Crash

[Guest sharpie]

I was echoing Willets' earlier "nice to be quoted by Edgy." I know it wasn't a direct quote.

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

Any movie where Sandra Bullock falls down a flight of stairs is OK with me.

Agree with the heavyhandedness critiques above but good performances thruout.

[Guest martin]

Rotblatt wrote: Anyway, this movie didn't have a story to tell or even a message to impart--it had observations to make, and just kept hitting you over the head with them. "Racist stereotypes are ugly." WHAM! "But they're true sometimes." WHAM! "Everyone is racist." WHAM! "But even racists have their moments." WHAM! "Except when they don't." WHAM! In short, I think the movie took itself way too seriously.

that is a fantastic review, and i felt the same way. i already knew people were racist, i knew some of the racists were justified, and some arent. i know the guy that looks like he is in a latino gang gets treated like a gangster, even though he might be a cool fella with a sweet daughter who magically can't get shot.

they are pounding me with things i know, and act like they are teaching me a lesson i should remember, or reminding me that even i might be racist. i already know i am prejudiced, and so is everyone else, get off your high horse and stop slapping yourself on the back for observations you think you know and think you need to preach at us.

the only parts i liked were when ludacris was calling everybody a chinaman, but i would be happier if we could all just accept that as funny and not be asked to consider how that marginalizes people. its just namecalling man, we know when it is mean and when it isnt.

[Guest Bret Sabermetric]

Preachy POS whose plot is utterly reliant on coincidence.

[Willets Point]

A day in the life of several Angelinos, all of whom tend to be awful people who are blatantly racist and spout ham-fisted dialog. Along the way they have moments of heroics and frailty to show that their human, all done in a manipulative manner to rend one�s heart. At the end, we all learn a big fat lesson about race relations in America. It�s like that song �One Tin Soldier,� only less subtle.

[nymr83]

I'm pretty liberal (i don't think i've ever said those words before) with giving 5 stars. my system is pretty much something like this:

1- this movie horrible terrible piece of crap. to fall into this category a movie must either be a true story or documentary that is boooooring and or untrue or the movie must have neither a coherent plot, good laughs, or cool fight scenes.

2- this movie bad. maybe some people will like it but i didn't. there were too many coincidences or a lack of belief in the plot (for movies that take themselves seriously) or it wasnt funny (for movies that don't)

3- this movie was o.k. you should seek this movie when it happens to be on tv or if you have netflix and dont have to pay extra to see it. the movie doesnt stand out from hundreds of others you've seen but you don't regret the 3 hours and you walk away thinking "that was cool."

4- this movie was good and you should have seen it in theaters, but go get it now if you didn't. you'll reccomend this movie to friends and watch it again every so often.

5- this movie rocked. you are likely to add it to your DVD collection. you were either laughing from start to finish or engrossed with the characters/story.

edit- and i just realized that this thread was months old. damn.

[Guest AG/DC]

Doesn't matter. Worthwhile contributions.

[Willets Point]

Nymr83 wrote: edit- and i just realized that this thread was months old. damn.

This thread is almost 3-years old. It's a toddler.

But there's nothing that needs to be timely about posting in this thread.