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Originally Posted by Hakan
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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You think Crash is the type of movie North American audiences want? I film about racism and a non-traditional story structure?
While I agree it was perhaps a bit heavy handed and predictable, I still thought it was pretty brilliant. Flawlessly acted - which is perhaps the biggest reason why it got away with some if its other weaknesses. But if this is a way of making heavy dramas accessible to a wider audience I'm all for it. The fact that the film even found an audience is a very good thing.