When I was watching this film I noticed plenty of things that caught my eye! Immediately you see how stereotypical each race role was played. I really enjoyed the fact that all these people's lives intertwined somehow, and ended up effecting one another's lives. But when I was watching this I was trying to imagine the audience and their reactions. I think alot of people were offended because no one wants to be labeled as a racist or something like that. For me I felt like an alien looking in at how people really act. I actually could not identify with one single person. But all in all I think people will see it as an extreme (but not that extreme) view of everyday people and everyday situations.
This particular was pouring with values and lifestyles portrayed in different ways by the different charcters. You have the, "screw the world," and everything that goes with that, For example, Ludacris who kept saying everyone was against them because they were black, or everyone was afraid of them when they walk down the street, so lets just hold you at gun point! Then you have the hispanic family who the father just gets put into this mold because of what he looks like, when in actualality he is just trying to make an honest living to provide for his family. But the only beef i had with this movie was that there wasn't a good guy! I mean they had all the extremes, but no netrality. Then again that could have been the point they were going for.
This movie seems to be telling people that you don't really know how you are. You may think that you would never do that or have one set way of thinking but then your in a situation where you don't even recognize yourself! I also see it as a reminder of not to judge people because you aren't any better and we never know what really is going on in other people's lives. And lastly, not all black people are scary or will rob you, nor does every Hispanic guy call his friends homies!
Lastly, I want to conclude on this, God has a plan. Things happen for a reason and those things called coincidences were meant to happen. God had a plan for the little girl who jumped in to save her dad, God was with the lady in the car crash when he sent the same cop to molested her to save her. God was with the cleaning lady, who faithfully helped the woman, who ended up being her only real friend. So what I think this film is saying about God is that he is everywhere and he is in everything. Although a lot of bad things happen, they are allowed so we get shaken up and realize our need of him.
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