interesting......very interesting

Rating: 9/10 (27 March 2006)

I went to the theater expecting Oscar material,with affected storyline and make believe drama and found a very intriguing and moving story about a handful of characters who's lives collide(or rather crash into each others' like the title suggests) which results in a story which is as thought provoking as it is subtle.Mr. Haggis certainly weaves a better story than Million Dollar Baby which was a brilliant movie too so thats saying something. As for the fact that this movie deals with racial subject,I forgot it the instant i heard the opening lines by Don Cheadle and I found the movie to be a fascinating story about people and their insecurities and how their different backgrounds just provide a let out for their feelings,and no matter how trivial different backgrounds of people may appear in the big picture,it does indeed play a big part in our opinions about people. As for some of the people's opinion like the movie is overdone and the dialogs are cheesy,and it is improbable that the so many characters can meet in a big city,I am sure they are missing the whole point of the movie.As far as i am concerned i reveled in the smart dialogs,witty writing and some brilliant acting(yeah,even Sandra bullock does well).This movie made me think which to quote Mr.Haggis himself ,is the whole point of watching a movie.Of course if it was mere entertainment there's always John Woo genre of movies(not that I don't like them). So heres expecting some more good stuff from Mr.Haggis and kudos to his swashbuckling directorial venture.