Blindness

Although I have not seen the movie Blindness, I have heard so much controversy about it. After we watched the trailer for the movie in class, I could only laugh at how ridiculous it seemed. I could not believe that this movie seemed so intense and scary because people started to become blind and did not know how to be civilized when all confined together. I can understand how those who are blind may feel about the movie or those who are against the movie for using blindness as an epidemic. The article, "Blindness Gets Bad Review From the National Federation for the Blind" states that one of the characters does not become blind and "she is portrayed as physically, mentally, and morally superior to the others because she still has her sight." This quote was very interesting to me because, although I have never seen the movie, it doesn't seem as though the producers put much thought into the controversy it would cause. It seems as though they came up with a plot and went with what they liked. I do not think that this movie was meant to cause the feeling of being inferior to those who are blind. Looking at it from a different perspective I can see how those against it do feel. I would like to see the movie because I would like to see all of these issues brought up against the movie and be able to make a decision on my own.