2/20/07 "Babel"

Ok, I was really on fire to see this movie, because it was nominated for Best Picture, and I really want to see all the movies nominated before the Oscars on Sunday. So I went this evening with my old college friend, Anne. We had a great time and went to see it at the Loring in downtown Hingham. And it was...well...REALLY DEPRESSING. BEWARE THE DEPRESSING SPOILERS.

2/20/07 "Babel"

NOTES FROM THE BOOK

trailer-"Letters From Iwo Jima" (GOOD movie)

yup, this IS an adult movie
wow, those are really tiny Japanese skirts
that guy looks like a girl
WOW...this REALLY is an adult movie.
Man, that poor kid is now traumatized for life.
Loud sounds to silence...good contrast
Wow, she's a lil sex fiend.
It's really too bad that all these good times are going straight to hell.
I wonder what the Japanese connection is...oh.
Geez, I hope neither Amelia or the kids die or something.
Man, this whole movie is just about a bad situation going worse.
Oh, she's gonna come back naked...BINGO.
Man...this movie is HORRIBLE.
"I peed my pants."
I wonder if she jumps.
This does have a good soundtrack, though...Japanese, Mexican, Morrocan.
RAN-DOM ending...

SO, Babel is kind of like "Crash", as in there are four different people's stories that all relate to each other. There's Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett, two American tourists on vacation in Morocco, their kids, who are being cared for by a Mexican nanny living illegally in San Diego, and a Moroccan family of goatherds and a deaf Japanese girl and her father. It was a beautifully made movie, good cinematography and an excellent soundtrack. But on the whole I felt it was too long and plodding at points, I just wanted the story to get on with it. I also felt dissatisfied with some of the stories because I felt there was no resolution, just stories about horrible crap happening to decent people. Anne and I both left pretty bummed out, and now I'm watching Ladyhawke to snap out of it. Next time we'll go see something cheerful, like Schindler's List.

Until the next time, this is Sarah saying, "If you want to be depressed, listen to this movie."