Last night, I finally got the opportunity to see Crash. I've been intending to see it since it came out, but you know, sometimes life gets in the way of uber important things - like going to the movies! But anyway, I went last night with a friend...and just....wow, amazing, I love it.
Setup-wise, it's along the vein of other favorites of mine - 13 Conversations About One Thing, Magnolia, and others that slip my mind at the moment (cut me some slack, I got home late and I woke up early). The plot centers around this car crash and all of the people it involves. It's set in Los Angeles (yay! I get all giddy about movies set in L.A....not Hollywood shiny L.A., but the real L.A. - Training Day for example), and as such, I think it reflects how diverse L.A. is. I mean, you can seriously watch stuff that is set in L.A. and see very little diversity if any at all. At first I thought The L Word was diverse, but now it just makes me think that every woman in L.A. is a lesbian - which I know isn't true because I live here). Ok, back on track....
Asians, Latinos, Blacks, Whites, Persians - they all play roles in this film and I think everyone involved did such a great job on this film. I don't really want to go into plot details because it's kind of fun to see how everything unfolds for yourself.
Yeah, so just go see it.
Cast: Don Cheadle, Sandra Bullock, Brendan Frasier, Jennifer Esposito, Matt Dillon, Lorenz Tate, Ludakris, Thandie Newton, Ryan Phillippe, Terrance Howard, blah blah blah....
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