Babel (2006)

Posted : 1 year ago at Nov 18 17:00

Nobody has ever told me that they enjoyed this film, and weighing in with a hefty 2.5 hours viewing time, I was a little reluctant at first to give it a try. Having missed the other two films in the supposed trilogy of Iñárritu's recent works, I had no idea what to expect, though I honestly expected a pretentious piece that only appealed to limp-wristed media students gunning for a new asset to adsorb into their already feeble persona. In reality, the inclusion of Hollywood superstars would always deny Babel of a place amongst the 'cult classic' elite of independent films, but that doesn't mean it's easy watching for the average viewer. The film centres around three different groups of people in three very different situations. Although the characters are interlinked, they never inter...Read more

Rating : 7/10

Posted : 1 year, 4 months ago at Jul 22 4:49

In Alejandro Iñarritu’s cinematic world, the order of things is subverted. Time is chopped and events are shuffled. Cars become, not media of safe transport, but catalysts of tragedy. And one fatal shot from a rifle becomes the means to salvation.Such is the case with his film, BABEL, the third of his trilogy of heart-crunchers, first of which was Amores Perros (Love’s a Bitch) and then 21 Grams. In BABEL, just as in the former two, various lives from three different places intersect, but this time in a shooting accident involving two Moroccan herd boys and an American wife (Cate Blanchett) and her American husband (a gray-haired, 10 years older Brad Pitt)on a bus tour around exotic Morocco. The two Moroccan boys engage in a fatal target practice on a passing bus to test the range ...Read more

Posted : 1 year, 4 months ago at Jul 8 13:24

O filme tem uma história boa - o clássico caso do filme que
conta tantas histórias diferentes, mas que no final você
descobre que há uma conexão entre todas. Fiquei intrigada
durante boa parte do filme, aquele desespero em saber o que
aconteceria nas próximas cenas, mas tudo acompanhado daquela
certeza de que haveria algo que colocaria todos os personagens
do filme bem próximos pelos acontecimentos. Apesar de tudo isso,
a direção não deixa a desejar. Nota 6.

Rating : 6/10

Posted : 1 year, 6 months ago at May 9 19:04

I loved the 'foreign' story lines in this film; but found myself bored out of my skin in the Pitt/Blanchett segments. I cant pin point exactly what made these bits so dull; if I had to hazard a guess, I'd say it was Cate Blanchett. I think Cate has a tendency to become easily dull and vapid in any role. I fear she's so used to playing the 'virgin queen' she'll never act well again (if she ever did). Aside from the sparodic moments of the dull american storyline, I was totally encaptivated by the storylines of the 2 morrocan brothers, the mexican nanny and the Japanese, deaf girl. A whole movie dedicated to each of of these would have been amazing; but Pitt and Blanchett kept dragging it back to 'Hollywood'...and it didnt work. I still give this film and 8/10, purely due to how i...Read more

Rating : 8/10

Posted : 2 years, 6 months ago at May 25 11:21

Alejandro González Iñárritu never fails to impress me with his knack for weaving together disparate storylines. Amores Perros and 21 Grams have both taken pride of place on my DVD shelves for a while now, but Babel I would say is his most ambitious effort to date. Is it his best? I'll need a second watch to fully decide. However, my main doubts after one viewing all lay within the Japanese section of the film. It felt like it was there to serve as filler, really wasn't all that essential to the plot. Japan, compared to the other two stories characters, depictions of the countries customs and cultural surroundings seemed a sight more stereotypical and cliched. Nevertheless all three stories did leave an impact. Hard hitting, well acted, socially conscious drama at its best. A good c...Read more

Rating : 7/10

Posted : 2 years, 8 months ago at Mar 17 11:53

Por empezar, es eterna. Yo entiendo que quizas este acostumbrada a ver cine yankee y sus tiempos cortos. Pero cual era la necesidad de ver a un marroquí masturbandose pensando en su hermana? o a una americana con un tiro en el cuello en una aldea africana meando mientras besa a su marido? Entiendo el mensaje. Entiendo su link al titulo. Entiendo lo que el director quiso hacer. Pero desde mi punto de vista, le salió mal. Las historias fueron demasiado forzadas para cruzarse (el japones le regalo un rifle a un guia? c'mooon) y el único momento en el que sentí algo mas que aburrimiento fue al ver la angustia de la mexicana cuando tuvo que dejar a los nenes en el desierto. El resto.. aburrido. Además, como es que los unicos personajes con "final feliz" con la pareja americana y su...Read more

Rating : 6/10

Posted : 2 years, 8 months ago at Mar 7 2:29

This film is cathartic.

Rating : 10/10

Posted : 2 years, 8 months ago at Mar 5 8:23

Es difícil catalogar en un género específico las películas de Alejandro González Iñárritu. Así como es difícil decir con exactitud cual es la temática principal de Babel. Lo que sí puedo decir con certeza es que es una de las mejores películas que he visto últimamente. Se cuentan, al igual que en Amores Perros, tres historias, que son más o son una, queda librado a la interpretación del espectador. Por un lado en Marruecos una mujer americana es alcanzada por una bala disparada accidentalmente por un niño de una familia de pastores marroquíes, su marido deberá afrontar, lejos de su cultura, un sin número de desventuras antes de poder llevarla a un hospital. En San Diego, una inmigrante mexicana decide cruzar la frontera para asistir a la boda de su hijo en México lleva...Read more

Rating : 9/10

Posted : 3 years ago at Nov 11 18:22

This movie was well made, but it won't have you leaving with a smile on your face. The movie revolves around a rifle and a stray bullet. Four story lines revolve around this event. One takes place in Morroco, another in Japan, and the last takes place in San Diego and Mexico. Although the stories are attached to each other, they each have there own plot. I really enjoyed the way that the music and the feel for the movie changed with each setting and culture. This really adds to the feel and emotions for each location. There are subtitles so be prepared to do some reading. The movie has messages in the subplots that are pretty powerful and hard hitting. Don't go to this movie if you are looking for light entertainment. The movie packs a strong punch that will leave you em...Read more

Rating : 8/10