Crash ...how good?

Who has an opinion on Crash? I have not seen it yet.

Me. Saw it, loved it. Not easy to watch, but I think everyone needs to see it, honestly. When my kids are old enough--long time from now--I'll make sure they watch it.

I definitely recommend it. Talked about it to my friends and made them all watch it as well. It is one of those movies that really make you think.

It was hands down my favorite movie this year. 100% deserving of winning. It's very intense....but it really is such a good movie.

great movie, interesting that it won. i thought walk the line was going to take it.

jr

Really good movie. It was one of those movies that you thought about for days. As peapod said, it was a bit uncomfortable to watch. You may think you are not prejudice, but there are all kinds of prejudices. Very thought provoking for me.

Really good movie. It was one of those movies that you thought about for days. As peapod said, it was a bit uncomfortable to watch. You may think you are not prejudice, but there are all kinds of prejudices. Very thought provoking for me.

Ditto.
To me, it's a good movie if you find yourself thinking about it the next few days.

Seems to be a movie you either admire or loathe. A lot of guys I talked to said it was too heavy-handed; I did not hear the same reaction from the women I know who saw it. It can be fairly melodramatic, but the dialogue was, IMHO, spot-on.
Me, I liked Crash for taking the chances it took, plus I have always loved intertwining stories and ensemble pieces. It was made for under 7 mil, I don't think the actors were paid too much upfront.
Crash also won for screenplay and editing, it's story is complicated, but quite fast-moving and tightly put-together.

Me. Saw it, loved it. Not easy to watch, but I think everyone needs to see it, honestly. When my kids are old enough--long time from now--I'll make sure they watch it.

I was just talking to co-worker today about it. I loved the movie and I told her that when my son was old enough, I wanted him to sit down and watch it with me. Everyone needs to see this movie!!! I don't usually buy to many movies, but I am going to buy this one. I am glad it won. I think that the folks that have not seen it will go out and rent it now since it won best picture. I watched Walked the Line last night. It was good, but I didn't think it was great. Reese was very good in it, but IMHO Felicity Hoffman should have won the best actress catagory!!!!

We loved the movie. Have you seen the movie "House of Sand and Fog?" It's somewhat like that in the way people's lives are interwoven and actions and feelings lead to senseless tragedy. This movie stays with you for a long time after. My teens--17 and 19 years old--were as taken with it as their parents.

it's a bummer that the situations depicted in crash are so real. i was sitting in rendez-vouz on sat am after checking on the concert cleanup, and in walk these two men. one was wearing so much cologne i thought it was a woman. anyway, he was at the coffee store because his house was being cleaned, and he left because he didn't like to interact with the domestics. he said this outloud, and then asked if it sounded rude, to which i replied yes, quite. what an idiot.


jr

We loved the movie. Have you seen the movie "House of Sand and Fog?" It's somewhat like that in the way people's lives are interwoven and actions and feelings lead to senseless tragedy. This movie stays with you for a long time after. My teens--17 and 19 years old--were as taken with it as their parents.

So you would recommend "House of Sand and Fog?" I have thought about renting this movie at different times, but I do have to be in a certain mood to watch movies that make me do some soul-searching.

Really good movie. It was one of those movies that you thought about for days. As peapod said, it was a bit uncomfortable to watch. You may think you are not prejudice, but there are all kinds of prejudices. Very thought provoking for me.

So true, dbuck. I found that it totally makes you examine yourself and where you fit in within the concept of prejudice. I saw it with a group of friends, and we had purposely arranged to go out afterwards to discuss it. I was surprised--the conversation was very impassioned and even heated at times. What was also interesting is that one of the women is a Caucasian mom of two girls who recently adopted an African-American boy, and her take on the movie and the issues it raises was so eye-opening.

So you would recommend "House of Sand and Fog?" I have thought about renting this movie at different times, but I do have to be in a certain mood to watch movies that make me do some soul-searching.

Oh yes. It's an exquisite movie. It's tragic beyond the point of making you cry--it's really beyond tears--so save it for a night when you can take that kind of intensity. It's a movie that will make you angry because of all the misplaced pride, the loss of hope, and unyielding personalities that the characters display, which ultimately leads to their downfalls.

house of sand and fog is a good movie. connoly and kingsly are both really strong.

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