Amores Perros VS Crash


These 2 movies are quite similar to each other. What do you find a better movie and please explain why?

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tough one, when i first seen amores perros i was blown away, i had never seen anything like it yet found certain parts ( the chick who keeps shouting REEEECHEEEEEEEEE lol) a bit tedious, went to the cinema to see crash n for whatever reason sat entranced for the duration (sometimes shizz appears to be better at the pics but i dunno)

both films are quality but crash pips it for me

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" the chick who keeps shouting REEEECHEEEEEEEEE"

LMAO. The movie overall would have been better without her segment.

I'd go for Crash also. Close but I preferred the mood of that movie, the cinematography with LA at night, and what it had to say about racial situations [even if yes, it did get too heavy-handed].

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These movies are not similar, unless you are simply referring to the car crash and the interralated stories? The central themes are completely different. Crash is mainly about racism, which has nothing to do with amores perros. In answer to the question i much preferred amores perros, although crash is very good.

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Amores Perros: 8/10
Crash: 7/10

But it did happen

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it's like this: if you are a legitimate cinephile/film snob, then you understand that crash is melodramatic, overdone, unrealistic drivel, while amores perros is a beautifully shot and thoughtfully written masterpiece.

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" it's like this: if you are a legitimate cinephile/film snob, then you understand that crash is melodramatic, overdone, unrealistic drivel, while amores perros is a beautifully shot and thoughtfully written masterpiece. "

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very well put .not only is it done by one of the greatest directors ever(including babel and 21 grams) and such great actors staring gagel garcia(sp?) it is without a doubt thew better film. by a long shot. altho many people like to think crash is a good movie only because its "dramatic" and quit. and people want to be seen as a person who refers good movies. crash is as refering above, unrealistic. and btw very up its own ass.

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it is without a doubt thew better film. by a long shot

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dumb question b/c my spanish is terrible, but what does reeeecheeee mean?

and i liked them equally. they had different messages and i thought they both expressed them in graceful manners.

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richee stands for the dogs name ritchie i hope it is very helpful to you,

p.d pardon my english but its coarse right?

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"reeeecheeee" was the dog's name Richie or Ritchie..not sure.

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Amores has so much flavor to it though, and you don't feel like you're watching a movie because its so engrossing and real. Crash is different in that it has big name actors and its shot on a standard film type, more of a 'movie' so to speak, Amores Perros takes it for me

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I agree with you 100% the Richie/model story brought the film down for me I knew the film was long to begin with but if they had of cut that story it would have been perfect IMO, it was still a fantastic film I gave it 8/10 but if the Richie/model hadn't been in it I would have gave it a 10 probably

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i didn't like crash, i thought it was glossy and predictable and unrealistic...so it's amores perros all the way for me

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Crash.
cheers
KZ

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Crash was crap.

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Yeah, crash just seemed kinda fake to me. It wasn't a bad film, but it didn't resonate with me or anything.

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"i didn't like crash, i thought it was glossy and predictable and unrealistic...so it's amores perros all the way for me"

QFT.

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Amores Perros is vastly better written, better acted, much more intense and grabbing than Crash, with which the major detractors are its obvious and stressed dialogue and poor characterisation. Amores Perros, at least, feels more realistic and treats its characters with depth.

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Has to be Amores Perros. Crash just seemed a bit tedious in its message, especially as all the racist bigots of the world who need to see it, probably won't.

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I agree with masterjzm, Amores Perros is much more intense, and deep than Crash, though i like Crash alot too.

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Mark me down for Amores Perros. I think Crash was way to overt in its overal message. Issues in a film are better understated. I think a film about people and the issues they go though (Amores Perros) is of a much higher quality then a film about issues and the people who deal with them (Crash).

Both films were well written and acted I thought. My main problem with Crash is that it made the biggest stereotype of all. The only people Haggis could find in LA were racists. I think about the stereotype that would actually give people if Haggis' text were the only media people had about LA in foriegn parts. Every character to some extent carries racists, biggoted, or prejudice feelings in the films and that is poor representation to me.

