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Babel

Babel (2006)

October. 27,2006
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7.5
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R
| Drama

In Babel, a tragic incident involving an American couple in Morocco sparks a chain of events for four families in different countries throughout the world.

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Cebalord
2006/10/27

Very best movie i ever watch

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NekoHomey
2006/10/28

Purely Joyful Movie!

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Senteur
2006/10/29

As somebody who had not heard any of this before, it became a curious phenomenon to sit and watch a film and slowly have the realities begin to click into place.

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Kaydan Christian
2006/10/30

A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

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ajjose-18905
2006/10/31

People, whatever be their religion, language or economic conditions are ultimately the same; they go through the same tribulations and have the same emotions; a shared humanity unites us all. A deaf mute girl struggles with sexual rejection and the loss of her mother to suicide in urban Japan. An American tourist in Morocco is accidentally shot by a shepherd boy trying out his new rifle. A Mexican nanny in Texas has to figure out a way to attend her son's marriage although she has been denied a leave as the parents of her wards are away. These seemingly unrelated stories are brought together through a thin connecting link. This is a heartbreakingly beautiful and poignant movie.

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hillsgrr
2006/11/01

Worst movie I've ever seen, I don't understand the good reviews. I want the two hours twenty three minutes of my life back. Don't waste your time! I was shocked to see it had won an Oscar, but then I saw it was for music, so okay. Not that the Oscars prove anything, they gave Pacino an Oscar for his worst performance. I wish I could give it a 0 or -1 but 1 is as low as they let you go.

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adamcarter-63372
2006/11/02

Babel is a flat out bad movie. The movie's main message is that pain is universal. We all suffer and we all go through hardships no matter who were are or where we come from but outside of that it has nothing else to say. The film poorly tries to weave four stories together of people that are suffering. However, we cannot truly connect with any of these people because we are not given time to get to know them. The characters themselves are as thin as a bed sheet. There is nothing else interesting about them outside of their main conflict. The movie came off incredibly pointless. Think of it this way. Imagine walking out onto your driveway and finding a bleeding cat dying right in front of you. Now imagine in a faraway place some unknown strangers starving to death. The bleeding cat is going to be more relevant to you even though several people starving to death is much worse. Why? Because it is something you can see and feel right in front of you. It is something you can have an impact on. The movie is more like the starving people than it is the bleeding cat. Babel comes off as misery porn. Simple as that. We watch a woman shot through the neck and bleed out, a child die in front of his father, and a young girl almost rape a man because she could never get a sexual release. If you are going to make me watch this kind of material, you need a strong and powerful payoff. This movie has none. Babel could have been a stronger movie if it had only focused on two stories and had given more time to develop stronger characters. This idea could work for a TV show, but not for a feature film. The only idea this film has is that pain is universal. But guess what? I didn't need Babel to tell me that.

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renogade
2006/11/03

Of course 4 is a pretty low score for a movie, but I do have my scientific reasons for ranking it so low. I will discuss the characters in this movie without spoiling anything, so don't worry. Now hold on to your hats. It's story time.Normally when I really like a movie I don't tell about the experience of me seeing it. When hearing people telling me about the great things in a movie, I'm all on board. Great cast, music, director and plot you tell me? Yeah sure, let's watch it.So imagine my surprise when I saw this movie, with all these factors included, and really disliked it. Babel is one of the most unique movies I've ever seen, but still lacks in normal places. In the movie we are introduced to 4 stories all in different parts around the world with different cultures. Having heard of the story of The Tower of Babel about a million times in school during art class, I found myself interested in the fact that miscommunication and clashing cultures were gonna be in a high rated movie that I've never heard of.The movie starts out promising, with some familiar faces and some pretty imagery. But just when I'm interested, the movie shifts from place and perspective to another character.It's easy to come up with a rating for a movie. With 4 stories, they all need to be great to get a 10, but let's be honest, you know it isn't going down that way.The story of Brad and Blanchett is pretty interesting through the whole movie, because there is an essence of urgency and emotions in it. The story of Brad's Mexico Maid is already lacking in any of the factors that had me interested. Her story feels really random, dragged out, unnecessary and of course: boring. I didn't care for this stupid character or the random people around her.Then there is the story of the Boys who started all this mess. Their story is also interesting to watch, because it brings the whole 'conflict with cultures' element of the movie back, like with Pitt and Blacnhett's story. Sadly this story isn't really present that much, the characters are kinda annoying and is also dragged out. As in, 'when things get's interesting, we're greeted to a random part of the deaf girl'And now of course we got to talk about the deaf girl. Without a doubt the worst story in the movie because it's the most worthless.At least Mexico Maid (It's just a maid from Mexico, did't mean anything mean spirited) had a relation with Brad Pitt's kids in the movie, while the deaf girl does not. Her ''Story'' is, and I'm not joking, that she and her friends go out for a day. And she wants to have sex. Which is impossible, because everybody thinks she's a freak, because she's deaf? Yes, we have a couple and two random kids with good stories, a boring story of the maid and a story about getting laid in Japan. I thought it started kinda interesting, but the story of deaf girl has no substance in it. at all. Her connection to the main story is so laughable, it's atrocious.So to let's go the scoreboard. IF the movie did everything perfect, it'd be a 10 But that's 1/4 of the movie with one random, stupid story So it's already a 7,5. Then we have Mexico Maid's story that drags along like legless horse, with only two kids to care about. So + for the kids, minus the rest. The movie is already a 5,5 Still meh, right? Story about the kids is average. Really drags sometimes. so... 1,5? That's one point off of Gryffindor. So the movie is a 4,5? Nope The ending isn't fulfilling at all. It just ends. Kinda disappointing.With that being said. The movie has good visuals, good music and only two good stories in its 2:23 hour run time.Worth it? Nah I'd skip this if I were you. But if you got enjoyment out of this movie, that's great. I'm just a bitter guy with an opinion. So check the movie out if you're curious, but be prepared.

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