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I agree with all of that

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In Reply to: RE: But...Inarritu did this sort of thing better... posted by Harmonia on February 19, 2008 at 16:23:43

What made it work for me was to view the separate storylines as unrelated vignettes. Thankfully, Babel did not try to force a greater link between them than the meager thread that existed. But you have to admit, the common denominator of desperation was communicated brilliantly, if not in the script than in the skill of the actors and director, whose chops are immense, as you say. Yes, I like Del Toro and Cauron very much.

Maybe what made Babel work for me is that I had such low expectations going in. I had heard it was a mess and didn't work at all. And I was pleasantly surprised.
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"I have found that if you love life, life will love you back." -Arthur Rubinstein (1887-1982)

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Perhaps I went in a bit annoyed... - Harmonia 16:44:52 02/19/08 (0)
...that Pan & CoM were slighted in critical polls and award noms by what I suspected was 2006's "Crash". And maybe I was hoping for too much.
Babel is a much better movie than Crash, a film I also found pretentious and unsubtle. But after the brilliance of Amores Perros I was really hoping for something special.
OTOH, I was more than willing to give this movie a fair shot, since I'm a big fan of the Three Amigos and Inarritu's previous efforts.
Like I said above, if you don't swing hard, you never knock one out of the park. Inarritu swung hard - and IMO missed. But I like that he keeps on swinging.
The next movie I think will be key for him.

Edits: 02/19/08

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