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Crash was very tedious. It was a good film, but racism to that degree loses its shock value. Amores perros was much better.

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i definitely agree with you, amores perros is way beyond greater than crash,crash is a cheap copy of amores perros, its story is about racism and has poor argument (thats my point of view), meanwhile amores perros has a lot more argument because it describes the troubles of my country, that is corruption, murder, assault, and kidnapping. but mexico city is not that ugly and insecure, but if you go to tepito they will rob you. great movie especially the song lucha de gigantes by nacha pop, chivo (emilio echevarria) made a very great acting . he reappeared in die another day as raoul

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Crash is horrible, unless of course you're talking about Cronenberg's masterpiece.

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This is kind of a tougher one for me. I think Crash ties in each character's individual stories better than amores perros, but it lacks realism. Amores perros has a nice gritty realistic feel to it, but sometimes I can't help but think that it's an overlong mess that could've been 30 minutes shorter.

On one hand, I praise amores perros for being among the first of its kind. It threw the elements of exposition, build-up, climax, and resolution out the window and went with something structurally different.

On the other hand, it dragged on in some places, and lacked a real emotional punch at the end. I didn't know what the movie was really about. Was the director was trying to make a statement about domestic violence? Poverty? Greed? Infidelity? It covers a wide range of subjects in a realistic way but fails to make a real statement on any of them.

Crash has almost the opposite problem. It has a central message and theme, but it fails to portray racism realistically.

If I had to choose between the two, It'd be Crash because it is one hour shorter than Amores Perros. One of my biggest pet peeves is when there's a lot of irrelevant or unimportant material in a movie.

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Please, not even close. Crash is pure pretentious "hollywood indie" crap.

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Yes. Amores Perros has beautiful stories, but Crash is only the combination of all the stereotypes about racism.

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These are both excellent films BUT in my opinion, Amores Perros provided more substance and intensity. Crash seems very mainstream compared to Amorres Perros. No comparison whatsoever.

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Crash. Although they have similarities, Crash has a very good message about tolerance and racism.

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Amores Perros because it came out first, because it was made with a lower budget and not many famous actors, i like crash too but i don't give it many credits as for originality because i've seen more movies where stories get connected, it's become less original with time example.. american cinema remaking japanese horror movies that are based on books... besides crash had a big commercial promotion became a little overrated from my point of view, but amores perros is not as popular and it is kinda underated, but it's just me, that's my point of view, i like both movies anyways... cheers

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+1 Amores Perros

The problem with 'Crash' IMHO is that it is poorly written and constructed. Some of the storylines are quite nice (especially Matt Dillon and Sandra Bullock gave good performances in their segments), it could never shake off the fact that all those stories didn't match up to be one big whole inspired movie.´
While the storylines in 'Amores Perros' are very loosely connected too, they somehow support each other; each one adds more depth to the other ones and to remove one of them would weaken the rest.

It doesn't help either that 'Crash' is all about the message... it's a 100-minutes-effort to tell you that racism is basically a bad thing. While I agree with that, it's nothing that I haven't been aware of before, and there's not much depth in the individual stories that would add a different angle to the topic.

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Hmmmmmmmm....I think I might have to see Amores perros at some point. I saw both Crash and 21 Grams and liked both so I guess I should check this one out as well.

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Amores Perros ONE MILLION TIMES better!

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I agree... Crash was just too "American"... What I mean with that, is difficult to explain, it's a feelingm, but I think I mean it's too pretentious and lacks subtility, although for an american movie it's pretty good.

Amores Perros however, is lonely at the top!

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Amores Perros seemed to contain characters who were fully developed and terrifyingly real, not just caricatures of stereotypes shoved into contrived and preposterous situations in order to create a "point." Crash is awful, this movie is incredible.

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i definitely agree with you



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