{"id":11598,"date":"2009-06-22T00:28:54","date_gmt":"2009-06-21T22:28:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/blog\/?p=73"},"modified":"2009-06-22T00:28:54","modified_gmt":"2009-06-21T22:28:54","slug":"crossing-over","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2009\/06\/22\/crossing-over\/","title":{"rendered":"Crossing Over"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\"Crossing<\/a><\/p>\n

Went to see “Crossing Over<\/a>” in the cinema.\u00a0 Not that I was particularly waiting for it or anything – it’s just that there isn’t much else too see these days, and a duo of Harrison Ford and Ray Liotta in the same film sounded a tiny bit interesting.<\/p>\n

The film turned out to be pretty average.\u00a0 There was a lot of good acting, but the script and directing just weren’t up to the par.\u00a0 Multiple main characters, each with his own life, all getting connected to each other the closer the movie went to the end, plus a social problem of immigration being so hot in the USA, these all reminded me of another movie.\u00a0 It’s surprising how similar this film is to “Crash<\/a>“.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 But comparing it to “Crash” doesn’t do it any good either.<\/p>\n

The story lacks depth and detail.\u00a0 People often behave in weird waves and no explanation is given.\u00a0 Or, when given, it often is unbelievable.\u00a0 There were suposed to be a lot of drama, but the story not having enough depth, all drama turns into depressive non-stop crying.\u00a0 And what’s more disappointing, after bringing up attention to a serious issue, the film fails to make any points at all, or leave any food for thought.<\/p>\n

As I said, good acting minus good directing and holes in the story make up for an average film.\u00a0 Rating – 3 stars<\/strong>, average.<\/p>\n

Addendum for those who saw the movie.\u00a0 Scene in the supermarket with four out five robbers shot.\u00a0 Do you still wonder what happened?\u00a0 He got out of bullets.\u00a0\u00a0 Scene with the singing of the national anthem – that was a joke from the editors, which was added after the final cut.\u00a0 Just kidding.\u00a0 Both times.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n

Went to see “Crossing Over” in the cinema.\u00a0 Not that I was particularly waiting for it or anything – it’s just that there isn’t much else too see these days, and a duo of Harrison Ford and Ray Liotta in the same film sounded a tiny bit interesting. The film turned out to be pretty … Continue reading Crossing Over<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1706,1,24],"tags":[1714,1715,1727,1744,1561,1797,1811,1503,1889,1902],"keyring_services":[],"class_list":["post-11598","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-3-stars","category-general","category-movies","tag-alice-braga","tag-alice-eve","tag-ashley-judd","tag-cliff-curtis","tag-harrison-ford","tag-jacqueline-obradors","tag-jim-sturgess","tag-ray-liotta","tag-summer-bishil","tag-wayne-kramer"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8397,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2004\/12\/30\/control\/","url_meta":{"origin":11598,"position":0},"title":"Control","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"December 30, 2004","format":false,"excerpt":"One of Martin's special skills is finding totally unknown and burried movies, which are actually good. 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