Crash

Crash. I knew it would be a thought provoking movie, but I had no idea how far reaching the effects would be. I'm not sure how good it is on a movie level. It does an impressive job of weaving together a handful of plot lines into one cohensive movie. Yet that is not where the strength of the film lies. The strenght lies in the subject matter, race relations. How often do we judge people based upon their race? How often does this happen without us even noticing, with us accepting it? Far too often, for me at least. Does this make me a bad person? Hell yes. That's the point. We are all bad people, however we want to justify it. We are all one comment away from murder, rape, whatever. It takes one comment that turns you the wrong way, brings up bad memories, to set you off. So what hope is there? What safety net is there from total enragement? God. (pause for laughter) Well it's true. What other reason is there to follow the rules? What other reason is there to live a "good" life?