Julianne Moore and Mark Ruffalo in Blindness (Miramax)
By Nick Alva
The film Blindness (opened October 3 throughout San Diego) is a thriller/mystery movie. The story proposes that everyone in the world goes blind except for one person (played by Julianne Moore). It starts off with one person and spreads through the whole world. When it begins, the government assumes that the blindness was contagious and so they quarantined everyone that was blind in an abandoned mental hospital. A woman whose sight is unaffected by the virus follows her afflicted husband (Mark Ruffalo) into quarantine because she does not want to leave him. They are left there with no guidance at all but are told not to leave or they will be killed. There are three wards, each containing only a limited number of beds. Days pass and and the hospital fills up with more and more blind people. After a couple weeks, people from the third ward take the food rations for themselves and basically hold them for ransom. People from the first and second wards have no choice but to abide by their rules and do what they ask. Later some of the people escape and Moore's character guides seven people through the destroyed streets of the city and then to safety.
Blindness (R for violence including sexual assaults, language and sexuality/nudity) wasn't all that great. I found it kind of stupid and with no point. i didn't like how the plague/virus came so unexpectedly and random and for no apparent reason. I think this film is not worth spending money on. I guess if you like these kind of movies where you have to keep guessing about what happens after then go ahead and see it. But I would not recommend it. It also has lots of nudity and sexual scenes.
--Nick Alva is a senior at Mount Miguel High School. He wanted to be a teen critic because he loves movies and thought it would be a good stepping stone to becoming a better writer. His favorite movies are Pulp Fiction, Pineapple Express, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Gangs Of New York, and The Departed.
