Bananaman's Oscar Review

Why does everyone say Crash "addressed" racism?
Isn't the correct word "Justified"

Ludicris complains that white people think he's a criminal. Bam. He's a criminal.
Sandra Bullock is mistrustful of her maid, but it's not because she's a bad person, it's because she was mugged. And her racism, which we're shown existed before the mugging, doesn't make her a bad person, because ultimately, she's contrite.

Matt Dillon, we're not shown the source at his initial racism, but the target, Shaquana, is a horrible person who chooses to let his father suffer - the lesson there was don't be racist, because although justified (letting a man die for his son's obnoxious comment is not equal), there may be consequences.

When Matt Dillon pulled over the director, his uppity wife asked for some kind of retribution by mouthing off to the cop, and even though he went too far, it's OK, because he's a hero.

And the black director, well, he's just a lunitic, and without Ryan Filepe to help him, he'd be dead. (I guess we're ok for assuming this about most black guys)

And finally, When Ryan Filepe killed Don Cheadle's brother, it may have been paranoia, but ultimately, the guy was a criminal. (a safe assumption for black guys)

That's not why I didn't like the movie, Other than that, the characters were one dimensional and I felt like most of the movie was a cliche.

An oscar? Damn, I thought at best it was honorable mention for a student film competition.

Oh yeah, and something about some Mexican guy who almost got killed by some Arab guy that had nothing to do with the rest of the movie.

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Ang Lee seems to have a thing for men who have an alter identity that they have to keep hidden from society, and they struggle from the fact that when they're overcome with emotion, they need an outlet for their real selves to come out.

At least that's what the Hulk was about.
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Did anyone else think that the montage of biopics should have been called "101 biographies you should be reading instead of watching this"
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Do you think Batman Begins didn't receive a nomination because they didn't want to snub George Clooney, a former sub par Batman?
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Do you think they didn't nominate Batman Begins because they didn't want to snub Bananaman?