"Welcome to the movies..."

Just got back from seein "House of Wax". My honest assessment, Eh. Not a fan of the scary movies, yet somehow I manage to find myself following the crowd, succumbing to peer pressure, and screaming and balled up in my seat scared shitless for every scary movie that's hit the big screen since I've been in Miami. As predicted there will be a sequel. (sarcastically screaming) YAY!

There have only been a few movies that I've walked out of the theater saying "damn, that was a good movie". "Crash" managed to do that to me. I'm a huge fan of Terrence Howard (I think he among a few others are seriously overlooked in terms of GREAT black actors) and Don Cheadle (another one overlooked, but he's starting to get his credit, thanks to the Academy), and in this movie they are wonderful. Surprisingly even Ludacris managed to transcend that rappers that can't act stereotype, and performs really well also. I don't think any other movie I've seen, has ever really dealt with the race/racism issue this in depth. It's like watching "Higher Learning", but looking at the whole picture other than the black/white issue. Which is another reason why this movie was so great...not the same ol' story line we all hate to love. Needless to say I give this movie 4 stars, 2 thumbs up, and high five! I'll be purchasing this movie on DVD when it hits the shelves.