Crash (2004)
November 8, 2022 7:23 AM - Subscribe
In post-Sept. 11 Los Angeles, tensions erupt when the lives of a Brentwood housewife, her district attorney husband, a Persian shopkeeper, two cops, a pair of carjackers and a Korean couple converge during a 36-hour period.
Starring Sandra Bullock, Don Cheadle, Matt Dillon, Michael Peña, Jennifer Esposito, Brendan Fraser, Nona Gaye, Terrence Howard, Ludacris, Thandiwe Newton, Ashlyn Sanchez, Marina Sirtis, Larenz Tate, Beverly Todd, Kathleen York, Keith David, William Fichtner, Daniel Dae, Kim Ryan Phillippe, Tony Danza, Loretta Devine.
Written and directed by Paul Haggis.
74% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes.
Currently streaming in the US on HBO Max. JustWatch listing.
Today, I'm making posts for six Best Picture winners that have yet to be on FF.
Starring Sandra Bullock, Don Cheadle, Matt Dillon, Michael Peña, Jennifer Esposito, Brendan Fraser, Nona Gaye, Terrence Howard, Ludacris, Thandiwe Newton, Ashlyn Sanchez, Marina Sirtis, Larenz Tate, Beverly Todd, Kathleen York, Keith David, William Fichtner, Daniel Dae, Kim Ryan Phillippe, Tony Danza, Loretta Devine.
Written and directed by Paul Haggis.
74% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes.
Currently streaming in the US on HBO Max. JustWatch listing.
Today, I'm making posts for six Best Picture winners that have yet to be on FF.
I've never seen this one, but I saw Crash (1996) in the theaters and I think it's neat that you can start out a conversation with "Have you seen Crash? Man, that was a fucked up film" and keep going for a bit before realizing you're talking about very different films for very different reasons
posted by phooky at 8:35 AM on November 8, 2022 [10 favorites]
posted by phooky at 8:35 AM on November 8, 2022 [10 favorites]
Should this and A Beautiful Mind get the problematic movies tag? Or maybe Cringe tag? Bless Their Hearts for Trying tag?
posted by iamkimiam at 8:56 AM on November 8, 2022 [3 favorites]
posted by iamkimiam at 8:56 AM on November 8, 2022 [3 favorites]
The major significance of this movie in my life is that it is integral to the moment I stopped watching the Oscars forever.
posted by Parasite Unseen at 9:27 AM on November 8, 2022
posted by Parasite Unseen at 9:27 AM on November 8, 2022
Should this and A Beautiful Mind get the problematic movies tag?
I mean, they certainly could.
I usually only use that tag on the movies I am posting on days specifically themed for that. I do it because, for instance, I really want to draw a line between "Hey, we might have thoughts and stuff to say on The Professional" and seeming to gloss over/hand wave the problematic aspects of that film. It's a way of inviting people into a post about say, The Pianist without making people feel compelled to note that, "Hey, I don't know if you know this, dude, but Roman Polanski is a RAPIST!"
Lots of things could get the tag, though.
This one got posted because, defying reason, it won Best Picture.
It might not be a bad idea to expand the tag beyond the themed days though, as a way of affording other people a similar way to delineate between whole-hearted endorsement and submission for discussion, warts and all.
I am in no danger of running out of problematic movies for the themed days, though.
posted by DirtyOldTown at 10:39 AM on November 8, 2022 [1 favorite]
I mean, they certainly could.
I usually only use that tag on the movies I am posting on days specifically themed for that. I do it because, for instance, I really want to draw a line between "Hey, we might have thoughts and stuff to say on The Professional" and seeming to gloss over/hand wave the problematic aspects of that film. It's a way of inviting people into a post about say, The Pianist without making people feel compelled to note that, "Hey, I don't know if you know this, dude, but Roman Polanski is a RAPIST!"
Lots of things could get the tag, though.
This one got posted because, defying reason, it won Best Picture.
It might not be a bad idea to expand the tag beyond the themed days though, as a way of affording other people a similar way to delineate between whole-hearted endorsement and submission for discussion, warts and all.
