cirq
08.09.10 | 1 is actually very good |
Sheeple9000
08.09.10 | I liked Babel
...'s Soundtrack. |
cirq
08.09.10 | It wasn't bad |
theacademy
08.09.10 | awesome movie. inarritu ftw. |
Apollo
08.09.10 | yeah that movie was pretty pointless |
theacademy
08.09.10 | crash = pointless
babel = awesome
traffic = awesome
crossing over = not pointless, but not good
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ninjuice
08.09.10 | It's a bit like Magnolia, except Magnolia is actually good. |
theacademy
08.09.10 | havent seen magnolia since it first came out but i'm pretty comfortable with babel > magnolia. |
TMobotron
08.09.10 | so glad you felt that way. i fucking hated that boring ass movie.
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AggravatedYeti
08.09.10 | Babel was fucking dumb. |
theacademy
08.09.10 | -_-
u disappoint me, sputnik.
what didn't you all like about it, besides it being 'boring'? |
punanipery
08.09.10 | babel's a morality tale. it's not some movie that's made for people to walk out of be astounded by what they just saw. it's a movie about how to treat and communicate with one another. |
theacademy
08.09.10 | ^fucking thank you. wow i just assumed u were one of those one-night-stand trolls but thats a pretty ace synopsis... |
punanipery
08.09.10 | academy- it's not some "intellectual" movie like donnie darko that college students can fap to, that's why. |
jingledeath
08.09.10 | movie's not bad but that asian chick was so goddamn annoying fucking bitch |
AggravatedYeti
08.09.10 | it's a movie about the lack of communication that fails to truly communicate anything--ironic concept, but it doesn't make for good film.
the movie is gorgeous and pretty well acted, it's just absolutely, mind-numbingly boring.
Inarritu is a genius still, but Babel personally, was lackluster. |
punanipery
08.09.10 | this movie actually has a plot, moral, and a meaning to it. i just don't get how movies like "donnie darko" get so much praise when it was the most convoluted piece of garbage to come out in the past 25 years. |
theacademy
08.09.10 | "it's a movie about the lack of communication that fails to truly communicate anything--ironic concept, but it doesn't make for good film."
i think you need to re-word this bc I'm not sure I understand what you mean. |
AggravatedYeti
08.09.10 | Babel = Movie centered around language barriers and cultural divides matched with the personal, humanistic moments that break down these barriers and afford us the option to just be human beings and decide in the simplest form right from wrong (or a morality tale; woo woo Punanipery)
problem is by the movies end I didn't care about the characters or the loose story (the weird connection between all of the characters was a nice touch though) I just wanted it to end.
basically what I was trying to get at without ^ a verbose explanation. Its cool tho cause Amores Perros and 21 Grams rule face. |
cirq
08.09.10 | ....it was fucking boring. |
theacademy
08.09.10 | "(the weird connection between all of the characters was a nice touch though)"
this pretty much sums it up. If you think this is a 'nice touch,' you probably didn't watch closely enough, or maybe like you said it's just not your thing. This was critical to the first part of your assessment. Maybe in a couple of years, give it another shot... |
AggravatedYeti
08.09.10 | nice high horse there buddy.
no I think it was just a poorly constructed movie, far too convoluted.
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theacademy
08.09.10 |
you have not said anything about the movie besides:
1. well-acted
2. beautifully shot
3. i didn't care about the characters (why?)
4. loose story (how?)
5. poorly constructed (how?)
6. convoluted (how?)
its nice to hide behind these vague criticisms but it doesn't actually tell reveal anything to me about how you thought about the movie, and thus IDK if I understand your opinion.
But it's just an opinion... Just don't make it out to be more substantial than cirq's or anyone else who just writes it off as boring. Saying it's "boring" = a lot more meaningful to me than all the bullshit you keep typing up... |
AggravatedYeti
08.09.10 | you are a half way decent troll academy. |
theacademy
08.09.10 | halfway decent?! I'm DIVINE!!! |
punanipery
08.09.10 | so just because he disagrees with you he's a troll? |
AggravatedYeti
08.09.10 | I'm joking new guy.
Academy is one of the best. |
punanipery
08.09.10 | i apologize for jumping the gun then. i don't know what's what yet |
AggravatedYeti
08.09.10 | --- |
AggravatedYeti
08.09.10 | blargh f'in sput coding.
anyways:
Its all good, welcome to sputnik ;) |
cirq
08.09.10 | Your mothers a troll |
punanipery
08.09.10 | my mother is a troll! she lives underneath the bridge in downtown! so what of it? |
AggravatedYeti
08.09.10 | paid her troll toll yet? |
theacademy
08.09.10 | i made a deposit. |
cirq
08.09.10 | I prefer to go UNDER her bridge for freeeee ;) |
salival13
08.09.10 | Watching it stoned was your first mistake (assuming). I remember absolutely nothing about this film since seeing it in theatres other than the etymological based themes from the title 'babel' as others have pointed out, communication blarghy blard blah. |
cirq
08.09.10 | I've been 100% sober for a month now.. Movie still sucked |
theacademy
08.09.10 | ure crabby, bro.
is 2 christian? |
Deviant.
08.09.10 | Babel really wasn't all that good. I mean yeah, the subject matter was cool and all, but it was handled in such a heavy handed yet overly simplistic manner that I just stopped caring about halfway through |
TMobotron
08.10.10 | If it makes you feel any better punanipery, donnie darko sucked too. Even more. |
Countess
08.10.10 | I just stopped caring about halfway through[2]
Amores Perros=21 Grams>>>>>Babel |
theacademy
08.10.10 | no offense, but amores perros shits on all of them.
movie is plegendary. |
Countess
08.10.10 | well 21 grams is amazing also maybe just a notch below Amores Perros |
Psilocyanide
08.10.10 | WTF's a Babel? |
