Babel
So we watched Babel tonight.
Didier has been wanting to watch it for some time now. So, since it was on TMN ce soir we watched.
I'll admit I was not that drawn in. I found myself walking back and forth from the living room, to the computer room... (never a good sign for me)
It was good, I guess. I'm sure I'm alone here, but I though it was a bit too, preachy for me. heh, guess I'm one of the jaded masses that this movie was about. There was this whole 'artsy' pretense that was a little too much for me. (and I can get into some rather artsy and alternative flicks!)
I honestly wonder, it not for Kate Blanchet and Le Brad, would this movie have done so well? To say a film needs the cache of a 'superstar' is a tired. I am a firm believer that if a movie is good, people will see it regardless, and word of mouth is the one of the most powerful sources. I actually avoid more movies because of particular actors, as opposed to seeing movies with those I prefer.
Seeing as they were the only two actors I recognized, It made me think I'd have preferred two other 'unknowns' in their roles.
What I did appreciate was the whole '6 degrees' aspect of it, the connectedness of everyone and I'll admit it makes me think of how my actions here, might actually affect those elsewhere in the world, but that's about it.
I dunno. I'm glad I saw it, but more glad that it didn't cost me $12 for a ticket and $12 for snacks.
Misster-Kitty give's Babel 6 hairballs outta 10.
Didier has been wanting to watch it for some time now. So, since it was on TMN ce soir we watched.
I'll admit I was not that drawn in. I found myself walking back and forth from the living room, to the computer room... (never a good sign for me)
It was good, I guess. I'm sure I'm alone here, but I though it was a bit too, preachy for me. heh, guess I'm one of the jaded masses that this movie was about. There was this whole 'artsy' pretense that was a little too much for me. (and I can get into some rather artsy and alternative flicks!)
I honestly wonder, it not for Kate Blanchet and Le Brad, would this movie have done so well? To say a film needs the cache of a 'superstar' is a tired. I am a firm believer that if a movie is good, people will see it regardless, and word of mouth is the one of the most powerful sources. I actually avoid more movies because of particular actors, as opposed to seeing movies with those I prefer.
Seeing as they were the only two actors I recognized, It made me think I'd have preferred two other 'unknowns' in their roles.
What I did appreciate was the whole '6 degrees' aspect of it, the connectedness of everyone and I'll admit it makes me think of how my actions here, might actually affect those elsewhere in the world, but that's about it.
I dunno. I'm glad I saw it, but more glad that it didn't cost me $12 for a ticket and $12 for snacks.
Misster-Kitty give's Babel 6 hairballs outta 10.
