Despicable

Rating: 1/10 (6 March 2006)

"Crash" is not the best picture of the year; the Academy got it wrong, which wouldn't be the first time. If you're reading this and have not seen the film "Crash" I suggest you stop reading and watch the film so that you, the home viewer, can formulate your own opinion about the film prior to reading this entry. OK now, everybody else ready? Here we go: First and foremost this film is about 12 separate people in present day Los Angeles and their trials and tribulations during a 36-hour period. Though they all have never met before, each will eventually "crash" into one another and learn a valuable lesson about life. The overall moral of the film is not to stereotype others and end all racist connotations. So how does the film go about conveying this message? BY MAKING ALL 12 CHARACTERS IN THE FILM A RACIAL STEREOTYPE AND HAVING EACH CHARACTER STEREOTYPE ALL THE OTHER 11 CHARACTERS IN THE FILM!! WHAT KIND OF OXYMORONIC CRAP IS THAT?! This film wants to break down all stereotypes by making everyone in it a stereotype without any explanation of what, why, or how. Does this make any sense at all? None of the characters are decent people in the film (except for one, the Mexican!) due to their negative traits and negative actions. Plus the fact that there are 12 separate stories means the audience member can never understand the rhyme nor reason to each character's traits (which is easy, lazy, despicable writing to say the least). The viewer has no way to empathize with any of the characters in the film. So then why should the audience member give a damn about anything happening on screen? On top of that, there are some technical reasons why this film isn't the best picture of the year, most of which you can read on the "Goofs" section of IMDb. Oh, and it won for best editing as well. Way to go Academy! All in all this is a poor film, lazily written, poorly produced, and conveying a message that the messengers themselves don't understand due to the stereotypes that they represent.