Crash!

The film Crash left me thinking it was an intense and thought provoking film.

I enjoyed the fact that Paul Haggis (directer and Screenwriter) created a film about people so real that none of the usual Hollywood cliché rules apply. A story about how people from wildly different walks of life, collide and intersect with one another. Each life is in some way personally affected, changed, damaged, or victimized by racism. They’re also all in some way guilty of racism themselves. The dialogue is intense and heavy as characters discuss topics such as race, poverty, and the American institution, and I think this film may help some people understand a little better where the other guy is coming from.
However I felt like we didn't see enough of the characters, we only encounter brief snippets which are chopped up and linked together in daisy chain fashion.
I also cannot help but feel that Karma/Dharma plays a part in the story lines. Which is always show in a Hollywood movie.

The first time I watched the film in 2005 I wasn't really watching the film, I was trying to link the stories of the characters together. Although now watching it after learning about America I cannot help but feel guilty when laughing at some of the lines in the film.
I think it is not a film that you could choose to watch for "film night" as it is not very entertaining. However it is one of those films where you watch it and it makes you think about what your actions are and which character you may connect more with.