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Art is subjective. One person's "horrible movie" is another person's masterpiece.
Personally I think "Crash" falls somewhere in between those two extremes and it would not have been my vote if I had an Oscar ballot but it got solid reviews from critics upon its release and at least a plurality of Academy voters concurred with those reviews.
It is not anything like that bad. Personally speaking it is (and was) not my personal choice for the win that year (both "Good Night and Good Luck" and "Munich" would have been more deserving) but the hostility towards this movie and the obsession with its win is quite bizarre.
Or, maybe a plurality of the Academy thought this was the best of the BP nominees that year. Art is subjective, you know.
Besides this win was maybe a surprise, but not a shock, to those who were actively paying attention and heard prognosticators indicating that a movie set in contemporary Los Angels dealing with issues in modern urban life, was resonating more with Academy members than a movie set in rural Wyoming in the 1950's.
A similar dynamic occurred the year "Shakespeare In Love" won over "Saving Private Ryan." In the last week or so many were saying that SIL was gaining because it played better on home screeners than SPR. That win two was a surprise but not the shock some make it out to be.
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