Crash

The KWMdB.

Moderators: sgt.null, dANdeLION

Post Reply
User avatar
Fist and Faith
Magister Vitae
Posts: 25545
Joined: Sun Dec 01, 2002 8:14 pm
Has thanked: 9 times
Been thanked: 57 times

Crash

Post by Fist and Faith »

Really, really, really, really good movie! 8O Holy cow! Intense. Terrifying. More realistic (unfortunately) than I've often seen in person (fortunately).

For those who don't know, it's about various people, of various ethnicities, in L.A., and the role racism, often intense racism, plays in their lives.

I happened to be on the other side of the aisle from a pair of black women. One was a little louder than usual. Not yelling, but getting loud at intense moments. When the closing credits started, I heard her tell her friend, "Everybody in the theater should hug somebody else now." As I finished putting my jacket on, she stepped past me, and I said, "I heard you. Get over here." She smiled, held up her arms, and we had a big hug. Then her friend wanted one too. The movie had its high points and low points, and I'm not sure what feeling anybody else had when they walked out. But the hug made it an incredibly positive thing for me. :D |G

Anyway, the acting was incredible!!! Yes, even Sandra Bullock was great!
All lies and jest
Still a man hears what he wants to hear
And disregards the rest -Paul Simon

Image
Top
User avatar
Worm of Despite
Lord
Posts: 9546
Joined: Sat Oct 26, 2002 7:46 pm
Location: Rome, GA
Contact:
Contact Worm of Despite

Post by Worm of Despite »

I don't doubt her greatness--just her taste in what movies she stars in (Miss Congeniality, anyone?)
"I support the destruction of the Think-Tank." - Avatar, August 2008
Top
User avatar
danlo
Lord
Posts: 20838
Joined: Wed Mar 06, 2002 8:29 pm
Location: Albuquerque NM
Been thanked: 1 time
Contact:
Contact danlo

Post by danlo »

I got about a third through Crash and distractions and the prolific cursing made me shelve it for later. It is a very intense, realistic and interesting movie, so far-please convince me I should see it through, thanks...
Last edited by danlo on Wed Jan 25, 2006 3:33 am, edited 1 time in total.
fall far and well Pilots!
Top
User avatar
matrixman
The Gap Into Spam
Posts: 8361
Joined: Thu Jul 10, 2003 11:24 am

Re: Crash

Post by matrixman »

I'm sorry I didn't check out Fist's post before.
Fist and Faith wrote: I happened to be on the other side of the aisle from a pair of black women. One was a little louder than usual. Not yelling, but getting loud at intense moments. When the closing credits started, I heard her tell her friend, "Everybody in the theater should hug somebody else now." As I finished putting my jacket on, she stepped past me, and I said, "I heard you. Get over here." She smiled, held up her arms, and we had a big hug. Then her friend wanted one too. The movie had its high points and low points, and I'm not sure what feeling anybody else had when they walked out. But the hug made it an incredibly positive thing for me. :D |G
Hugging strangers just like that? Radical! What you did was awesome, man. I don't think I would've had the nerve to do it.
Top
Queeaqueg
The Gap Into Spam
Posts: 2508
Joined: Thu Nov 11, 2004 8:21 pm
Location: Somewhere

Post by Queeaqueg »

I want to see this, it looks really good.
DEATH IS A PREFERABLE ALTERNATIVE TO COMMUNISM!
Top
User avatar
Usivius
The Gap Into Spam
Posts: 2767
Joined: Mon Nov 08, 2004 8:09 pm

Post by Usivius »

...OK, this is obviously NOT the Cronenburg flick of the same name.
:lol:
~...with a floating smile and a light blue sponge...~
Top
User avatar
Encryptic
<i>Haruchai</i>
Posts: 595
Joined: Tue Mar 09, 2004 4:45 pm
Location: I could tell you, but I'd have to kill you.

Post by Encryptic »

Rented it about a month ago. Good concept, but so-so execution, IMHO.

The acting was good and the message was good, but the plot was way too contrived for the sake of delivering that message and at least one part made absolutely no sense at all.

