That's the way it is

Rating: 9/10 (15 April 2006)

I just finished Crash, and I really like it. I like the way the story is being told. Every single shot is meaningful, no matter how countless it might seems. Every character in it has every possibility to show a different side of personality, which you would never thought he or she will be. Ones that terrified and frustrated may find his peace in a most unpredictable way; the most faithful boy died with god in his hand. Someone who did harsh and wretched things towards innocents may have a good reason; someone who was innocent and honest may become a real harm. Like Officer Ryan said in the movie: You think you know who you are. You have no idea.
There're aspects hidden our hearts we don't even notice for ourselves. Then how can we be so sure judging people we don't really know, not mention to those who hold tight to their prejudice and refuse any truth to change their mind.
It is about racism. I don't have any deep emotion toward this topic. I'm not living under the effect of it, not yet. Certainly I do hear about it a lot, and I shared my sympathy. It is ridiculous to judge people with the color of their skin; I can't even understand why people do this all these years.
It says there's no where else to be more mixed and complex like L.A. - people from all over the world round together. All different colors and religions, experiences and feelings, are crowded here. While none of each are not trying finding a way out. So there're Crashes. I love the first lines of the movie when Graham's voice came out from the soft music at its back: It's the sense of touch. In any real city, you walk, you know? You brush past people, people bump into you. In L.A., nobody touches you. We're always behind this metal and glass. I think we miss that touch so much, that we crash into each other, just so we can feel something. That's how we get to know each other, and that's how the story begins and ends.
I wont say too much about the plot, you better make out yourself, and it's totally worth it. The last thing is that I love the music in it. They're touching and are all fits, especially In the Deep, and the tail-song Maybe Tomorrow which I have put in my Shuffle for weeks.