Babel (DVD)

◊^^^Synopsis^^^◊ Babel is the compelling multi-cultural drama in which a tragic accident in Morocco sets off a chain off events that will link four groups of people who, divided by vast cultural differences, will discover a shared destiny that ultimately connects them. It focuses on 3 stories that, inevitably in any good film such as Pulp Fiction, interlock. There is no real order to these three stories as they are ongoing throughout ...
...language barrier is explored in Babel isn’t funny, it’s terrifying! It is very difficult to explain without giving important aspects of the film away so I shall try and explain in another context. Imagine a situation in which you are in another country and one of your loved ones needs help hurriedly and you desperately try explain to someone who doesn’t speak your language in another country where your loved one is and that they need assistance. ...

guydavies123 12.07.2007 · Read full review
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...by cultural and racial divides, Babel -- the third film out of Innarritu's loosely linked trilogy -- is a highly sensitive and relevant picture. Spanning three continents, Babel tells the story of various groups of entirely different people and how, with the limitations of language and the prejudices of others, they must cope with personal disaster. In Morrocco, two brothers take their father's recently purchased rifle and accidentally shoot at a ...
...language (namely English) become dominant. Babel is about the breakdown in communication as a result of language, and Innarritu throws at his audience alien sights and sounds to make the viewer feel as isolated as the characters. Indeed, Babel superbly captures the ambience and feel of the cultures, ranging from the simplicity of rural life in Morrocco to the modernistic minimalism of Japan. The values of the cultures are made apparent, but the beauty ...

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Babel is multi-award nominated film starring Cate Blanchett and Brad Pitt but they are far from the stars in this ensemble piece. The film is in four parts, with each story interlinked. For the most part the connections are obvious but one of the connections is more subtle than the others. Also the stories are told out of sequence with each other. Whilst each story takes roughly the same amount of screen time, not all of them run concurrently, which ...
...to build the tower of Babel up to heaven. Performance wise I just cannot fault this film. You would obviously expect an actor of the calibre of Cate Blanchett to do well, and she was excellent, even though it was such a relatively small role for her. Brad Pitt also impressed me, getting his teeth into the part and making Richard a deeper and more interesting character than he may otherwise have been. Adrianna Barazza and Rinko Kikuchi both deserved ...

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...first seen the advert for Babel I have to admit that I really wasn’t sure if it would be my sort of film. The more I thought about it though, the more tempted I was to actually watch it. It seemed like a movie that was going to need an evening set aside to watch it and Thursday night that is exactly what I did. Having finished work and pottering around the flat I lay back on the sofa to see if Babel lived up to all the hype I’d heard about it. Of ...
...Pitt but his role in Babel really surpasses almost everything else I’ve seen him in. He actually suits the more involved, serious roles and after some of the roles I’ve seen him in it still surprises me how well he does this sort of role. Unlike Pitt I’ve never really been a fan of Cate Blanchett and while her performance in this film is quite good I didn’t really take to her character, although she did spend most of the film lying on a floor with ...

Andy.mack 09.06.2007 · Read full review
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...every one of them. Babel is also the winner of the oscar for best picture in 2007, and similar in many ways and themes to the 2006 winner, Crash. The name of the film comes from the biblical story of the Tower of Babel - a tower built so that people could get closer to god. Biblical and religious questions are continuously raised throughout the film. Babel certainly isn't for everybody's taste. There are four stories interweaved between different ...
...a car with him! Babel also put me off ever visiting Morrocco, or if you do you wouldn't want to do anything wrong going by the portrayal of police brutality. Don't go to see this if you want something to switch off to. There are no big explosions and all the drama comes from real life situations. What I love about Inarrito's films is that he can inadvertently switch from a moment that truly touches your heart, as happens at the first switch between ...

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...to build a Tower of Babel that would reach to heaven. God punishes the people by scattering them into different races each speaking different languages. Communication is thus much more difficult. The film is an attempt to express this as a contemporary theme whereby today's scattered races still have difficulty communicating, especially over issues such as terrorism, immigration and globalization. There is also reference to the international news ...
...news entertainment. Babel is the product of writer Guillermo Arriaga and director Alejandro González Iñárritu. It is similar in theme and style to Iñárritu's two previous films, 'Amores Perros' and '21 Grams'. I've only seen '21 grams' and I think it compares well with that movie. The story line follows episodes in the lives of people in separate parts of the world: Morocco, Mexico and Japan. Fundamentally it's a film about a globalised world and ...

