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Babel...a mess

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DWPC

Given the cast and Oscar, we expected a good film. Given the cast and the Oscar, this movie was really really bad. Dull. Plodding. Ridiculously implausible and contrived situations. And the "gritty" cinema bit is way overdone. I simply don't need to see Kate B using a bedpan, let alone getting all horny doing it. Who writes this sh*t?
The whole PC agenda is about as subtle as a pack of bikers in your rear view mirror. Such American conceit...assuming a tourist shooting in North Africa is a terrorist attack! Or a Border Patrol agent getting suspicious when a lippy drunken Mexican with two little American kids in the back seat shows up at the crossing. Those damn Gringos...so arrogant!
How such crap attract stars and $$...let alone an Oscar is a mystery. And they wonder why grown-ups don't go to the movies any more?

Edits: 06/08/07 06/08/07

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i never knew the exploration of universal nature of human disconnect was PC - Analog Scott 15:30:14 06/09/07 (2)
Since when is "plausibility" an issue in movies that are a deliberate study of the human condition? I mean really. should we hate Hamlet for it's implausibilities?
- If its not plausible, what's the point? - DWC 16:15:16 06/09/07 (1)
  If its not plausible, what's the point? I only dismiss implausibility when its presented as a plausible sermon. Even fantasy fails if it doesn't have a thread of plausibility at some level. The lesson in "Babel" should be that morons who ignore common sense shouldn't be particularly sympathetic. Sorry, for me "Babel" was like "Jackass" as drama.
  - " If its not plausible, what's the point? " So you don't like Shakespear or the Classics? - Analog Scott 23:44:28 06/09/07 (0)
    None of that was plausible. But to answer your question. Plausibility for me is only a major issue in a drama that relies on plot as the primary point of interest. Movies or theater that are more a study of the human condition simply don't need the same level of plausibility throughout to work. Is th ending to Romeo and Juliet plausible? How about the plots of Oedipus or Antigone? I think in the specific case of Babel the lack of plausibility lies in the connections between the various stories. To me the plausibility of those connectiuons were irrelevant. My take was that it was meant to be a counter to the theme of human disconnect that was the center of each story. I liked that choice as an interesting counter to the theme. I didn't even worry about the plausibility of it since I took it as a purely symbolic choice rather than an imortant plot point.
"We expected a good film." Who you mean "we", SoCal man? - clarkjohnsen 10:07:04 06/09/07 (0)
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RE: Babel...a mess - rico 08:18:06 06/09/07 (0)
I for one enjoyed it and thought it was a great movie.

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