Babel: Babble? Who knows.
So
with some free time today, we decided we’d stop
by the movie shop and rent us a movie. Not
wanting to waste our new
BD player, we ran
(not walked!) to the Blu-Ray section to see what was
available. Our choices? Not much, and even less that
looked good. (Note to self: look into
Netflix a
little deeper)
We settled on Babel however, as we hadn’t seen it yet and it was on our list still. But don’t worry, short review to follow.
It started out intriguing, and the the suspense carried through the middle, but as it started to wind down, you realize that there’s much more story that needs to be told. There’s not enough character development, but for the first ¾ of the movie you don’t notice this, because you are fooled into thinking that it will come. They hint at it. They imply it. But they don’t deliver.
Strong performances abound, but at the end of the day, the story you tell needs to be told strongly as well. That just never quite materialized for Babel. Sorry, Brad: you threw away one of the prettiest girls in Hollywood, and threw away a decent performance here as well.
Cate? Same goes for you. Well uh, except for giving up one of the prettiest girls in Hollywood. At least as far as I know. But on yours & Brads performances, as well as the attempted message, we’ll be kind and give it a C.
Peace.