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...like to be entertained. Babel is not one of those films I have to say. I think the director strived to intertwine four stories into one movie but to me it did not gel. First off, the majority of the movie is in sub titles, which did not make the film easy to follow. The movie was complex enough without having to follow subtitles. The four stories are linked in an obscure kind of way and spans four countries. The story starts off in Morocco where ...
...movie was aptly named as Babel as to me it was a load of babble from beginning to end and I can not recommend it, unless you are one of those folk who are deep thinking and reading into political things as it did have a political undertone. Myself, I like to watch movies for the entertainment value and this movie certainly is not one of them. Director ………….Alejandro González Iñárritu Writer…………… Guillermo Arriaga Cast ……………. Brad Pitt ... Richard ...

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Babel is an interesting film in many ways. It features a number of different storylines in varied locations around the globe, and then as the film progresses reveals the way that each is linked to the other. The film relies heavily the interaction of the cast members. It appears to be trying to achieve a sense of isolation through using simple camera angles, and a select soundtrack etc, with the intention (i presume) of focusing the attention of ...
...they react and deal with the various emotional (and dangerous) situations which they find themselves in. The first (and main) plotline invloves an American couple couple on a marraige saving holiday in the moroccon desert. The wife is accidently shot by a young native. The plot splits to follow the American's attempt to find aid and the consequences for the Moroccon boys family. The other plots invlove said couples kids going to Mexico, and a deaf ...

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It is a tedious film and frankly very boring. Alejandro Gonzalez's previous films have been enjoyable, so I was looking forward to this film. But I felt that it was trying too hard to get the message of poor communication accross. I was also disappointed in the director's choice not to make use of his cast (which was an amazing line up). It felt like glorified cameo's with very little back story and so I was not emotionally attched to any of the ...
...cinematography - fantastic shots of the landscape and the capturing of the Japanese city. But apart from that the story was empty and the characters were just shadows. I think the director hoped that people viewing this film, would think about the world they live in and the different cultures (and the difficulty to live side by side). But it tries too hard, and fails, it just becomes one of those "arty" flicks that disappoint. ...

sherbertwhizzes 29.01.2008 · Read full review
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Story was very well written, ties together beautifully. The music is powerful and the directing is magnificent. Stunning, very well made. It may not be very fast paced at some parts but some of the stories are tense enough to keep it moving on well. Studies the difficulties of language and cultural barriers very well. All characters are very interesting. Stunningly beautiful in a painful way, some of the cinematography is breathtaking. Would not ...
...it needs allot of concentration and is not always an easy watch at some parts, it deals with a few heavy issues. The directing and music enhance the amazing script from a good film to a great film. I hold this film highly. Would recommend a a good quality wide screen and sound system as the sound and visuals are stunning. ...

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...consequences that can have. Babel is therefore about more than just language or cultural barriers as it deals with the much deeper issue of the isolation of one human being from another, from the strangers we interact with in our daily lives, to our husband or wife, father or daughter. This is one of those films where you understand the beginning only when you get to the end, and this further serves to convey the moral of the film which appears to ...

purpleflow3r 25.08.2009 · Read full review
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...stories in four different countries, Babel is connected by a single gun shot. In Morocco, Yusef and Ahmed have just been given a new rifle to help kill jackals preying on the families herd of goats. While testing the rifle they shoot at a tour bus and American tourist Susan (Cate Blanchett) is hit by the bullet and injured. Her husband Richard (Brad Pitt) battles their fellow tourists and US/Moroccan politics to try get his wife help. Meanwhile in ...
...but wants to go to her son's wedding in Mexico. Finally, in Japan, schoolgirl Chieko is doing what she can to get attention from men but its not easy when you're a deaf mute. You can also see my review on this under the username of celticshedevil at amazon. ...

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