I am in no danger of running out of problematic movies for the themed days, though.
posted by DirtyOldTown at 10:39 AM on November 8, 2022 [1 favorite]
Fwiw, I saw Crash and A Beautiful Mind posted and immediately thought, “oh cool, DirtyOldTown is doing another problematic theme day!”
posted by iamkimiam at 11:17 AM on November 8, 2022 [3 favorites]
posted by iamkimiam at 11:17 AM on November 8, 2022 [3 favorites]
This one got posted because, defying reason, it won Best Picture.
Attributing the actions of the Academy to "reason" is a fool's errand. Especially back in 2005. This was up against:
Brokeback Mountain
Capote
Good Night and Good Luck
Munich
Now, Brokeback Mountain was by far the superior film, but this was the Academy of 20 years ago, when there were likely more people who felt oogy about "oh, but it's a love story between two guys." Capote was a dark horse but they could throw the Best Actor award to Philp Seymour Hoffman and take care of it that way. Munich was another Stephen Spielberg thing, but he'd already won once...that left Good Night and Good Luck, something that was chiding the media for ignoring fascism, and Crash, which was only "meh" but at least it wasn't problematic. So, it won.
....And if you think that's a cynic's take: consider that in 2019, Green Book won against BlacKkKlansman, Roma, and Vice. (And Bohemian Rhapsody, A Star Is Born and The Favourite, but those were likely long shots.)
There's a reason my Oscar pool picks never go with the film I most like in the Best Picture category.
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 11:28 AM on November 8, 2022 [1 favorite]
Attributing the actions of the Academy to "reason" is a fool's errand. Especially back in 2005. This was up against:
Brokeback Mountain
Capote
Good Night and Good Luck
Munich
Now, Brokeback Mountain was by far the superior film, but this was the Academy of 20 years ago, when there were likely more people who felt oogy about "oh, but it's a love story between two guys." Capote was a dark horse but they could throw the Best Actor award to Philp Seymour Hoffman and take care of it that way. Munich was another Stephen Spielberg thing, but he'd already won once...that left Good Night and Good Luck, something that was chiding the media for ignoring fascism, and Crash, which was only "meh" but at least it wasn't problematic. So, it won.
....And if you think that's a cynic's take: consider that in 2019, Green Book won against BlacKkKlansman, Roma, and Vice. (And Bohemian Rhapsody, A Star Is Born and The Favourite, but those were likely long shots.)
There's a reason my Oscar pool picks never go with the film I most like in the Best Picture category.
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 11:28 AM on November 8, 2022 [1 favorite]
The amount of overlap between "Problematic Movies Day" candidates and "Best Picture Winners Day" candidates is... [eyes emoji].
posted by DirtyOldTown at 11:51 AM on November 8, 2022 [3 favorites]
posted by DirtyOldTown at 11:51 AM on November 8, 2022 [3 favorites]
I remember when this movie came out. Students (freshmen in college) LOVED it and said I had to see it. Yeah that was not a good experience. I'm still bitter about the time I spent watching this movie.
posted by miss-lapin at 1:28 PM on November 8, 2022
posted by miss-lapin at 1:28 PM on November 8, 2022
I don't remember it as being terrible....just nowhere near as good as Brokeback Mountain. But, then again, this is the year that the Oscars had a bunch of people doing interpretive dance to "Hard Out Here For A Pimp" so...yeah, a sour year all around.
The major significance of this movie in my life is that it is integral to the moment I stopped watching the Oscars forever.
In all honesty: try to watch clips from when Bong Joon Ho got all the big stuff for Parasite. I was at a bar full of movie fans at an Oscar Night screening and we went completely well and truly apeshit, because it was the thing none of us expected but all of us secretly wanted, and holy crap it happened y'all.
I am in no danger of running out of problematic movies for the themed days, though.
....We should speak about some older films. I have stories.
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 1:58 PM on November 8, 2022
The major significance of this movie in my life is that it is integral to the moment I stopped watching the Oscars forever.
In all honesty: try to watch clips from when Bong Joon Ho got all the big stuff for Parasite. I was at a bar full of movie fans at an Oscar Night screening and we went completely well and truly apeshit, because it was the thing none of us expected but all of us secretly wanted, and holy crap it happened y'all.
I am in no danger of running out of problematic movies for the themed days, though.
....We should speak about some older films. I have stories.
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 1:58 PM on November 8, 2022
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posted by DirtyOldTown at 7:24 AM on November 8, 2022 [2 favorites]