complains about a movie. see anyone can do it. blind deff in a willchair anyone can do it. some of you sightys have to think some times. just because i am blind doesn’t mean i can not do things. believe me deff and people in willchairs can do just as good as us people who can here and who can walk. right rant over i think i’ll let you read this and think next time
thanks for reading.

By: ajsmith

ajsmith — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 23:34:55 +0000

Can someone explain to me how a blind person can complain about a movie they didn’t like. Anyone?

By: Mariz

Mariz — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 03:33:18 +0000

I hated the movie so much. It makes me ill especially the part were the women had to sell their body for food. Jullienne Moore’s character should have done something before that happend. Because the fact that she could see.. I was so upset;-(

By: Saray

Saray — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 23:39:02 +0000

You need to look at this from the perspective of a blind person. I thought it was a little ridiculous that blind people were protesting the movie, but then I heard that the people who went blind in this movie were doing deplorable things and it all made sense. It was making people look like savages when they went blind — which people who do go blind later on in life aren’t like that. If a movie was made about your religion or something else that hits close to home for you making those types of people look completely incompetent and deplorable, then I’m pretty sure you would be pissed too. You would want people to know that that’s now really what those types of people are like. This is exactly what blind people are doing. They don’t want other people to think they are completely worthless, because they definitely aren’t. So how about putting yourself in their shoes and looking it at from their perspective.

And like Danny said, everyone has to depend on someone else in some way or another. Unless you’re living out in the boonies and not using any modern technology or anything, then you’re dependent upon someone, and I’m pretty sure some blind person out there is doing work for you in some form or another…

By: barbara

barbara — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 12:06:52 +0000

I HATED THE MOVIE!!!!!!!!
I s not realistic.

By: Danny

Danny — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 01:26:09 +0000

The One Eyed Man and irate pirate forgot to ad something. people that are able to see were also taught things that they would not have learned by them selvs. so, before speaking about someone else, they should look at them selvs and what they have. We all have had somebody help us out in some way or another.

By: silvia

silvia — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 02:15:42 +0000

I guess you did not understand that in the movie/book the blindness they are referring to is not about being unable to see with the eyes, but a totally dissability of seeing what human beings are capable of doing when they are in totally lost of common sense, how people ignore several facts in live, like people dying because they have no food, how people tends to ignore reallity, and its definetly not about being unable to see, its a metaphore, and you should not get so sensitive and take it this way….
think! people have to think!!!!!!!!!!

By: ?

Thu, 16 Oct 2008 00:57:18 +0000

if you are blind how did you find out abuot this movie, or what is in it and how they potray blind people. also get over it, the movie wasnt an atack on you. it was for entertainment.

By: Irate Pirate

Irate Pirate — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 10:01:12 +0000

I was all set to make a long comment, but after reading the post by ‘The One Eyed Man’ I see I don’t need to as he seems to have covered all bases quite eloquently. I especially liked his point about being politically correct. Makes me wonder just how well the blind would be able to function if absolutely everyone around them were suddenly blind as well, especially the more time goes by.

I have nothing against blind people and in fact my best friend falls just short of being legally blind himself. I just think this whole thing smacks of being completely fatuous. When you fly off the handle, ill-informed and without a clear picture of the reality of the situation (ie: the big picture), you often end up looking like a jackass and this story is a perfect case in point. I wouldn’t be the least surprised if their outrage was based solely upon the trailer and/or title rather than a viewing of the actual movie. I especially like her comment about African-Americans and Jewish people. Would a movie where everyone was suddenly dark skinned or of a different faith even work? No, wait… I can see that being used in Disaster Movie II lol. Talk about silly.

Speaking from my own perspective, as I’ve only seen the trailer so far, this movie sounds like a really great idea and I’m looking forward to seeing it. I know I wouldn’t be able to function if I found myself suddenly blind along with everyone else around me. If you really want to know what reaction most people with decent vision would truly have, go have a talk with all of the folks who’ve ended up in the emergency room within the past few years due exactly to sudden blindness, finding themselves being diagnosed as having diabetes (a common cause). I’ll bet you anything the answers most often given will run from startled to terrified.

Hmm… ended up being a long comment anyways. Sorry about that. Can’t seem to help it when I’ve been irked.

By: Rekrul

Rekrul — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 00:08:57 +0000

âBlindness doesnât have to be this tragedy that unfortunately society makes it out to be,â she said. âItâs based on fear.â

I can’t speak for anyone else, but I wouldn’t be able to live if I suddenly went blind. How would I know if I’ve dropped a bit of food onto the rug? Or if the bread is starting to get moldy? How would I read the directions on the back of a package of food? Or tell what demonimation my money is?

By: The One Eyed Man

The One Eyed Man — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 17:32:53 +0000

Bwahahahahah….I read about the planned protests last week and couldn’t quite believe what I was reading. First, the book is an alegory for the fall, inevitable corruption, and rebirth of society, and, incidentally, a Nobel Prize winner. All of which these clowns would know if they had bothered to read the thing, which the spokesman admits, they haven’t. Second, no, sorry, the blind cannot take care of themselves. No matter how PC we love to be in Canada, the blind are able to manage day to day only becuase of the exisitence and work of sighted people who accomadate them, and help them order their world in such a way that they can function. And, as the first poster said, even that takes time and practice. Third, this book has been in english translation (and braille, incidentally) for thirteen years now. Where was this uproar when it might have been relevant? Fourth, a boycot…of a film (read that again…A FILM)….by the blind. You have to be kidding me. Who exactly is that supposed to inconvienience? Too bad the movie is, by all accounts, a botched abortion of a film.

By: Jon

Jon — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 14:11:41 +0000

@ Henry, Fixed. Thanks.

I live on Vancouver Island and Iâm surrounded by mountains. Today, the weather is bad and Iâve noticed before, when atmospheric conditions deteriorate, my Wi-Fi connection keeps dropping. Iâm going to switch back to hardwire â for work anyway.

Cheers!

By: Hippie

Hippie — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 14:10:30 +0000

” But the portrayal of blind people in the Disney flick as âincompetent, filthy, vicious and depraved,â and unable to do simple things such as dressing, bathing and finding the bathroom is deplorable, says Canadian Federation of the Blind president Elizabeth Lalonde. ”

Haven’t seen the movie, but it occurs to me …
If suddenly a majority of the population goes blind, this kind
of thing is EXACTLY what could happen.

Yes, the blind can take care of themselves , but after a period of time and
adjustment. If I suddenly went blind I WOULD have trouble with all of the
things mentioned in the article.

This is pretty dam ridiculous.

By: Henry Emrich

Henry Emrich — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 14:02:09 +0000

Jon:
The post is severely truncated.