::shrug::

I can't say it was a bad movie, but it definitely could have been done a lot better, especially when dealing with such a hot-button issue.
Top
User avatar
Phantasm
The Gap Into Spam
Posts: 1720
Joined: Sun Jul 03, 2005 10:52 pm
Location: Cumbernauld, Scotland

Post by Phantasm »

Just watched it on DVD - very good film, but not one you can watch whilst doing something else - blink and you'll miss a good bit.

A very cleverly put together film, if a little too obvious at times.
Quote - John Smeaton (Terrorists take note)

"This is Glasgow- we'll just set aboot ye"



Image
Top
User avatar
Cail
Lord
Posts: 38981
Joined: Mon Mar 08, 2004 1:36 am
Location: Hell of the Upside Down Sinners

Post by Cail »

I didn't care for it. I thought it was overly preachy and very, very transparent.

But I do like looking at Sandra Bullock, even though she's degrading herself with that nitwit cokehead Jesse James.
"There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." - PJ O'Rourke
_____________
"Men and women range themselves into three classes or orders of intelligence; you can tell the lowest class by their habit of always talking about persons; the next by the fact that their habit is always to converse about things; the highest by their preference for the discussion of ideas." - Charles Stewart
_____________
"I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." - James Madison
_____________
Top
User avatar
danlo
Lord
Posts: 20838
Joined: Wed Mar 06, 2002 8:29 pm
Location: Albuquerque NM
Been thanked: 1 time
Contact:
Contact danlo

Post by danlo »

Hey! Wait a minute! He's from New Mexico (unfortunately :evil: )
fall far and well Pilots!
Top
User avatar
dlbpharmd
Lord
Posts: 14462
Joined: Thu Sep 11, 2003 9:27 am
Been thanked: 2 times

Post by dlbpharmd »

Just finished watching this movie. I agree with Cail, it was a bit preachy, but I do think Matt Dillon deserves his nomination for Best Supporting Actor.
Image
Top
User avatar
Cail
Lord
Posts: 38981
Joined: Mon Mar 08, 2004 1:36 am
Location: Hell of the Upside Down Sinners

Post by Cail »

Yeah, Dillon's quite good in this.
"There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." - PJ O'Rourke
_____________
"Men and women range themselves into three classes or orders of intelligence; you can tell the lowest class by their habit of always talking about persons; the next by the fact that their habit is always to converse about things; the highest by their preference for the discussion of ideas." - Charles Stewart
_____________
"I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." - James Madison
_____________
Top
User avatar
lucimay
Lord
Posts: 15045
Joined: Thu Jul 28, 2005 5:17 pm
Location: Mott Wood, Genebakis
Contact:
Contact lucimay

Post by lucimay »

i netflixed this after reading Fist's review...i'll watch it tonight.
you're more advanced than a cockroach,
have you ever tried explaining yourself
to one of them?
~ alan bates, the mothman prophecies


i've had this with actors before, on the set,
where they get upset about the [size of my]
trailer, and i'm always like...take my trailer,
cause... i'm from Kentucky
and that's not what we brag about.
~ george clooney, inside the actor's studio


a straight edge for legends at
the fold - searching for our
lost cities of gold. burnt tar,
gravel pits. sixteen gears switch.
Haphazard Lucy strolls by.
~ dennis r wood ~
Top
User avatar
dlbpharmd
Lord
Posts: 14462
Joined: Thu Sep 11, 2003 9:27 am
Been thanked: 2 times

Post by dlbpharmd »

Hey Luci - did you see this about Netflix?


www.cnn.com/2006/US/02/10/netflix.renters.ap/index.html
Top
User avatar
lucimay
Lord
Posts: 15045
Joined: Thu Jul 28, 2005 5:17 pm
Location: Mott Wood, Genebakis
Contact:
Contact lucimay

Post by lucimay »

yeah...i saw it...

i've never had any trouble myself and i keep my movies for a couple of weeks sometimes.

i know i should care more, but i don't. netflix is too CONVENIENT!!! :lol:
you're more advanced than a cockroach,
have you ever tried explaining yourself
to one of them?
~ alan bates, the mothman prophecies


i've had this with actors before, on the set,
where they get upset about the [size of my]
trailer, and i'm always like...take my trailer,
cause... i'm from Kentucky
and that's not what we brag about.
~ george clooney, inside the actor's studio


a straight edge for legends at
the fold - searching for our
lost cities of gold. burnt tar,
gravel pits. sixteen gears switch.
Haphazard Lucy strolls by.
~ dennis r wood ~
Top
User avatar
dlbpharmd
Lord
Posts: 14462
Joined: Thu Sep 11, 2003 9:27 am
Been thanked: 2 times

