And for Crash, winning that Oscar was the worse thing to happen to the film. The win saddles it with a higher expectation than it can meet. I met some people that saw it subsequent to it's win and they expected it to deliver something amazing, and it didn't. Crash is a good film, but amazing, it was not. If it hadn't won. I think those people would have liked it enough. They would have talked about its themes and issue, but instead they're talking about how they were disappointed. In addition, the controversy has also create some bad feelings toward the film. I know quite a few people who liked the film enough have now passionately hate it; refuse to buy the dvd, swore to never see any more Haggis films. The academy for what ever reason really did a disservice to the film going public as well as the film makers involved.
