Amazinz wrote:Well I think at the end of the movie just about every character has an epiphany and realizes all will be right in the world. But that's not really what I was referring to. I was referring to how everyone can sit around and ballyhoo the social statement and talk about how Crash is enlightening and a move for progress. Everyone gets to feel good because we'll all better people for having seen it.
I agree with the second point you made here: that it's a feel good movie in the sense that Hollywood can sit there and pat itself on the back on a 'look, we're addressing racism' tip. But I disagree with the first part of your post. The movie basically ends with the least-despicable character in the whole film being murdered by the character who we thought was least-despicable until said murder, and subsequent cover-up took place.
Amazinz wrote:Picture: Crash Director: Ang Lee (Brokeback Mountain) Actor: Philip Seymour Hoffman (Capote) Actress: Reese Witherspoon (Walk the Line) Supporting Actor: Jake Gyllenhaal (Brokeback Mountain) Supporting Actress: Rachel Weisz (The Constant Gardener) Foreign Language Film: Tsotsi (South Africa)
6 of 7. Very surpised Clooney won BSA over Gyllenhaal, Dillon and Giamatti. William Hurt didn't have much of a chance.
BTW nice pick on King Kong for Achievment in Sound Editing, Tavish.
Maine has a good swing for a pitcher but on anything that moves, he has no chance. And if it's a fastball, it has to be up in the zone. Basically, the pitcher has to hit his bat. - Mike Pelfrey
JTWood wrote:Hey, hey! Alright for Crash. I know you didn't like it, Amazinz, but I put it right behind Batman Begins as my second-favorite movie last year.
Wonder why Batman Begins didn't get nominated for anything...
No biggie. I'm used to disagreeing with the Academy. Anyway I didn't dislike Crash believe it or not. It's a good movie and Sandra Bullock is the blow-away performance that nodbody talks about. My beef with Crash is that I feel the subject of racism is the only thing that makes it Oscar-worthy. I have no problem with Oscars being given for social commentary in the guise of a movie but I think it should be saved for the gems such as Taxi Driver, etc.
Tavish wrote:
Amazinz wrote:BTW nice pick on King Kong for Achievment in Sound Editing, Tavish.
I can't take all the credit. I was given some Hollywood insider info and it made picking that category the easiest of the bunch.
Zing. You have what Dr. Phil would call a critical spirit.
Maine has a good swing for a pitcher but on anything that moves, he has no chance. And if it's a fastball, it has to be up in the zone. Basically, the pitcher has to hit his bat. - Mike Pelfrey
Art Vandelay wrote:I predict I wont watch and wont care.
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JTWood wrote:Hey, hey! Alright for Crash. I know you didn't like it, Amazinz, but I put it right behind Batman Begins as my second-favorite movie last year.
Wonder why Batman Begins didn't get nominated for anything...
No biggie. I'm used to disagreeing with the Academy. Anyway I didn't dislike Crash believe it or not. It's a good movie and Sandra Bullock is the blow-away performance that nodbody talks about. My beef with Crash is that I feel the subject of racism is the only thing that makes it Oscar-worthy. I have no problem with Oscars being given for social commentary in the guise of a movie but I think it should be saved for the gems such as Taxi Driver, etc.
And you don't think the only thing that made Brokeback Mountain Oscar-worthy was the fact that it was about two gay cowboys? Of the few people I know who have seen it, they said even if you could get past the fact that it was about gay cowboys, it wasn't that good of a movie. Much better love stories out there. I haven't seen it (and don't really care to), and from the accounts I've heard I'm not missing much.
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