Films/DVD Asylum

'Babylon': Volcanic bad taste . . .

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It's everywhere! The first five minutes contain real barf material. It is an insane Roman Circus illustrating a young Hollywood as we would like to think it.

Robbie was doing her shtick: dumb, wild blonde with no limits on behavior. Pitt was the handsome silent screen heartthrob who had a new fiance every third scene. The supporting cast was good because this film was primarily a dramedy or comedrama so serious acting was not required. The only too-far performance was Toby Maquire.

Just a little too long. Take a hanky.

A film about Hollywood released just in time for consideration means the studio expects an Oscar party of major proportion. We'll see.

Good luck.

Follow Ups:

This is Pitt's second dip into old Hollywood. First being "Once Upon a Time ...-". nt - free.ranger 10:58:56 12/30/22 (1)
- And Robbie's. nt - free.ranger 11:00:35 12/30/22 (0)
That's got Academy Award written all over it. Nt - geoffkait 11:17:57 12/26/22 (3)
Nt
- Funniest thing is, it probably will. - grantv 13:20:20 12/28/22 (2)
  All those celebrities need some patting on the back from each other, and some pointless awards show.
  Commercials don't look very promising.
  - Have you seen it? - Steve O 10:21:58 01/05/23 (1)
    Based on what I saw, I'd guess it gets very little in the way of awards. Some reviewers have described it as a poison pen letter to Hollywood. I generally agree. Great production values and an interesting mostly modern jazz influenced soundtrack and maybe even a somewhat accurate portrayal of Hollywood of the era . . . but very unflattering. If I was an academy member, I'd vote for anything but.
    - No - grantv 16:38:44 01/05/23 (0)
      Honestly, very unlikely I will. If it comes on TV sometime in the future I might... but probably not. Not my type of movie at all.

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