the Oscar snub

Rating: 6/10 (18 April 2006)

there has been a lot of talk about what many people called the biggest Oscar snub ever. i personnel am not going to jump on the crash-bashing bandwagon but i did prefer brokeback mountain. i don't say crash wasn't good but i felt it had quite a lot of flaws i actually think that both movies had similar goals but fundamentally different approaches. while the gay cowboy movie isn't interested in telling us the story of all gay people, but rather to bring us closer to those two special characters, crash aspired to address the way all people are and that is what i really didn't like. it's not about real people but more about the idea how all people are. the good people have a dark side, and the mean people all have their ways of being good. the characters here can't breathe because they are only examples or even proof of that theory. therefor i found this film lacked depth.
there were stories that worked: the cops dillon and phillippe and the African-American couple (newton and howard). i didn't relate to sandra bullocks character and don cheadles cop story was also kind of cheesy.
sometimes this film was just a little to proud of itself for being so daring and it did get unnecessarily preachy at times.
but the cast was good and its a strong message they have- still i preferred brokeback!