Crash
This is one of the best movies I've ever seen...and it's also the hardest to do a review on.
There's no concrete storyline. It's about a bunch of people who live in Los Angeles who don't know each other, but they all interect with each other in several different ways throughout the two days in which the movie takes place.
So in order to do an accurate review for this movie, I'll have to give character descriptions and you'll have to watch the movie to see how these come into play.
The Cast: a black police detective with a drugged out mother and a thieving younger brother, two car thieves who are constantly theorizing on society and race, the distracted district attorney and his irritated and pampered wife, a racist veteran cop (caring for a sick father at home) who disgusts his more idealistic younger partner, a successful black Hollywood director and his wife who must deal with racist cop, a Persian-immigrant father who buys a gun to protect his shop, the Persian-immigrants daughter who tries her hardest to keep her father from killing someone on the fly, a Hispanic locksmith and his young daughter who is afraid of bullets
One thing they all have in common: They are all affected by the racial issues in America today. The DA of LA (played by Brendon Fraser) wants the black vote but doesn't think he can get it because he feels that he comes across as too unconcerned and too concerned with race at the same time ('cause that makes sense...). When his car is stolen from him and his wife (Sandra Bullock) at gunpoint, his wife freaks out on every person who has a different shade of skin than herself, causing much tension. The locksmith who was changing the locks on her home happens to be a Hispanic who she makes discriminatory comments against. He's an honest man who has a wife and daughter who care very much for him, and he for them. Then you have the thieves that stole the DA's car...one of them is fairly down-to-earth, yet he's retarded for sticking around with the other loser who takes everything as discrimination. Then you have the racist cop...when the report comes in that the DA's car has been stolen, he and his non-racist partner pull a similar vehicle over, knowing the entire time that this is not, in fact, the stolen vehicle. When he sees that the driver and passenger are not pasty white with blonde hair and blue eyes he pulls them over. He majorly violates the female passenger, whose husband sits and looks on helplessly...he doesn't want to cross a racist cop.
OK...maybe this isn't going to work. I've only described about 4 characters and I'm just not doing the movie justice. There is no way to tell you the full synopsis of this movie. You just have to see it.
The acting is phenomonal!! Sandra Bullock was awesome and I didn't know Ludacris was so gifted in his acting (I haven't seen 2 Fast 2 Furious, so maybe I should check that out). I always enjoy watching Brendon Fraser and I really liked the man who played the locksmith (his name escapes me at the moment...). There were maybe 2 continuity issues in the entire film and no continuity problems makes me happy.
The movie deals with heavy racial discrimination and the effects it has on everyone. It's a challenging film to watch, but it is one that everyone should see. It's probably not a film you should sit your 6-year-old down to watch, but all who deal with these issues should definitely see this movie. Whether your a victim or an offender or even just a bystander, racism affects us all, and 'Crash' shows that full well.
5 stars. Wow.
There's no concrete storyline. It's about a bunch of people who live in Los Angeles who don't know each other, but they all interect with each other in several different ways throughout the two days in which the movie takes place.
So in order to do an accurate review for this movie, I'll have to give character descriptions and you'll have to watch the movie to see how these come into play.
The Cast: a black police detective with a drugged out mother and a thieving younger brother, two car thieves who are constantly theorizing on society and race, the distracted district attorney and his irritated and pampered wife, a racist veteran cop (caring for a sick father at home) who disgusts his more idealistic younger partner, a successful black Hollywood director and his wife who must deal with racist cop, a Persian-immigrant father who buys a gun to protect his shop, the Persian-immigrants daughter who tries her hardest to keep her father from killing someone on the fly, a Hispanic locksmith and his young daughter who is afraid of bullets
One thing they all have in common: They are all affected by the racial issues in America today. The DA of LA (played by Brendon Fraser) wants the black vote but doesn't think he can get it because he feels that he comes across as too unconcerned and too concerned with race at the same time ('cause that makes sense...). When his car is stolen from him and his wife (Sandra Bullock) at gunpoint, his wife freaks out on every person who has a different shade of skin than herself, causing much tension. The locksmith who was changing the locks on her home happens to be a Hispanic who she makes discriminatory comments against. He's an honest man who has a wife and daughter who care very much for him, and he for them. Then you have the thieves that stole the DA's car...one of them is fairly down-to-earth, yet he's retarded for sticking around with the other loser who takes everything as discrimination. Then you have the racist cop...when the report comes in that the DA's car has been stolen, he and his non-racist partner pull a similar vehicle over, knowing the entire time that this is not, in fact, the stolen vehicle. When he sees that the driver and passenger are not pasty white with blonde hair and blue eyes he pulls them over. He majorly violates the female passenger, whose husband sits and looks on helplessly...he doesn't want to cross a racist cop.
OK...maybe this isn't going to work. I've only described about 4 characters and I'm just not doing the movie justice. There is no way to tell you the full synopsis of this movie. You just have to see it.
The acting is phenomonal!! Sandra Bullock was awesome and I didn't know Ludacris was so gifted in his acting (I haven't seen 2 Fast 2 Furious, so maybe I should check that out). I always enjoy watching Brendon Fraser and I really liked the man who played the locksmith (his name escapes me at the moment...). There were maybe 2 continuity issues in the entire film and no continuity problems makes me happy.
The movie deals with heavy racial discrimination and the effects it has on everyone. It's a challenging film to watch, but it is one that everyone should see. It's probably not a film you should sit your 6-year-old down to watch, but all who deal with these issues should definitely see this movie. Whether your a victim or an offender or even just a bystander, racism affects us all, and 'Crash' shows that full well.
5 stars. Wow.
posted by JGreenEyes at 11:53 AM
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