Long, boring, lacks drama and stupid

Rating: 1/10 (11 December 2009)

At first, I rated this movie with 5 stars... but I turned it to 3 after reading some of the posts( one of them titled "Things I've learned here" or something like that)
The way this movie's characters and stories were linked was original. Besides, I found the camera arrangements nicely done.
Though, there are SEVERAL flaws that make this an crappy movie instead of what might have been a blockbuster:
1) all characters seem to have the same personality. I mean, face reactions to situations among all characters are the same. Everybody is cold, introverted (besides Don Cheadle's mother and Flannigan), and don't seem to have feelings.
2) I didn't enjoy the music score. Music themes don't seem to fit in the situations in which they are placed.
3) there is drama missing in this movie. I didn't care about the characters, they aren't lovable or hateable. They don't evoke any feelings in the audience, and that is an awful sign on a movie. The only scene that was EXPRESSIVE and harsh in some way was when M. Dillon abused Thandie Newton.
4) Reading the comments posted here I realized that this film was supposed to be about racism (I didn't catch it through the movie, so even the message is not clear). Bad job, then! I didn't feel the racism through the movie, except in the first scene and when Ludicrous and his pal steal the van.
5) this movie is supposed to be about racism. Now, racism is performed by a dominant class (in matters of nomber of people, wealth, social status, ecc.) to a dominated class. Here, we see Asian people bitching on Mexican, for example. Where's the dominant class?. This is not racism, this is INTOLERANCE.
6) Since every possible race is present in the movie, this is more about an heterogeneous bunch of people, their prejudices and nothing else
7) They could have made this movie way stronger. Don't want to put spoilers but here are a few examples: - when S. Bullock fell down the stairs - when Ludicrous is in the car with the director - when the persian shows up at the locksmith house
8) This movie should last no more than 90 inutes.
9) Why is everybody trying to copy G. Iñarritu style on 21 grams?
I don't know, maybe it's the fact that I 've been watching mostly action/horror/sci-fi movies lately, but "Crash" seems to be another overrated movie like "6th sense" or Titanic.
Inexpressive characters, silly plot, unclear message, ridiculous situations, lack drama, loger than it should be. Result = 3/10