Babel

[res0nat0r]

Re: Babel

thats too bad...i guess they all cant be independence day and men in black ii.

[Shpira]

Re: Babel

no...thats not the type of films I like but this is shit...
Okay maybe if you like it so much you could tell me the theme of the film as you understood it to be?

[man_who_wasnt_there]

Re: Babel

A bit too far fetched for my liking...

Deaf girl whose mother killed herself and the father's gun happens to end up shooting a woman whose child died as an infant. Meanwhile (at the exact same time) her other two children are as good as kidnapped. If the three stories were kept seperate then fair enough but are people seriously meant to accept all these many coincidences.



'Amores Perros' still stands as his best film out of the three.

[Shpira]

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exactly my point he tried to make yet ANOTHER one of those kind of films where stories intertwine like so many e.g. pulp fiction, amores peros, crash...the other one thats called like 10 o'clock or something...nevermind. Anyway this film is crap and those Moroccans act better than Brad Pitt in it!

[man_who_wasnt_there]

Re: Babel

Some are plausible, most ain't.

[Shpira]

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No i like those previous ones all of them but this one was llooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooonnnnnnnnn nngggggggggg!!!!!

[man_who_wasnt_there]

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His three films are at least 2 hours plus and other than 'Amores Perros' are ridiculously coincidental if you look at the enevitability of it all.

[Shpira]

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yeah but amores peros had entertaining stories fair enough its coincidental but so are most films...but this one (BABEL) was so boring and pointless...I understand what he meant to achieve the "artistic vision" if you will but it's still a shit film

[man_who_wasnt_there]

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Are you taking the piss, or am I wrong in thinkin' you're saying Amores Perros is shite and Babel is a better film?

I figure you need to read that I didn't like 'Babel' too much except for the shorts if taken seperately.

[Shpira]

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No, I think amores peros is really good I really liked it but this (babel) is long borring and pointless.

[man_who_wasnt_there]

Re: Babel

Ah right, we're on the same lines.

[res0nat0r]

Re: Babel

maybe you just arent a fan of large ensemble movies like babel? i'd recommend you check out stuff by pt anderson or robert altman to change your mind,

[man_who_wasnt_there]

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I have 13+ films/series by Altman so wonder what you mean by 'ensemble movies' because 'Short Cuts' and the very similar 'Magnolia' were both great stories.

As for Altman...

Robert Altman's 3 Women

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075612/

Robert Altman's California Split
Robert Altman's Gosford Park
Robert Altman's Images
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068732/
Robert Altman's M*A*S*H
Robert Altman's McCabe & Mrs. Miller
Robert Altman's Nashville
Robert Altman's Secret Honor
Robert Altman's Short Cuts
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108122/
Robert Altman's Tanner '88 - Mini Series
Robert Altman's The Long Goodbye
Robert Altman's The Player
Robert Altman's Thieves Like Us

As for Anderson...

1. Punch-Drunk Love
2. Magnolia
3. Boogie Nights
4. Cigarettes & Coffee
5. The Dirk Diggler Story

[Shpira]

Re: Babel

I have 13+ films/series by Altman so wonder what you mean by 'ensemble movies' because 'Short Cuts' and the very similar 'Magnolia' were both great stories.

As for Altman...

Robert Altman's 3 Women

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075612/

Robert Altman's California Split
Robert Altman's Gosford Park
Robert Altman's Images
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068732/
Robert Altman's M*A*S*H
Robert Altman's McCabe & Mrs. Miller
Robert Altman's Nashville
Robert Altman's Secret Honor
Robert Altman's Short Cuts
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108122/
Robert Altman's Tanner '88 - Mini Series
Robert Altman's The Long Goodbye
Robert Altman's The Player
Robert Altman's Thieves Like Us

As for Anderson...

1. Punch-Drunk Love
2. Magnolia
3. Boogie Nights
4. Cigarettes & Coffee
5. The Dirk Diggler Story

well I am possitive I have seen these because I remember them by their titles its very likely I have seen some of the others and but just don't remember by name...I still think Babel is crap...

[Shpira]

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p.s. I am a fan of big ensemble movies as you call them Babel is assembled from three shit and boring stories...I understand that he was trying to communicate the idea of loneliness to the audience. I respect that but the film itself is a big pile of wank!