Post by dlbpharmd »

I agree that Netflix is convenient. I've suspected for some time that something like throttling was going on (I didn't know the term for it, however.) Now that my suspicions have been confirmed I'm considering canceling my subscription.
Image
Top
User avatar
lucimay
Lord
Posts: 15045
Joined: Thu Jul 28, 2005 5:17 pm
Location: Mott Wood, Genebakis
Contact:
Contact lucimay

Post by lucimay »

i'm waiting for a better option before i do it. i hate blockbuster. blech. :P
you're more advanced than a cockroach,
have you ever tried explaining yourself
to one of them?
~ alan bates, the mothman prophecies


i've had this with actors before, on the set,
where they get upset about the [size of my]
trailer, and i'm always like...take my trailer,
cause... i'm from Kentucky
and that's not what we brag about.
~ george clooney, inside the actor's studio


a straight edge for legends at
the fold - searching for our
lost cities of gold. burnt tar,
gravel pits. sixteen gears switch.
Haphazard Lucy strolls by.
~ dennis r wood ~
Top
User avatar
lucimay
Lord
Posts: 15045
Joined: Thu Jul 28, 2005 5:17 pm
Location: Mott Wood, Genebakis
Contact:
Contact lucimay

Post by lucimay »

wow. all i can say about the wreck/rescue scene. whoa. 8O

i totally understand the hugs in the theater, Fist!!!! whoa.




i was a bit disappointed that a couple of things in the close of the film were a bit predictable. the only criticism i can make of the film tho. the first half was fairly brilliant! dynamic script. excellent high volume lacerating self exposure by all the actors. but truly, both the intense scenes between Dillon and Newton just floored me.
you're more advanced than a cockroach,
have you ever tried explaining yourself
to one of them?
~ alan bates, the mothman prophecies


i've had this with actors before, on the set,
where they get upset about the [size of my]
trailer, and i'm always like...take my trailer,
cause... i'm from Kentucky
and that's not what we brag about.
~ george clooney, inside the actor's studio


a straight edge for legends at
the fold - searching for our
lost cities of gold. burnt tar,
gravel pits. sixteen gears switch.
Haphazard Lucy strolls by.
~ dennis r wood ~
Top
User avatar
drew
The Gap Into Spam
Posts: 7877
Joined: Sun Sep 12, 2004 4:20 pm
Location: Canada
Been thanked: 1 time
Contact:
Contact drew

Post by drew »

Usivius wrote:...OK, this is obviously NOT the Cronenburg flick of the same name.
:lol:
Was that the softcore movie about people who got off by being in/watching car crashes?
I thought you were a ripe grape
a cabernet sauvignon
a bottle in the cellar
the kind you keep for a really long time
Top
User avatar
lucimay
Lord
Posts: 15045
Joined: Thu Jul 28, 2005 5:17 pm
Location: Mott Wood, Genebakis
Contact:
Contact lucimay

Post by lucimay »

drew wrote:
Usivius wrote:...OK, this is obviously NOT the Cronenburg flick of the same name.
:lol:
Was that the softcore movie about people who got off by being in/watching car crashes?
Crash dir Paul Haggis
Image


no...definitely NOT the same film as Cronenberg's.


and in reply to some of the other comments about this film, i did not find it preachy in the least. i did find some predictable devices used toward the end of the film but preachy? no.
you're more advanced than a cockroach,
have you ever tried explaining yourself
to one of them?
~ alan bates, the mothman prophecies


i've had this with actors before, on the set,
where they get upset about the [size of my]
trailer, and i'm always like...take my trailer,
cause... i'm from Kentucky
and that's not what we brag about.
~ george clooney, inside the actor's studio


a straight edge for legends at
the fold - searching for our
lost cities of gold. burnt tar,
gravel pits. sixteen gears switch.
Haphazard Lucy strolls by.
~ dennis r wood ~
Top
Post Reply

Return to “Flicks”