through it 2 hour run length and crash chart the emotional anguish of it 10 odd ensemble of character when face with the sometimes blatant and sometimes latent form of racism underlie in american society . that and the emotional anguish of one of it audience sit near the front and desperately try to make sense of what movie have become these day . the era we live in have become so complicated . not only do we reject modernism and even the not very enthusiastic flag waving of post modernism idea be always be shoot down by what and post post modernism that aim to destroy all these idea and all in no part thank to the great destructivist idea of those great thinker . but i digress . this have nothing much to do with the what the movie be about and but rather what the movie be . sure and it seem hard to earn a living in a hollywood that have to cater to a market that be so post post post everything that cynicism have become more than just a motto in life . it have become part of everything we do and part of everything we think of whether we like it or not . and so a new studio product be bear . indie film and which once be energetic and idealistic in it defiant experimentalism now seem to be a equally adamant a hollywood film to sell to indie film market . an indie film must sell at sundance before become acclaim . and so nothing be simple anymore . even what constitute a good film becomes so murky . whereas in the past filmmaker just want to entertain people and tell a good story and in these seemingly simplistic attempt the great of film be borne filmmaker nowadays have to make film that be good first and foremost while film have to make people think and have to be meaningful and have to be provocative and raise question and yadda yadda yadda . what it all boil down to and be a subversion of the hollywood movie system and but this subversion seem strangely similar to the formulaic similarity of hollywood film and the countless way of differ to essentially be the same product . and i haven not even begin on the film yet . maybe i have become too picky on film i see these day . maybe it because of my primary need to be entertain and rather than and say and be probe when see a movie . but hell and this movie be one big load of crap . and i be repulse by this movie not just because it follow the how to make a good movie good 101 guidebook to the t character spout eloquent line and be sooo witty like theyre gift with the speech of god while it raise issue about racism and life confront racism in america while it have touch moment where everyone discover more about themselves and more about other people while not to mention the fact that once you hear the ambient or new age soundtrack of woman sing in high register in foreign language and you know youre in for all of the above trait . and something about the aforementioned point about it raise question about immediately compel issue like racism piss me off big time . like all post post post post post everything movie and it doesn not contend with just have a message about this issue . because oh and our audience be much to intelligent for that these day in this post post post post world . our audience want u to make them think and doesn not want u to put thing so simplistically and ( and then they will go into existentialist crap and say ) that because life itself isn not simplistic . ha ha ha . what other common drill do we here then the audience need to think about issue rather than have them feed to them . okay and okay and and okay . so the film make it a point to pound the audience with these non message and since theyre not exactly a message and it so decidedly subtle and subtle mean good right . so be be hit again and again with this well write subtlety with the eloquence of rhetorical prose . and a if the irony be not steep enough and we have ludicrous character and the only character who seem to not take all these racism discussion bullshit seriously and be convert into one of those irritatingly meaningful character where he learn something in the end and give meaningful look and pause where audience be suppose to learn something about themselves too . um and yeah . how i want to see an incredibly racist film right after this man . to cut the long bullshit short and i guess i wouldn not have take issue with the film if it wasn not so bloated in it self importance . the angst that form the entire movie felt more like white boy whine than actual spike lee ish anger . it so tim robbins and sean penn and the type that want to wave flag about humanitarianism when the only thing they do not realize be the flag theyre waving be their hole ridden underwear . plus it become so trendy in the post post post post world to be completely subtle about it . nothing be simple any longer . in it best effort to actually be good and provocative and and ultimately human and it become neither and imho and just another indie crap from an indie director that want to make a name out of himself a a credible indie filmmaker . now at least hollywood be more simple and sincere in it manipulativeness .