Comments on: Why Crash is a Bad Movie http://nofilmschool.com/2006/03/why-crash-is-a-bad-movie/ Ryan Bilsborrow-Koo tries to start a film career in New York, without going to film school; hilarity ensues. Mon, 01 Dec 2008 18:59:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Pat http://nofilmschool.com/2006/03/why-crash-is-a-bad-movie/#comment-175 Pat Tue, 07 Mar 2006 00:28:12 +0000 http://nofilmschool.com/2006/03/why-crash-is-a-bad-movie/#comment-175 I had trouble getting through Crash. It was a predictable, cliched movie trying really hard not to be predictable and cliched. Frankly, I see far more interesting perspectives on race on King of the Hill. RUTH: Look, Connie's a really smart Asian girl, but I've got a boatload of them -- pardon the expression. She's not black, she's not hispanic, or even white. I mean, good Lord, give me a white kid from a public school with Connie's specs, and that kid could waltz in here. KAHN: You telling me Connie didn't get in because she's an overachieving Asian? That's discrimination! RUTH: In a way, it's flattering, isn't it? Look, maybe there's something you left off Connie's application, some kind of hook. Has she ever had to play that violin of hers on the street to buy her strung-out mother just one more hit? KAHN: No. RUTH: Well, that would have helped. I had similar feelings on Syriana. I thought this review nailed it: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/12/AR2005121201251.html I had trouble getting through Crash. It was a predictable, cliched movie trying really hard not to be predictable and cliched. Frankly, I see far more interesting perspectives on race on King of the Hill.

RUTH: Look, Connie’s a really smart Asian girl, but I’ve got a boatload of them — pardon the expression. She’s not black, she’s not hispanic, or even white. I mean, good Lord, give me a white kid from a public school with Connie’s specs, and that kid could waltz in here.
KAHN: You telling me Connie didn’t get in because she’s an overachieving Asian? That’s discrimination!
RUTH: In a way, it’s flattering, isn’t it? Look, maybe there’s something you left off Connie’s application, some kind of hook. Has she ever had to play that violin of hers on the street to buy her strung-out mother just one more hit?
KAHN: No.
RUTH: Well, that would have helped.

I had similar feelings on Syriana. I thought this review nailed it: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/12/AR2005121201251.html

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