Thursday, May 25, 2006 @8:13 PM
omg! crash deserved the oscars. totally. i finally understood why it won instead of brokeback. and i regret not watching the movie earlier. the whole movie was so well-adapted. now i want to read the book. the characters intertwine in a very ironic manner and you just sit in awe how the plot can be so ironically interesting. every scene is like a climax scene. precisely why you will not get bored during the whole movie.
the racism theme seriously struck a chord. it's not just the blacks and the whites, it's also about the chinks and the blacks, the whites and the arabs, the arab and the hispanics. any kind of racism you want it, they have it in the movie. and every character is so ironic in their own ways. i don't want to be a spoiler. watch the movie and you get what i mean.
and it just keeps me thinking. not just the issue about racism but also the issue about wealth equality. it's precisely of discrimination that the blacks can never be filthy rich and because of discrimination that brings about all the social issues because one is poor and all the negative feelings and hatred start building up. this happens to every society, not just America.
just concurring to something i read in my chinese textbook. this author uses the voice of two newly born babies to describe the two different lives they have, because one is from a white-collar family while the other's father is a butcher. it is trying to imply that even from the second they are born, they are ought to be different. and once they are out of the hospital, their lives will never cross again. so the author illustrates how the rich baby was given preferential treatment in the hospital while the poor baby is just dump in a corner. and they are born on CNY eve, the rich baby's mum stays in the hospital for an extra day because the father was afraid that she would tire herself out if she's released. and the poor baby's mum is also staying for an extra day, but because his father was afraid they would be chased by loansharks on CNY eve. the rich baby cannot drink breastmilk because his mum cannot produce any. the poor cannot drink anymore breastmilk other than the first time because his mum gotta be the 'mummy' for another baby. as they left the hospital, the rich baby was wrapped tightly in wool clothings and despite leaving in the car, his parents hid him under their cover for fear that he would catch a cold. on the other hand, the poor baby brave the winter wind and snow, riding on the back of this father, ready to conquer the harsh world.
i got pretty emotion when i was reading the analysis of the story because i was thinking about crash and the little girl, the persian family, the blacks. and it just seems that our world is so bleak, our world sucks. argh. getting all so cynical again.