socialist propaganda

Rating: 5/10 (17 November 2005)

I watched this movie yesterday. It's quite worthless. The storyline is absurd, besides being a rip-off from Magnolia, the dialog is crappy, the behavior of the characters is unrealistic. Acting was fine, though. The only character that I was a little interested in, was the racist policeman. He's the only one with enough screen time to actually create a non-flat person.
What annoyed me most was the message of this film. Haggis assumes: -I think that I know who I am but I am wrong. -- What is that supposed to mean. I know perfectly well who I am. Haggis doesn't know me. -Every little issue is related to race.-- Not in The Netherlands it isn't! And, though I've never been to LA, I don't think that's the case anywhere. -Everyone is somewhat of a racist. -- Big deal. I never treat an individual different because of the color of his skin. Few people do. -We should all feel guilty for what a few white people do to a few colored people. -- Well I don't feel like it. Let everyone take their own responsibility.
Of course there's nothing wrong with a message that I don't agree with. But the same point is made over and over again every 5 minutes. Combined with the terrible string music and the commonplaces and the final "love and peace because it is snowing"-crap it made me want to leave the theater. But hey, I'm a Dutchman and I payed for it, so I endured it.
Everyone who likes to be annoyed should see this movie.
I'm tending towards giving this movie a 1/10, just to compensate for all those who give it 10/10 and call it "the best movie ever!". What is wrong with you people, didn't you ever see another movie? Were you on drugs while watching this? But to be honest I'll give it a 4/10, because of the strong acting and nice cinematographics.