Babel

Rating:	★★★★
Category:	Movies
Genre:	Drama

@ first I was afraid I’d be petrified…(he3x…no… that’s not a song lyric)

A friend of mine insists to watch movie the other day, so I indifferently agree and casually asked what movie are we going to watch? Babel is the answer

Mmmm… Babel eh? since the movie won best picture at the Golden Globe Award recently, maybe I’ll give Mr. Pitt a chance, cause I don’t find Mr. Pitts’ movies entertaining so much... well… except for 'Mr. & Mrs. Smith', and that probably because Ms. Jolie effect that excites me he3x ;-)

That skeptical thought changes as I watch the movie

For some this movie would seem dull, as I asked several other friends of mine after seeing the movie & they don’t give it a praise, but for my ‘wondering’ mind the idea of the movie quite brilliant and intriguing, it depicted 'islands' & 'castaways' of social, culture, and even personal emotion in a simple way

If you find ‘Traffic’ and ‘Lost in Translation’ good then you probably will like this movie (and some say that Babel quite alike 21 Grams)

I think the title ‘Babel’ trying to extract meaning from the Tower of Babel story, which tells that human spread around the face of the earth since they can’t communicate with each other anymore


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if you haven’t seen this movie, read my review below could spoil this movie novelty for you


The movie using simple things such as Winchester riffle which in some coincidentally ways connecting ‘cultural islands’ that quite differentiate from each other, also the film emphasizing different government officials that sometimes overreacting or performing cold blooded ‘by the book’ standard procedure to citizens,

But in my opinion the movie could utilize more power and synchronizations that make different scenes build up a single thorough big picture that consists of different unique mosaics, It could have been better (yea3x I know it's easier to said than done, I'm just giving opinion here)

Also noted by me, the movie illustrating human selfishness, carelessness, vulnerabilities, perception biases and limitations which happen in our daily life

Everybody have their own problems, each prioritizing their own matters for the sake of survivability... but it's for sure that everybody would crossing paths with each other.