BBM DVD Review from the Onion

[littledarlin]

a brief review to promote the dvd release from the lovely folks at the onion

http://www.avclub.com/content/node/47022

The Academy will do what it must, but let's be honest: a decade from now, is anyone going to think of 2005 as The Year Of Crash? Old-guard Hollywooders may have avoided Brokeback Mountain (Universal) because they thought the story of two shepherds having a two-decade-long sexual affair was going to be some kind of gay agit-prop. But what they missed was a lyrical evocation of the deep loneliness that haunts the American dream, well-directed by Ang Lee, who contrasts small-town homes with the boundless outdoors to articulate the all-too-common feeling that life would be better if it weren't for all the shit we have to do…

and here's what they had to say about crash:

The first few scenes of Crash (Lionsgate), Paul Haggis' surprise Best Picture winner, have the charge of something truly daring, as Haggis makes explicit the racial undercurrents pulsing through Los Angeles. But when it becomes clear that the explicitness won't stop and the gears of the screenplay start grinding out heavy-handed ironies, the film morphs into an oppressive bore. In the spirit of self-congratulation, Academy members anointed this hometown favorite above Brokeback Mountain, but time will cut it down to size as decisively as Guess Who's Coming To Dinner…

[Lynne]

I love The Onion - they are usually right-on target - Thanks very much for posting this here!
-Lynne

[littledarlin]

my pleasure

as i was searching for dvd sales numbers, i came upon all of these reviews.  every review i read of crash mentioned brokeback mountain.  bbm will definitely go down as a classic, and is now in the company of snubbed masterpieces like citizen kane.