No Crash and Hitch are not on the same level. Crash was decent but certainly does not warrant the praise that it gets from some. The drama was incredibly cooked up making it pretty laughable. From an amateur screenwriter's perspective, I thought it was crappy and 'show'ey not to mention the complete absence of a decent story structure.
Ok, racism is bad, we get it. You can make a movie that isn't a huge cluster**** of characters that you ultimately don't care about because none of them have ample screen time to be able to grow on the viewer.
But this kind of movie is what the North American audiences want. No subtletybut the movie's theme and message rammed right in your face from the beginning with hokey drama highlighted by over the top music and cheese'd out slow motion effects. I mean don't tell me you couldn't see everything coming in that movie at least 3 minutes before it happens.
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