I know it isn't a new movie but I ended up watching it today and there's just one word for it - depressing. The main theme of the movie is racial discrimination. The movie also features a lot of characters who are sort-of closely intertwined, i.e., A meets B at some random place and then B meets C randomly who was closely linked to A (none of them ever find this out - it's only for the audience's pleasure). A harmless but attractive way of avoiding a lot of actors with very minor roles.
Crash is pretty simple - a criticism of racism. It's basically a montage of lots of different scenes involving racial discrimination and shows that white people are not the sole cause of racism in America, although it does not hide the supposed truth that they are a major cause. Honestly, whether they are or aren't, I have been exposed to such a tiny portion of America, that too a place where almost everyone is, in my opinion, simply not stupid enough to be racist, that I just don't know about it. Racism is stupidity.
Anyway, loads of people agree that - whether I have seen it or not - there is a lot of discrimination and mistreatment in America and I just hope I never have to see it. Crash just had a bunch of scenes showing scenes of illtreatment based on race and a bunch of scenes showing people who fight against racism but fail due to some quirk of fate. It also shows a couple of people who reform and "learn to know better" by the end of the movie.
But I don't know what to say about the movie in general. Was it good or bad? I guess I would have to tilt towards the 'good' side because I would not have preferred to not watch it. Was the portrayal of racial discrimination enlightening or pedagogically valuable? Yes.
You know what this movie makes me think about? The Internet. Here's one place that is untainted by anyone's race, age, gender or nationality. This is where minds interact not minds in bodies. I have honestly never ever made any judgment about anyone's mind based on their body. I like myself for that. It makes me proud and it makes me happy that I am above all that. There are a lot of things about me that might make someone shoot me, but if I ever discriminate against anyone based on their body, just shoot me. No, really. Take a gun and/or lethal chemical and murder me. It's true that a lot of character traits are genetic but I'm willing to give anyone a chance. Dumbledore died for this and I would too!
Crash is pretty simple - a criticism of racism. It's basically a montage of lots of different scenes involving racial discrimination and shows that white people are not the sole cause of racism in America, although it does not hide the supposed truth that they are a major cause. Honestly, whether they are or aren't, I have been exposed to such a tiny portion of America, that too a place where almost everyone is, in my opinion, simply not stupid enough to be racist, that I just don't know about it. Racism is stupidity.
Anyway, loads of people agree that - whether I have seen it or not - there is a lot of discrimination and mistreatment in America and I just hope I never have to see it. Crash just had a bunch of scenes showing scenes of illtreatment based on race and a bunch of scenes showing people who fight against racism but fail due to some quirk of fate. It also shows a couple of people who reform and "learn to know better" by the end of the movie.
But I don't know what to say about the movie in general. Was it good or bad? I guess I would have to tilt towards the 'good' side because I would not have preferred to not watch it. Was the portrayal of racial discrimination enlightening or pedagogically valuable? Yes.
You know what this movie makes me think about? The Internet. Here's one place that is untainted by anyone's race, age, gender or nationality. This is where minds interact not minds in bodies. I have honestly never ever made any judgment about anyone's mind based on their body. I like myself for that. It makes me proud and it makes me happy that I am above all that. There are a lot of things about me that might make someone shoot me, but if I ever discriminate against anyone based on their body, just shoot me. No, really. Take a gun and/or lethal chemical and murder me. It's true that a lot of character traits are genetic but I'm willing to give anyone a chance. Dumbledore died for this and I would too!
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