{"id":638,"date":"2006-03-11T23:45:00","date_gmt":"2006-03-11T23:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/docwiggly.wordpress.com\/2006\/03\/11\/crash-review\/"},"modified":"2006-03-11T23:45:00","modified_gmt":"2006-03-11T23:45:00","slug":"crash-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/reviewermag.com\/press\/2006\/03\/11\/crash-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Crash review"},"content":{"rendered":"

[movie review]
\nCRASH
\n“You think you know who you are.” – Officer Ryan, played by Matt Dillon
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I saw Crash last night for the first time. I know it is over a year old now but since it won the Oscar I was curious about it. When the ads were on TV for it I saw Matt Dillon portraying a racist cop and thought, “Hmm, that’s interesting. He’s playing a ‘bad guy’ now. Either he’s trying to branch out or his star is losing its shine.”<\/p>\n

So I kinda wrote it off. Never went to see it. Then last night I was at Blockbuster looking for a DVD and the cute Aryan girl working there suggested I see it. <\/p>\n

“Is it good?” I asked.<\/p>\n

“Yeah, it’s real good. I saw it.”<\/p>\n

“What’s it about?”<\/p>\n

“Race,” she shot back. “It’s about race. It’s about, like, ‘Why are YOU saving ME?’ And there’s a suprise ending.”<\/p>\n

She was right on all counts. The cast was full of great players, many very underused till this movie. And the story, just frickin brilliant. I haven’t seen all the other movies it ran against. But if previous year’s winners are any indication, I think it totally deserved to win best picture.<\/p>\n

Reminds me that having a car while in LA is a big necessary evil. RR<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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