Movie Review: Crash
Wow...my mind is all muddled up with many thoughts, questions and perspectives after watching "Crash". The movie was not made for purely just enjoyment. Yes, it's a movie but it told a thought-provoking, controversial story and within the story held a rather very powerful message for everyone. And the message wasn't subtle at all. Very thought-provoking (and emotion-provoking too!) that I must give you my perspective on the American society's tolerance other cultures in a separate entry.
"Crash" is set in present-day Los Angeles and centers on several people of various ethnic backgrounds: a District Attorney and his wife who both are white, a Persian storeowner and his family, two police detectives who are lovers - one's black and one's Hispanic, a film director and his wife who both are African-Americans, a Mexican locksmith and his family, two black carjackers, an experienced cop and his rookie partner - both white, and a middle-aged Korean couple. All of them are connected to each other one way or another and all events occurs within 36 hours. Each of them faces situations where their tolerance of other ethnic groups are tested.
The way the movie was directed was done so well that I had to look up to find who the director was. The film was directed by Paul Haggis, a name I was not familiar with, who also wrote the story. After looking him up on imdb.com, it turned out that I've never seen many of his other works. There were many familiar faces in the movie: Sandra Bullock, Tony Danza, Jennifer Esposito, Ryan Phillippe, Marina Sirtis, Matt Dillon, Brendan Fraser, Don Gheadle, and a few others. I must really applaud all the actors and actresses for being so brave to star in such a film so controversial like "Crash". And their acting were great.
This film represents how the American people really are when it comes to cultural differences and how we understand it. There were a lot of conflicts, prejudices, anger, misunderstanding, fears and maybe some hatred -- all from how we tolerate other ethnic groups. It might shock you, but you cannot possibly deny that it's true. We are not truly a "melting pot" as we would like to think. The only disappointment I had with this film was that the cultural differences it represented were based on color of skin and nationality. Not all cultures are distinguished by the skin of color and nationality. It'd be nice to see a Deaf character in the film dealing with the same oppressive attitude from the society that other ethnic groups had dealt with.
This is not a film where one would want to watch repeatedly. Remember, it's not made for enjoyment. But it's a must-see film. Highly recommended. I give this film an A.
"Crash" is set in present-day Los Angeles and centers on several people of various ethnic backgrounds: a District Attorney and his wife who both are white, a Persian storeowner and his family, two police detectives who are lovers - one's black and one's Hispanic, a film director and his wife who both are African-Americans, a Mexican locksmith and his family, two black carjackers, an experienced cop and his rookie partner - both white, and a middle-aged Korean couple. All of them are connected to each other one way or another and all events occurs within 36 hours. Each of them faces situations where their tolerance of other ethnic groups are tested.
The way the movie was directed was done so well that I had to look up to find who the director was. The film was directed by Paul Haggis, a name I was not familiar with, who also wrote the story. After looking him up on imdb.com, it turned out that I've never seen many of his other works. There were many familiar faces in the movie: Sandra Bullock, Tony Danza, Jennifer Esposito, Ryan Phillippe, Marina Sirtis, Matt Dillon, Brendan Fraser, Don Gheadle, and a few others. I must really applaud all the actors and actresses for being so brave to star in such a film so controversial like "Crash". And their acting were great.
This film represents how the American people really are when it comes to cultural differences and how we understand it. There were a lot of conflicts, prejudices, anger, misunderstanding, fears and maybe some hatred -- all from how we tolerate other ethnic groups. It might shock you, but you cannot possibly deny that it's true. We are not truly a "melting pot" as we would like to think. The only disappointment I had with this film was that the cultural differences it represented were based on color of skin and nationality. Not all cultures are distinguished by the skin of color and nationality. It'd be nice to see a Deaf character in the film dealing with the same oppressive attitude from the society that other ethnic groups had dealt with.
This is not a film where one would want to watch repeatedly. Remember, it's not made for enjoyment. But it's a must-see film. Highly recommended. I give this film an A.
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