The movie has different races of people including White, Black, Asian, Hispanic, and Middle-Eastern all trying to make it in life being both surrounded by each other and hating each other. All the characters are nothing more than racist, that is the extent of any given dialogue they have. They cannot go a second sentence without blowing their top and going off on a racist rant, or hurting someone either physically or psychologically.
This movie beats you over the head with this message. It is so blatant, it feels like propaganda rather than a regular movie. There is no subtly like any good movie with a message should have. If the in your face message isn't enough, the overall tone and emotion in the movie is too over dramatic and Sandra Bullock's performance is the most ham filled of all. If you like people being held in each other's arms and crying, you're in luck as, this movie dedicates 10% of the total runtime to it.
Despite this movie's R-rating, at times it feels like a video shown to grade school students about the importance of accepting others. A movie considered good for its time, it is outdated unless you still feel post 9/11 sentiments. If you want a movie with a very similar theme but done better, watch Spike Lee's Do the Right Thing.
Final Verdict: Green light, speed away from this tripe.
With all due respect, Herbert, I completely disagree. First off, this movie is not connected to 9/11 in any way; the event which took place 3-years prior in New York has no bearing in Los Angeles. Secondly, the plot, in my opinion, is very well structured and detailed. It's "blatant" for a reason; a film does not have to give "subtle" messages rather than direct to be effective. Thirdly, the actors and actresses all played convincing roles. Don Cheadle, Matt Dillon, Sandra Bullock, Loretta Devine, Terrance Howard, Thandie Newton, Michael Pena and even Ludacris and Brendan Fraser all gave authentic performances. I'd love to know why you thought they were "over dramatic." Director Paul Haggis wouldn't of let this film be released if he thought the characters were dispensable or insubstantial.
ReplyDeleteThis was my plot review of the movie Crash: The plot takes place over about 2 days during which various stories of separate lives intertwine to create mayhem. The theme of Crash is racism, where each character has there own experiences with and feelings about counterparts. The setting is Los Angeles, a city of unsympathetic cold-hearted beings who, as Don Cheadle's character says, "crash into each other just so [they] can feel something."
Anyway, the movie Do The Right Thing is great, so I give you credit there.