OK then....

Rating: 10/10 (31 January 2007)

i've had a year to reflect on this film, and i have read every single post and review written on this IMDb site and i've finally decided to speak up. 1)the ensemble cast in this film did a remarkable job. this is one point that is hard to debate. Thandie, Matt, Don, Sandra, Ryan, Terraence,Pena; EVERYONE, was top notch. 2) the score in this film, was beautiful to listen to. 3) people who at first, appear to be racist, aren't. people who appear to be of high moral character, are flawed.
Brokeback Mountain deserved the best picture win; but for a consolation prize, i wasn't that upset by Crash's win. But this film is like this year's Dreamgirls. It is one thing to dislike a film. that is perfectly fine and in fact, criticism right or wrong is good for the industry. it's quite another thing, to call Jennifer Hudson an American idol reject, or say it made your day that it wasn't nominated for Best Picture. This is the case with Crash. the passion which this film is hated by the minority is mind boggling. if only we could get that worked up over environmental and global issues of justice and fairness, tolerance and peace. it's a belly laugh to hear people call Crash a racist film, and then follow it with a racist remark. It's fine to criticize Haggis's direction; it's another thing to bash his nationality and trash his country and ethnicity. what i have found, after reading these reviews, are that the people who hated this film for being contrived, over-hyped, done before, obviously done by a "white man", and so on, went on to call the majority who liked this film names, such as: for dummies, stupids; for the uneducated, racists, retarded, infantile (haha, the irony),trash lovers, commie lovers, lefties, hypocrites, and so on. the worst for me however, are the criticisms aimed at Paul for being Canadian. Yes; we Canadians are a rotten lot all right, who cant make movies (ahem). The National Film Board of Canada gives aspiring and acknowledged film makers more leeway than most, and is as lauded as and been around longer than the respected and liberal Sundance. Yes; Canada is a liberal nation. Canadians are just terrible people: they try to stay out of wars; they avoid going after "terrorists", even the American ones; they have no death penalty; they allow gays to marry; they tolerate marijuana (because they don't want to make people technically criminals, and aren't stupid); they get killed constantly by "friendly fire" and yet don't complain (it's not the Canadian way); they are there when American planes had to land on Canadian soil after 9/11 with food, shelter, and friendship; they smuggled imprisoned American people out of Iran; they hand out candy and goodies to children and adults on BOTH sides of any conflict; they have a small population and yet devote a huge percentage of people in peace-keeping efforts, if indeed there is such a thing; they stormed the beaches at Normandy and yet were never acknowledged for it and didn't care that they weren't; they get along with almost everyone; and yea, they produce great athletes...and actors too, whom Americans have embraced as their own; they marry Americans and people of all colours; and they truly are a melting pot and embrace multi-cultural ism; they don't have a freedom-killing Patriot Act; they aren't hated by most of the world;...yes indeed. A horrible bunch of people. so go ahead and hate this movie if you wish. that's fine. but stop short of name calling and nation bashing. Now THAT is true hypocrisy. It won the Best Picture award, right or wrong. And although as i've said, i thought BBM was the stronger picture, i am somewhat glad it won because of the absolute hatred and loathing and vitriol shown by the people who HATED this MOVIE, knowing that the name callers and critics who sound like they went to the bathroom five or six times during this film are even more ENRAGED by it. i'd laugh out loud but i'd be guilty of doing the same as those i've just spoken of. try to get over it. there's this year's Dreamgirls. You can spit your venom at something else now.