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The movie Crash - you need to watch it

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Shadows
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Im not sure if this has been posted before, i couldnt find anything in search. i hope all these links show up.

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http://www.crashfilm.com/

high quality trailer WMV
http://mcwindows.arcostream.com/media/arco/lionsgate/streams/windowsmedia/crash/crash_1500Kbps.wmv

at first glance i know it seems kinda dumb, i mean Ludacris in a serious movie? come on haha
but it works.

Its a deep thinking movie i guess from 2005 but ive never even heard of it till last year when my teacher showed it in class, and it was just on FX.
Its so well written and truly captures life as we know it. The word "riveting" is thrown around a lot in movie trailers and reviews but this definitely deserves that word. Just for the fact that the movie will have you going through every emotion you can think of. Call me pussy or a faggot but for real i had chills for pretty much 80% of the movie. If you watch this movie and at the end feel absolutely nothing, i pity you.
spend the 5 dollars or whatever it is to rent it, download it, whatever.
Oct 16 2007 10:27PM
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cobra_commander
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Such a good fucking movie.
Oct 16 2007 10:34PM
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anxju
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one of my favorite movies
Oct 16 2007 10:34PM
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Alex_G
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That film is ridiculously on point.
Oct 16 2007 10:35PM
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whattheshit
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the sad thing is that people think the movie is only about racism.


good movie, thanks for sharing, but im sure a lot of people have already seen it.

now if you're thinking about the other movie called crash, which could be classified as a soft core porn movie that shows people that get off to car crashes then yes you need to watch it.  
Oct 16 2007 10:36PM
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Shadows
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dude it goes sooooo far beyond just racism, every single aspect of human life is covered.
Oct 16 2007 10:38PM
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whattheshit
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yea, racism is the engine used to show how our everyday interactions with strangers can affect their lives down the road.

ie. that 5 dollar bill you gave to the homeless guy that made you feel good causes him to finally be able to afford that heroin which causes him to OD where then a small kid finds the homeless guys rotting body which scars him for life.  that sort of thing. yaddadamean?
Oct 16 2007 10:44PM
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BrokenBones
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Its a great movie and if you havn't seen it you should watch it.  However it doesn't cover "every single aspect of human life" haha.

But seriously, its a good film.
Oct 16 2007 10:49PM
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Shadows
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it kind of does. like whattheshit said above, human interaction is a complex system.  theres some hidden meanings and cryptic messages, things like that. maybe i just think too far into things
Oct 16 2007 10:51PM
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proZach
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its a good movie, well done, but not something i was really entertained by. like, not that watching the condemned or resident evil are the only movies that are entertaining (with blood, action, and funny shit or whatever). its more of like a view of society and i don't wanna watch something like that in a movie.
Oct 16 2007 11:02PM
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CooksCorner
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Is a very good movie, but its not genius. It deals with very real, and accessible issues but never really challenges the intellect, which constitutes my one qualm.
Oct 16 2007 11:03PM
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Mezmerize19
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"DUDE! THERES A CHINAMAN UNDER YO CAR!"

"Theres a what? Let me see..."

"DUDE THERES A CHINAMAN UNDER MY CAR!"
Oct 16 2007 11:06PM
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Mezmerize19
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actually heres the direct quote:

"Holy shit we ran over a chinaman!"

"Your saying theres a Chinaman under this truck?"

"What do you not understand? Theres a Chinaman stuck under the goddamn truck!"

"Where the hell he come from!?"

"Fucking china! Where the hell you think he come from!?"

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Oct 16 2007 11:10PM
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BrokenBones
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I think you might be, heh.  There may be some hidden meanings and whatnot, but like you said human interaction is a complex system and this movies certainly does not explain every aspect of it.
Oct 16 2007 11:40PM
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DJSTEVEINNIAMIXX
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its really different,its not the most action packed movie but its still really good for some reason.
Oct 16 2007 11:44PM
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Gnarshred
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man so intense, I get mad chills when that girl jumps in front of the guys gun...

shit i get chills think about it!
Oct 17 2007 12:19AM
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hendrik.
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Sticky => A LIST OF MOVIES TO SEE

thanks for playing.
Oct 17 2007 12:38AM
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da-bling
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ya definatley a really good movie
Oct 17 2007 12:39AM
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babysteeze84
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I found American History X to be a MUCH more effective film than Crash.  The soundtrack to Crash was failing, and I believe that a powerful soundtrack can add to a movie, and a failing one can really take away.  Anyone seen Babel?  Or Blood Diamond?  Hotel Ruwanda (sp)?  Oh, there's another good one, City of God (foriegn film).  Those were also dealing with extremely heavy and serious matters going on in the world today, not just Los Angeles.  I have to say I wasn't a fan of the acting - I think that the movie could have been much more developed and a better cast would have made it better as well.
Oct 17 2007 3:14AM
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PacificRimJob
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Crash was good.. but it was just a wee bit too hollywood. They made it appealing to a larger scale audience, and it was effective...

still, i've found many more movies to be far more effective as far as getting the point accross.

still, I liked Crash. 4/5.
Oct 17 2007 3:42AM
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drwclrk
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I heard its really good, im watching it in my Multicultural Lit class this week. woo.
Oct 17 2007 9:33AM
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GANDALF
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that movie is so fucking good we watched it my senior lit class
Oct 17 2007 11:47AM
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freezed
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I hated Babel. So contrived.
Oct 17 2007 12:08PM
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proZach
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babel was so fucking terrible. it was boring as fuck.
Oct 17 2007 12:09PM
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St.Steezy
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I agree, it was good movie, but nothing amazing. I found it to be too "americanized" in a broad sense. 
Oct 17 2007 1:04PM
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skithebert
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100% agree.  the acting was so over the top and overly dramatic.  not a fan.  movie was alright.
Oct 17 2007 2:53PM
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TheQuailman
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this film is so overrated by so many people in this thread.  It was a good original movie but saying it covers every aspect of human life is pushing it.
Oct 17 2007 5:03PM
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anxju
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IT IS ON AT 5:30 ON FX!!!!!
Oct 17 2007 5:13PM
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fillup
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awsome movie
Oct 17 2007 5:14PM
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