Contrived.
We watched Crash, the movie that won Best Picture at the Academy Awards last night and it started out promisiing, but the point where the man tied the invisible, impenetrable cape around his daughter's shoulders was a where Crash started to lose me.
Careful, spoilers below.
The most disappointing part was that in the end all the characters were connected. And I think that can work in some movies, but in Crash I think it trivialized the message. In a comedy or a romance, it reinforces the connectedness, but I think that this film was more about alienation, and I found it to be a mistake to get all touchy feely when trying to convey a serious message. It was just too much, unrealistic, and unnecessary. Honestly, it reminded me of the O.C. You think, "No. They wouldn't do that. It would be too much..." and then they go right ahead and you almost can't help but laugh because it is such a stretch. I think the film would have been stronger as a whole if the stories hadn't intertwined as much as they did.
All in all, it was alright not of the same caliber as many of the other nominated films.
Careful, spoilers below.
The most disappointing part was that in the end all the characters were connected. And I think that can work in some movies, but in Crash I think it trivialized the message. In a comedy or a romance, it reinforces the connectedness, but I think that this film was more about alienation, and I found it to be a mistake to get all touchy feely when trying to convey a serious message. It was just too much, unrealistic, and unnecessary. Honestly, it reminded me of the O.C. You think, "No. They wouldn't do that. It would be too much..." and then they go right ahead and you almost can't help but laugh because it is such a stretch. I think the film would have been stronger as a whole if the stories hadn't intertwined as much as they did.
All in all, it was alright not of the same caliber as many of the other nominated films.