Crash into Zorro... or don't
Rocky let me borrow a couple of movies. Crash and the latest Zorro movie.
Crash. This is probably the best movie (if you're an Oscar voter) from last year. It uses the multiple overlapping story formula which has grown to be so popular among people with film degrees (you know, Oscar voters), but it's only to get some interesting ideas across. What are these ideas? There are a lot of them, but it basically boils down to what happens when we look at how our natural prejudices make us act.
Much like the first two Lord of the Rings movies, Crash doesn't have a prayer of winning. Why? Gay cowboys. Also, I think a lot of people might be threatened by Crash. This is a movie that tells us all, in a very unconscious, subtle way, that we all still have our prejudices, that we all are in some way racist. But since it's subtle, you might not fully catch it. Still, this is a really good movie, a positive movie.
Then I watched the latest Zorro movie, or rather, the first 45 minutes of it. I can sum up this movie in two words (Dan, if you're reading, take note):
CHICKEN HELL! (Imagine a picture of a chicken pecking a stick of dynamite until it explodes.)
It just sucked. It sucked so much, I couldn't bear to watch it any more. Instead, watch something like Underworld Evolution, where you can see Kate Beckinsale in skin tight leather, amongst other things.
Crash. This is probably the best movie (if you're an Oscar voter) from last year. It uses the multiple overlapping story formula which has grown to be so popular among people with film degrees (you know, Oscar voters), but it's only to get some interesting ideas across. What are these ideas? There are a lot of them, but it basically boils down to what happens when we look at how our natural prejudices make us act.
Much like the first two Lord of the Rings movies, Crash doesn't have a prayer of winning. Why? Gay cowboys. Also, I think a lot of people might be threatened by Crash. This is a movie that tells us all, in a very unconscious, subtle way, that we all still have our prejudices, that we all are in some way racist. But since it's subtle, you might not fully catch it. Still, this is a really good movie, a positive movie.
Then I watched the latest Zorro movie, or rather, the first 45 minutes of it. I can sum up this movie in two words (Dan, if you're reading, take note):
CHICKEN HELL! (Imagine a picture of a chicken pecking a stick of dynamite until it explodes.)
It just sucked. It sucked so much, I couldn't bear to watch it any more. Instead, watch something like Underworld Evolution, where you can see Kate Beckinsale in skin tight leather, amongst other things.
posted by LEN! at 1:27 AM
2 Comments:
Well, I'm sure my friend Alex would take your advice and watch Underworld:Evolution.
Of course he'd watch it because he believes it's a legitimately good movie, so take from that what you will.
Since the Oscars have now been handed out I'll say this:
Wow, the right movie actually won.
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