A good movie

This flick must be one of the most infamous winners of the Best Picture Academy Award. Indeed, back in those days, most thought that ‘Brokeback Mountain’ would win but, allegedly because it was basically dealing with gay cow-boys, it was snubbed. A part from that, the opinions towards this flick are pretty extreme. I mean, some people love it (Roger Ebert picked it up as the best movie released in 2005, above ‘Brokeback Mountain’) and some people think it stinks pretty bad. Personally, I’m actually in between. Indeed, in my opinion, it is an intriguing movie with some good intentions dealing very awkwardly with a very sensitive subject. The best example was this scene when Ludacris steals a care with his friend. Indeed, at first, you see those two black guys in the street and you smell trouble (an obvious racist stereotype) but, then, they start to talk and you realize that they are actually pretty articulate and you feel bad about your first impression. But then, as soon as their conversation is done, they go steal a car nearby… This scene illustrates the whole movie, playing with stereotypes about racism but it does it so poorly, it was sometimes rather cringe-inducing. Still, there was a massive cast (Sandra Bullock, Don Cheadle, Matt Dillon, Jennifer Esposito, William Fichtner, Brendan Fraser, Terrence Howard, Ludacris, Thandie Newton, Michael Peña, Ryan Phillippe) and they all delivered some solid performances and it remains an intriguing picture dealing with an important subject. To conclude, even though the whole thing was actually flawed, I still think it is a good flick, not a great one, but still good, and it is worth a look.

7/10