cengizozder The movie I watched was actually taken with a very loyal mind to original José Saramago's book. When we look at the lower IMDb score that movie have taken, we realize that it is not often overlooked that this film deserved by the viewer. Sad but we are not surprised. Because it's a literary adaptation. Blindness is not suitable for young minds waiting for the story of post-civilization apocalyptic worlds like 'Mad Max' 'Waterworld' and 'God of Flies'. This is not the action that this generation expects, but the dark desperate world that goes bumpy in the feces is something beyond the comfort standards even for young people. I advice people to read the book first and than watch Julianne Moore acting.

bejaouizied The film does not match what I have imagined when I read the book. The scenario of the film is quite similar to the story however the image, the way it's filmed and the colours caused a lost of originality that the book offers, the book has lost its soul when it has been filmed. Worth watching though.

Lugo1989 The title says it all. One of the most disappointing films I have seen in a while. The story has so many faults that it makes watching this a really frustrating experience.A city is ravaged by an epidemic of instant white blindness. Sounds like an interesting premise doesn't it? Well, they ruined it. People who get blind are simply put in a quarantine which is some old abandoned building and they are just left there like animals which seems completely unrealistic. I don't think the authorities would just lock up people, surround the place with armed guards, give them some food, deny any medical assistance and leave them there in a complete mess. And don't forget they are all blind so after a while the place begins to look truly awful.There is also nothing explained where the disease came from, what caused it, how to prevent or cure it.Our main female protagonist is the only one that can still see, somehow she did not get infected and why her sight remained normal is not explained either. I believe she could make much better use of her untouched sight than she did. Especially when a guy who is a self-proclaimed king of one of the wards makes life even more miserable to others by denying some of them food and is feared by many because he has a gun. Since her eyes work she could easily take his gun, hit him in the head with something or react in any other way much sooner than she did thus helping others.After a while they break out of the building and discover they were simply left in the city with many other blind people. At this point the story should really pick up the pace and it simply doesn't. We are left with blind people roaming the city streets, looking for food, they main group that we are following even move in together and all of a sudden live a happy life. I am not going to even lose words on the ending since it's simply too bad to even bother.I am sure some of you are used to watching slow-burners but believe me, this is much too slow. Characters are one-dimensional and sometimes make completely unreasonable decisions, the acting would be the only positive thing here, Mark Ruffalo and Julianne Moore are not bad at all as well as the supporting cast and that is the only reason why I rated this 2 instead of 1 stars. In conclusion, avoid Blindness and spend 2 hours of your life on something else, anything else.

Tyla Kar Okay, I admit it. I watched this movie twice, but only because I had read the book. The first time watched it I just switch on the subtitles and played the movie at x4 speed, as I can read fairly fast. Even then it was slow and boring, but for some reason I felt I had missed something and did not get the full effect of the film. So I watched it a second time with a friend, at normal speed, and I realised what I missed was a torturous 2 hours where I could have been doing something else. The film was simply terrible. At least at x4 speed it is over in 30 minutes, but at 2 hours the agony is simply prolonged. I wished I had read the reviews here first. I might have avoided this train wreck. The sad part is it is not that much different from the book, which I always had an issue with. I felt it was written from one man's very limited perspective on humanity and his complete lack of understanding of actual blindness. Blind people do not behave like retarded farm animals, and a caring wife would not so easily allow herself to get raped for food. It just goes to show the writers imagination is quite limited, if he thinks people behave in such a way. It also shows he has little life experience, which is strongly reflected in the film. Simply put; this film is neither realistic nor is anything in it believable. Things happen very randomly and the characters are simply cardboard cutouts. I would avoid this film at all costs, unless you enjoy 2 hours of torture. If you insist on watching it, maybe do what I did the first time and play it at x4 speed. It is actually bearable that way.