Crash (2004)

It occurred to me recently that some time ago, I'd posted very briefly about the movie Crash, which was made in 2004. First, there are two movies called Crash; the one to which I'm referring, and another which is very close to a porn movie. I'm speaking of the one made in 2004 with Matt Damon (or Dillon?), Sandra Bullock, and about a million other wonderful actors/actresses.

It is vitally important to the human race that you go out, rent this movie, and watch it. Why? Well, it's too complex to explain without your having seen the movie. I would never have looked at it, except I had to for a class in school. I wouldn't have looked at it because it's tagline didn't do that much for me (You think you know who you are...you have no idea), there was violence and burning cars and it wasn't a syrupy sweet, happy-ending type of movie. I always figure that if I'm going to shell out $10 for a movie ticket or $4 to rent one, that I want to be entertained. Violence and burning cars rarely entertain me. You can do the math from there. But I figured wrong, because this movie is so important that I'm going to buy it and harp on it and make my friends watch it, and I'm going to make my kids watch it just as soon as they're old enough to understand it.

Now, before you go, please prepare yourself. First, the movie has some light violence and harsh language, and a sex scene that's fairly graphic. I am a Christian...I'm not supposed to support, let alone like, movies with those attributes. And I didn't actually like it so much as I was completely awestruck by it. It's a work of art; I couldn't even verbalize the thoughts whirling through my head for a few days after seeing it. It's okay to watch it if you're a Christian. It's not okay to act like most of the people in the movie, but I think it's not only okay to watch if you're a Christian; it's valuable to watch if you're a Christian. It makes you think, and realize things about yourself that you never knew. It's okay to see things like this, that show what is wrong with the world. This shows what is wrong with the world. You'll know in the time it takes to watch this movie. Bingo. Think tanks have been working on it for years, but they just need to see the movie.

This is a powerful movie. I've read countless reviews that say that whatever movie is being reviewed is powerful; they're not. This is. This will (or may, depending on your level of cynicism) change you.

If you have seen it or after you do see it, if you want to comment here, that would be great.