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CanuckAmok Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-12-05 03:25 PM
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"Crash". What did you think?
The new movie, not the Egoyan feature based on the Ballard story.

I liked it, but it wasn't as tightly-written as I'd hoped, There were still a few loose ends, but perhaps that was part of the point.

Don Cheadle was excellent, as always. He's such a great actor; I hope this is the movie which will make him a household name.

Matt Dillon was good, too... who'd have seen that coming?!

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SouthoftheBorderPaul Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-12-05 03:50 PM
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1. Gah!
All copies checked out of BlockBuster this weekend. Damn!
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terrya Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-12-05 03:55 PM
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2. I liked it very much
Edited on Mon Sep-12-05 03:55 PM by terrya
I rented the DVD yesterday. I agree, Don Cheadle was superb. As was Matt Dillon. Hell, even Sandra Bullock was good (I never thought I'd be typing those words)

A terrific film.
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LeftyDarthBrodie Donating Member (941 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-12-05 05:55 PM
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3. Somewhat underwhelmed
I had heard lots of good things about this film from critics and friends so I was interested in seeing the film. While "realistic" in that many of us, no matter how hard we try often fall victim to stereotyping people. So much of this movie seemed fairly predictable that I lost interest at times.

I like films like Atlman's "Shortcuts" or Lawrence Kasdan's "Grand Canyon" which are stories in which many people's lives interact in less predictable ways than in "Crash." Haggis, the writer and director, seems to be a hot property after "Million Dollar Baby," which he wrote, and I think that contributed to the hype around this film. I was, as the title says, somewhat underwhelmed though.
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SarahB Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-12-05 07:03 PM
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4. You inadvertantly earwormed me.
CRASH

here you go way to fast
don't slow down you're gonna crash
you should watch - watch your stay here
don't look out you're gonna break your neck

so shut, shut your mouth
cause I'm not listening anyhow
i've had enough, enough of you
enough to last a life time through
so what do you want of me?
got no words of sympathy and if i go around with you
you know that i'll get messed up too with you

na na na na na
na na na na na

here you go way to fast
don't slow down you're gonna crash
you don't know what's been going down
you've been running all over town

so shut , shut your mouth
cause i'm not listening anyhow
i've had enough, enough of you
enough to last a life time through
so what do you want of me?
got no cure for misery and if I go around with you
you know that i'll get messed up too with you

with you
na na na na na
slow down you're gonna crash
na na na na na
slow down you're gonna crash
na na na na na
slow down you're gonna crash

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pitohui Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-12-05 07:55 PM
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5. oh where's yr sense of fun
i was abt to say i love that james spader, you gotta love that car crash pervo fetish

ain't seen the latest whatever but how can it live up to the dream
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