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Yogaflame
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61. "RE: while I'm reading that"
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Thu Jun-02-05 02:39 PM by Yogaflame

  

          

First, I'm not a huge Denby fan. Anthony Lane, as frothy as he can be, is far superior. Something about Denby gets under my skin.

I didn't appreciate this review. In fact, I'm wont to disregard the entire article after reading the very first paragraph:

"If there’s an ill-tempered remark that has ever been uttered in the city of Los Angeles that hasn’t found its way into Paul Haggis’s “Crash,” I can’t imagine what it is. “

If he can't imagine another ill-tempered remark that has ever been uttered in the city of Los Angeles that hasn't found its way into Crash, well, then, he probably has no concept of racism, pedestrian or otherwise. What a foolish thing to say.

"Crash (opening May 6th) is about the rage and foolishness produced by intolerance, the mutual abrasions of white, black, Latino, Middle Eastern, and Asian citizens in an urban pot in which nothing melts. "

Eh? Asian? Please. Talk about a shrift. The only time any Asians appeared in this film were as goofy marble-mouthed comic foils. Any critic who makes a point of stating that Asians were involved in this story's mosaic is an idiot. Any critic who fails to pounce on this strange omission is missing out.

"I think it’s easily the strongest American film since Clint Eastwood’s Mystic River"

I have a hard time taking anything from here on in seriously. Crash and Mystic River are the two most recent great American films? Wow. Denby's asleep at the wheel.

  

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A brief word on Crash [View all] , Yogaflame, Tue May-31-05 09:04 PM
 
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ouch! ouch! owwwee! ouch! OW!
May 31st 2005
1
Winces
May 31st 2005
7
please explain
May 31st 2005
2
Shock post?
May 31st 2005
3
RE: Shock post?
May 31st 2005
4
      RE: Shock post?
May 31st 2005
5
           so....
May 31st 2005
6
                I haven't even seen the movie
May 31st 2005
8
                well perhaps
May 31st 2005
10
                     Stop being such a bitch
May 31st 2005
11
                          RE: Stop being such a bitch
May 31st 2005
13
                               Hey Alanis,
May 31st 2005
14
                                    RE: Hey Alanis,
May 31st 2005
16
                                         I was being a dick,
May 31st 2005
18
                                              did you learn nothing from the movie!!!!
May 31st 2005
19
                                              Sure
May 31st 2005
22
                                                   I suspected as much
May 31st 2005
25
                                                        RE: I suspected as much
May 31st 2005
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                                              RE: I was being a dick,
May 31st 2005
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                                                   RE: I was being a dick,
May 31st 2005
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                RE: so....
May 31st 2005
9
                     RE: so....
May 31st 2005
12
                          Diatribe?
May 31st 2005
15
                               RE: Diatribe?
May 31st 2005
17
                                    Holy shit, this is exhausting.
May 31st 2005
20
                                         RE: Holy shit, this is exhausting.
May 31st 2005
23
Yeah, so you guys are still at it, eh?
May 31st 2005
27
it was what it was...
May 31st 2005
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RE: it was what it was...
Jun 02nd 2005
39
      RE: it was what it was...
Jun 02nd 2005
40
whoa someone else didn't like Crash?
May 31st 2005
29
RE: whoa someone else didn't like Crash?
Jun 01st 2005
31
RE: whoa someone else didn't like Crash?
Jun 01st 2005
32
Shit
Jun 01st 2005
33
      THANK YOU
Jun 01st 2005
34
Well, at least you got good taste in music.
Jun 01st 2005
30
wow..thank u....
Jun 01st 2005
35
it's a depiction of real shit...
Jun 01st 2005
36
      Real shit -
Jun 01st 2005
37
      sad=pathetic(nm)
Jun 01st 2005
38
Hater.
Jun 02nd 2005
41
Heino
Jun 02nd 2005
42
      Fagen.
Jun 02nd 2005
45
DELETE THIS POST...
Jun 02nd 2005
43
Gosh
Jun 02nd 2005
44
RE: Gosh
Jun 02nd 2005
46
Ever think that maybe your interpretation of the film was different...
Jun 02nd 2005
47
RE: Ever think that maybe your interpretation of the film was different....
Jun 02nd 2005
49
      well if you're gonna judge a film based on
Jun 02nd 2005
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           except lord of the rings and shawshank redemption!
Oct 17th 2005
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I didn't think anyone 'redeemed' himself
Jun 02nd 2005
48
RE: I didn't think anyone 'redeemed' himself
Jun 02nd 2005
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      well since I don't watch television
Jun 02nd 2005
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           RE: well since I don't watch television
Jun 02nd 2005
54
                while I'm reading that
Jun 02nd 2005
57
                ewww
Jun 02nd 2005
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                I don't usually agree with him
Jun 02nd 2005
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                     i can predict
Jun 02nd 2005
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                          well lucky lucky you
Jun 02nd 2005
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                               most of Kael's proteges are hacks
Jun 02nd 2005
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                     sweetheart, YOU recommended a critic to ME who
Jun 02nd 2005
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                          Stop what?
Jun 02nd 2005
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                               It's really hard for me to take seriously
Jun 02nd 2005
69
                Onstad's a good writer, but
Jun 02nd 2005
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                     RE: Onstad's a good writer, but
Jun 02nd 2005
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                          I'm gonna have to watch that again
Jun 02nd 2005
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                               For the record -
Jun 02nd 2005
67
RE: Gosh
Jun 02nd 2005
50
you did it!
Jun 02nd 2005
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      bah, fuck you
Jun 02nd 2005
60
           whoa whoa 'woodchip head'?
Jun 02nd 2005
68
                that may work with yogaflame
Jun 02nd 2005
70
Granted...
Jun 02nd 2005
55
The acclaim surrounding this movie
Jun 02nd 2005
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RE: The acclaim surrounding this movie
Jun 03rd 2005
75
it seems to me that you're trying to hard
Oct 17th 2005
76
Crash has American Beauty disease
Oct 17th 2005
78
we have done this already.
Oct 17th 2005
79
Uh, read the date it was originally posted.
Oct 17th 2005
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      oh...
Oct 17th 2005
81
upping this because it's true
Nov 06th 2005
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A(nother) brief word on Crash
Nov 06th 2005
83
Then I guess people who don't like crap movies are pee-pee heads.
Nov 06th 2005
84
      RE: Then I guess people who don't like crap movies are pee-pee heads.
Nov 11th 2005
85
finally got around to seeing this movie...
Nov 11th 2005
86
'Crash' = Overly Pretentious Oscar Motivated Crap
Nov 11th 2005
87

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