I loved the slow part of BBM. For quite some time the atmosphere was created by showing very normal, day to day occurrences. It was like I was right there, with the characters.
I found it strange that the Academy boasted so much about its liberal films throughout the year with many clips about racial struggle, and then went and picked yet another film on racial struggle - unable to acknowledge that gays are a minority.
Friends who saw Crash said it would have been a good hour drama on TV.