Crash............a Trainwreck
All right, maybe it wasn't that bad, but it wasn't that great. I finally saw Crash yesterday and was a trifle disappointed. For the past six months I've been trying to see this movie after hearing all the positive feedback from everyone. 'It's such a good movie' this and that yadda yadda but just because a movie is directed in reverse sequence doesn't make it good. I could tell you the events of my day today in reverse sequence and it would still be completely dull. The entire story was ridiculously unbelievable to me. The chances of each character's lives intertwining in the way they do are nill. Come on, seriously, the girl the cop practically raped is the same girl he has to save from a burning car? Oh, what a dilemma. The "good cop" gives a ride home to the "educated gangsta" and ends up shooting him. Get out of here. This is how you diffuse that stressful situation:
Gangsta(laughing): People are funny.
Cop: Why, cause I'm white?
Gangsta: No, I see you have a St. Christopher's medal. Look, I also have one in my pocket.
Cop: Wow, that's pretty cool.
(End of Scene)
And who picks up hitchhikers nowadays anyway? Then you have the "Arab" whose store gets robbed and automatically it's the "Mexican's" fault. Yea, definitely couldn't have been anyone else so I'm going to go to the guy's house to shoot him in broad daylight when he's holding his daughter in his arms. Noone witnessed any of this by the way? Show me a store that doesn't have a surveilance camera. If this small business was his whole life you'd think he would have invested a little more money in security. If you just fixed the door as suggested all of this would have been avoided.
Finally, Paul Haggis, the guy who wrote this seems like just another bleeding heart liberal (see also Michael Moore). Boo hoo, people are racist, the LAPD is corrupt, blah, blah, blah. Racism does suck, but it will probably be a part of life for a long time. Some cops are corrupt, but sadly it's a necessary evil. It is essential for their survival in many cities across the country. What does Paul Haggis know about racism anyway? I don't know the guy personally, but I bet he hasn't been pulled over a whole lot in his life for being black. He's from Ontario, Canada for Christ's sake. The only other oscar nominee I saw was Walk The Line and that was a thousand times better than this movie. Johnny Cash has been snubbed once again.
Gangsta(laughing): People are funny.
Cop: Why, cause I'm white?
Gangsta: No, I see you have a St. Christopher's medal. Look, I also have one in my pocket.
Cop: Wow, that's pretty cool.
(End of Scene)
And who picks up hitchhikers nowadays anyway? Then you have the "Arab" whose store gets robbed and automatically it's the "Mexican's" fault. Yea, definitely couldn't have been anyone else so I'm going to go to the guy's house to shoot him in broad daylight when he's holding his daughter in his arms. Noone witnessed any of this by the way? Show me a store that doesn't have a surveilance camera. If this small business was his whole life you'd think he would have invested a little more money in security. If you just fixed the door as suggested all of this would have been avoided.
Finally, Paul Haggis, the guy who wrote this seems like just another bleeding heart liberal (see also Michael Moore). Boo hoo, people are racist, the LAPD is corrupt, blah, blah, blah. Racism does suck, but it will probably be a part of life for a long time. Some cops are corrupt, but sadly it's a necessary evil. It is essential for their survival in many cities across the country. What does Paul Haggis know about racism anyway? I don't know the guy personally, but I bet he hasn't been pulled over a whole lot in his life for being black. He's from Ontario, Canada for Christ's sake. The only other oscar nominee I saw was Walk The Line and that was a thousand times better than this movie. Johnny Cash has been snubbed once again.
posted by Walklett at 5:18 PM
2 Comments:
i agree with much of what you said here. i recall being left with a "yeah but that never could've even come close to actually happening." i think the overuse of vignette intertwining was not only not believable, it was also unnecessary. a better writer would have found a more realistic way to make the very salient points of each segment without so much need for suspension of disbelief, like what you said about Entourage's kevin dillon's brother matt saving a girl he'd previously assaulted hours earlier.
but i don't think these flaws ruined the experience and value of the movie at all. some of the arguments that happened were very symbolic of the modern struggles relating to racism in the US. i don't imagine it will solve racism, but that's probably not haggis's (heheh, haggis) point. the movie is likely meant to be representative of the current racial climate, rather than its panacea.
it's like Plug 1 says, de la soul is here to stay like racism. and michael moore sucks.
I liked Crash. I don't know if it deserved best picture, but it was good.
What I don't like is the Blogklett. No updates on your weight, no interesting insights on the tournament, nothing. You stink.
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