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1) The primary focus of the film, "Crash" is its dramatic emotional effect's as well as its moral implications. The theme of the movie is the message that the director, Paul Haggis, is trying to portray. "Haggis keeps the truth of the situation behind every scene, and exploits the audience's own personal prejudices with his scripted moments of aggravation, bitterness, and incorrect racial stereotypes." As the film moves on it solicits its mood into the mind of the audience and unbearably gets stronger and stronger until it feels like the screen has become one with the audience. The mood of the film creates a sense of confusion in the audience, persuading the audience to like and dislike the character at different times throughout the movie.
In "Crash" several characters of different racial backgrounds collide in one incident. The different stereotypes society has created for those backgrounds affect their judgment, beliefs and actions. This in turn causes catastrophic problems for each of them. The magic of "Crash" is that it balances drama and realism in a seamless way. The characters aren't evil people, just products of their environment, family, and frustrations. Each character aches in natural human ways to connect and protect, but their motives are brought down by their own fears and anger. The universal theme presented in the film connects to each member of the audience because it portrays how everyone is good and bad and how the viewers react to the incidents in the film. For me "Crash" isn't an easy film to digest. The movie makes you think about it long after, regardless of whether you want to or not.
2. For a sequel, Meet the Fockers wasn't bad. It was Meet the Parents with a different twist. The film is sort of a gross out comedy that use's strong sexual content as a way to humor people because it's a universal trait that all humans share. The film has a strong cast with some of Hollywood's best actors. What made it a good movie was the actors and...