I had no idea what this movie was about before I watched it. "Crash" brought images of cars, so I was prepped for an action flick. Nope, not so much.
Don't get me wrong -the movie was reall good. It's supposed to be a critique of the racism still rampant in L.A., and has offended a great number of people. The movie makes it seem like everyone is racist, or will become that way soon enough. Hopefully, those with rational logic will see that it is just focused on one topic and aimed to project a message.
What I really enjoyed was the connections between the characters, and how smoothly they transitioned from group to group. That was where the crafty creativity came in, and that is what helped the movie to not just be a dramatization of a situation.
BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN:
Saw this one at the cheap show. I'd been wanting to see it for a while, from interest, as a show of support, curiousity, the like. Somehow, in all the reviews, I missed picking up that this was a romance. As in love story. As in the type of movie I generally avoid. I remembered this somewhere in the middle, and was rather disappointed to realize we'd be approaching a sad ending.
Overall, it was very good. Well acted by all. There wasn't as much time spent with the sheep as I expected there to be. For the squeemish in the crowd, you only need to close your eyes for one "love" scene. Other than that, it was just fine and not at all the gay porn some people would like to make you think it is.
THE STATION AGENT:
Had you ever heard of this movie? I hadn't, until my roomie started playing it off the DVR. Its center character is a dwarf who's obsessed with trains. He works as a model train painter/assembler, and goes to monthly meetings to watch movies about trains. Then, after a death, he inherits a train depot in the middle of nowhere, and is befriended (rather aggressively, to be honest) by some locals.
Things were gong well until it was over. Just, ... over. The storyline really had some good beginnings, some good development, of our main character and the supports, but it went nowhere. It really felt unfulfilling and pointless. What was the meaning? The purpose? The message?? Meh.
4 comments:
hey jess!
i thought 'crash' was overrated, to be totally honest. its message, of course, was good and people can use it to reexamine their racial perspectives, but it wasn't that original. the whole time, i kept thinking, 'yep, heard it. thanks for the reinforcement.' and, actually, i thought the characters, with the exception of the black tv producer and his wife, were pretty stereotypical. i mean, come on: uptight rich white people who are afraid of black people? black robbers? middle eastern folk who are quick with a gun? haven't these been hashed to death? and their revalations at the end of the movie (sandra bullock confiding in her latina maid, the cop realizing that he really DOES have racial problems, the middle eastern dude realizing that violence CAN kill children) are pretty stock. you'd think that something that won a best picture oscar would be a little more well-rounded.
hey, ps, when are you leaving for africa? i have a friend who just left for the phillipenes with the peace corps.
peace and love
no. 2
That made best picture?? Ack! I mean.. I guess someone who never sees movies while they're 'fresh' doesn't have a lot of room to critique, but, there must have been something better?
I agree, though - the end was pretty cheesey.
Good entertainment, but I'm happy to have gotten such a, eh, 'steal' on it.
But what was the point?!??! Why would anyone pay to fund that movie, or, hell, pay to SEE that movie?
PS- #2, They tell me I will be leaving May 22nd. And, last call was for Kenya.
(they've got lions in Kenya!!)
Haven't seen Station Agent, but a story about the value of friendship. Hmmm.
;-)
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