Jack Nevada Posted July 18, 2012 Share Posted July 18, 2012 Crash is arguably the most divisive film to win the Best picture Oscar, and there is still controversy about whether it deserved the award. So, is it any good? In my opinion, nope. Discuss Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MovieGuyKyle17 Posted July 18, 2012 Share Posted July 18, 2012 This movie didn't deserve to win an Oscar AT ALL. It was a terrible musical that wasn't even entertaining. The story was terrible, the dance numbers sucked, and the actors were godawful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Nevada Posted July 18, 2012 Author Share Posted July 18, 2012 Errr, what version of Crash have you seen? I dont remember any dance numbers.. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iceroll Posted July 18, 2012 Share Posted July 18, 2012 I liked it a lot, slightly better than Brokeback Mountain so it did deserve the Oscar IMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MovieGuyKyle17 Posted July 18, 2012 Share Posted July 18, 2012 I might be thinking of a different movie then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moviedweeb Posted July 18, 2012 Share Posted July 18, 2012 I really didn't like it and found it to be simplistic in its assessment of racism and also somewhat offensive (whether or not that was the point). There are many better ways to spend two hours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Nevada Posted July 18, 2012 Author Share Posted July 18, 2012 I might be thinking of a different movie then Chicago, perhaps? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozymandias Posted July 18, 2012 Share Posted July 18, 2012 (edited) I agree, I actually turned it off before it ended.Crash won because its a ridiculously obtuse simplification of racism which makes left wing Hollywood douche bags go tsk tsk. Edited July 18, 2012 by Shpongle 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoolioD1 Posted July 18, 2012 Share Posted July 18, 2012 I think there are some interesting performances in there, but overall it's pretty bad. It's only really good for showing kids to show them why racism is bad.... but it's too adult for kids. So it's not really good for anyone. Also the scene that are supposed to be emotionally manipulative don't really work. Like the scene where the girl got shot by a blank, or the scene where the racist police officer saves the woman. Both made me cringe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Nevada Posted July 18, 2012 Author Share Posted July 18, 2012 Crash says that everyone is a racist. Ehhh.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Nevada Posted July 18, 2012 Author Share Posted July 18, 2012 I dont like the movie, but I have to say that the song In the Deep is beautiful Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozymandias Posted July 18, 2012 Share Posted July 18, 2012 Crash says that everyone is a racist. Ehhh.. Amerian History X did that way, WAY better. That movie wasn't just about white racism. I think Crash is just a really campy movie trying to tackle a big subject. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Nevada Posted July 18, 2012 Author Share Posted July 18, 2012 Crash almost felt like those bits in South Park in the end where Stan goes: " You see, I think we'be all learned something today.." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gopher Posted July 19, 2012 Share Posted July 19, 2012 (edited) This is one of those film that I try to understand why people like and just can't wrap my head around it. I thought that, save a few pretty good performances, this was a miserable movie to watch. Edited July 19, 2012 by Gopher Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Webslinger Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 My two cents: It's too bad that it won Best Picture. It may not be a great movie, but I don't think it's terrible enough that it deserves to be approached by new viewers with knives already sharpened.To be fair, it was already divisive before it won Best Picture, but the sentiments against it didn't seem nearly as strong as they were after it upset Brokeback Mountain (which I do think is the better movie by a decent margin). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MagnetMan Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 The best thing about Crash to me was the performance given by Michael Pena in that emotional scene. He really NAILED the emotionality of that moment. Until that scene, in my eyes he had always been just the ethnic bit player. Never bad... mostly serviceable. But that scene... man... I FELT it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lab276 Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 So over the past few days I watched both Brokeback Mountain and Crash so now I can finally have an opinion. And Crash isn't very good. It's a mediocre film full of ugly characters and has only one good scene. What I hated most about it though is that it delivers its message with a fucking sledgehammer. There is nothing subtle about it in any way and that's to its detriment. Brokeback Mountain would've been a much better and much more deserving winner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lab276 Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 or the scene where the racist police officer saves the woman. Both made me cringeI thought that was the best scene actually. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Nevada Posted July 27, 2012 Author Share Posted July 27, 2012 I thought that was the best scene actually. I agree, that scene worked pretty well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Webslinger Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 It's a mediocre film full of ugly characters and has only one good scene. What I hated most about it though is that it delivers its message with a fucking sledgehammer. There is nothing subtle about it in any way and that's to its detriment. Brokeback Mountain would've been a much better and much more deserving winner. The bold is kind of the point, though. I don't think a movie about the dangers of racism would be effective without characters who, for some reason or another related to racism, seem like rotten bastards. I agree with the criticism that the movie lacks subtlety, but then I don't think it would have been as powerful as it was for some viewers without being so blunt. Even though racism in real life can (and does) definitely manifest itself in subtle ways, the bigotry that we notice most often tends to be very direct; thus, it makes sense to me that a movie dealing with it in a contemporary setting would also be direct about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
