Crash ...
tiger_blurp
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So, I really liked this movie, even though it fucked with my emotions a bit. I'm still somewhat new in Los Angeles (about a year now), so movies about this place still catch me on a weird, almost surreal level and tweak my fascination. But in a good way. Can't separate that from my enjoyment of the film.Anybody else see this yet. Any early haters? Early likers?I only had one logistical qualm with it, but it's a pretty minor qualm, and I don't want to elaborate for fear of spoiling. No spoilers please. ...
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Add me to the list of haters...I thought the movie was way too heavy-handed with the irony and bigotry. I was like, "Okay, we get it. Everyone's a racist...Except for Mexican American locksmiths, that is."
Faux_rillz and my sister liked it, though.
Everybody knows Serg is the real People's Champ!
There is nothing "ill" about that movie, TheMack... even Cronenberg fans (of which I am not one) thought it was trash.
"Trash" is a bit strong....'the most boring film I have ever seen' comes to mind, though. Would have made a decent (but still boring)short film.
oooh how I despise this actor's 'work'
His entire school of acting is based upon 273 different ways of speaking through a clenched jaw.
here's a bonus for you, Birdman...I looked for the newspaper article image of Mitchum getting busted, and found this, which has the great caption:
Lester Bangs nominated this photograph
of Mitchum's reaction to being imprisoned
for smoking a joint fifty years ago as
among the seeds of rebellion that led
to punk rock.
Bob's the man. RIP.
And themack, glad you liked CRASH, I tried as a good Cronenberg fan, but I have since decided that aside from Videodrome and a few others, I must not be as big a Cronenberg fan as I initially thought. That realization came after waking up in the theatre at the Golden Nugget in Las Vegas, having spent $8 to take a nap to the lulling strains of CRASH.
Diff'rent strokes, friend.
Out of curiosity, for those of you who dug it, what was it that you liked so much?
Cuz I came out of there like "say whaaaa?"
One thing I think they did brilliantly was test the viewer's assumptions in that scene.
Which "Crash" are we talking about?
It never crossed my mind that Larenz Tate could have been the shooter...I think it was pretty obvious that he going to produce the figurine and Ryan Phillipe was jumping the gun (literally and figuratively). If Haggis intended me to assume otherwise, then he did a piss poor job.
But then again, Ludacris made the point earlier in the film about why we should be afraid of white people.
Cronenberg's early films (The Brood, Rabid, Scanners) are some of my favourite. I feel like his last good film was Dead Ringers.
I didn't like Crash too much. On paper, it sounded like my kind of movie, but there was something missing...it was too sterile for me. That can work aesthetcially, but it didn't in this film, it kept me from caring or becoming interested. And the sexy bits were disappointing, too cinical.
You know who does aloof sex really well? Fassbinder.
Oh yea, I finally saw Sin City. What the hell was Bruce Willis doing in that film? Maybe his story should not have been last? I thought he was as flat as a 2x4. It was great eye candy. I am now officially a Clive Owen fan. That first shot of him in Kadie's - that look on his face...that's a p*nty melter right there.
I don't mind admitting that I make assumptions based on race, appearance, etc.. We all do it everyday.
Nobody digs "Naked Lunch"? I fucking love it.
Peace...
FNM
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MUGWUMP JISM
BENGAY!!!!
no, no TONO
I'll warn you now child abuse and fisting old men are shown, so if you have a weak stomach avoid it...lol
I like how you always tell us what you think is terrible, yet rarely when something is good. And when you do, it's mostly after much prodding by fellow strutters. Maybe it might be better to focus on the positive?
This is just an observation............no need to get hostile and play me off as a "lil dude on your jock".