Everyone is just trying to find a feeling...

I saw "Crash" tonight for the first time, the more recent "Crash," it was released in 2004. After seeing the movie, the first thing I could think of was "Whoa."

The first lines of the movie are;

Graham: It's the sense of touch. In any real city, you walk, you know? You brush past people, people bump into you. In L.A., nobody touches you. We're always behind this metal and glass. I think we miss that touch so much, that we crash into each other, just so we can feel something.

Crash, IMDB.com

From the very first line to the very last line the actors and actresses keep you enthralled with what is happening to them, why it is happening and how to solve or sort out the issue. Everyone actor or actress caught my interest, whether it be hating the character or loving the character.

The way Paul Haggis, the writer and director, combined the cast is very compelling. Haggis included both big name and little to no named stars. He was smart enough to put the big named stars in roles that they generally did not portray.

Sandra Bullock, for example, who generally plays a very in control kind person, or a lonely, yet still in control, person who manages to find love in this mixed up world, plays a neurotic bitch. And plays it very well.

Every character has two sides, each side is as drastically different as can be, Haggis shows why these characters are the way they are, or why they have a different side for a while.


I really do not want to give much of the movie away, it is totally incredible, I definitely would recommend that everyone watch, and to watch it when you can focus and possibly later discuss the film.

In Photo: Michael Pena

Officer Ryan: You think you know who you are?
Officer Ryan: You have no idea.

Summer Reading List:

Here are a few books that I that I want to read, re-read, or complete, over the summer:

"Haunted," Chuck Palahnuik
"Scar Tissue," Anthony Kiedis
"On the Road," Jack Kerouac
"The Book of Fred," Abby Bardi
"Franny and Zooey" and "The Cathcher in the Rye," J.D. Salinger
"The Grapes of Wrath," John Steinbeck
"Catch 22," Joseph Heller
"Fahrenheit 451," Ray Bradbury

The purpose of a name...

My blogs name is Into the Words, which is a play on words of the play "Into the Woods," by Stephen Sondheim.

This blog will discuss literary material. Which will include, books, plays, poems, and the occasional song, and possibly a movie [provided it was a book first].

"Into the Woods" is written by Stephen Sodheim, and James Lapine, who wrote the book and directed the play. Lapine's work includes four of the Brother Grimm's stories, "Jack in the Bean Stock," "Rapunzel," "Cinderella," and "Little Red Ridding Hood."

The first act introduces the characters and their personalities, including their wishes and desires for a "happily ever after". However, instead of the second act continuing with the happy setting, it is twisted into an uncertain outcome.

Lapine and Sondheim add another twist to the stereotypical fairy tales, they expose the bad in the characters and plot scenes.

For more information on "Into the Woods" you can check it out on Amazon.com.

I think what Lapine and Sondheim did is very important. They cleverly combined four typical fairy tales and added their own amount of spice and energy to it.

While the play can both be humorous and entertaining, more importantly, is has a concrete message. Which is not everything is a fairy tale. If you look close enough, even fairy tales themselves, are not always fairy tales.