Yesterday I took sometime off, and watched “Babel”. I heared alot about this movie, and as a good fan of Brad Pitt, I was disappointed.
Unlike MoeY, I was not fascinated by the plot, and nothing’s so interesting about the series of events. Actually, I found it somewhat boring and too expected!
Babel is categorized as Drama/Thriller, featuring Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett (Oh my!) won the oscar of Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score.
One thing I liked about the movie is the variety of cultures exposed in the series of correlated events, like the old Arab culture, the Mexican, Chinese, and the American. It also touched the exaggeration of some governments in relating everything to terror attacks.
Babel got 6/10 on my scale.
on 06 Mar 2007 at 3:58 pm # hope
I agree! So not worth watching it at a movie theatre, a dvd at home is more than enough. Found it boring, couldn’t appreciate the ingenuity that is supposed to relate the four plots to each other.
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on 06 Mar 2007 at 5:22 pm # The Observer
Thanks for the review. I am glad that I didnt go to watch it!
on 06 Mar 2007 at 6:16 pm # moey
well, to each his own.
Babel is amazing, alejandro is just an amazing director. you have bad taste in movies abed
on 06 Mar 2007 at 6:59 pm # Qwaider قويدر
Dude, Babel is a really good movie, and Alejandro is one of the nicest directors I’ve ever met…
hmm … did you guys JUST get the movie? I wrote about it in October Babel and Alejandro
Enjoy
on 06 Mar 2007 at 9:36 pm # Qabbaniَ
Am with u man
i give it 5/10 …
on 06 Mar 2007 at 9:51 pm # vagueraz
yala mneee7 ely 7akeet 3shan ma a7darro :p
on 06 Mar 2007 at 10:11 pm # Sharifo
mmm…i don’t like Bratt bitt…
bas as a movie fan, it’s on my list,,
bas 6ammene….7ada men el ba6al bemoto…maho sarat shaghla…nafsi el sana hadi ashoof ba6al wa7ad ydal 3ayesh akher el film :S
on 06 Mar 2007 at 10:52 pm # Abed Hamdan
Hope: I couldn’t agree more.
Almotasha2el: oh you’re welcome dear brother! hey you should start your own blog
The Observer: you’re welcome dude
MoeY: lol..I didn’t like it at all
Mr. Good taste in movies 
on 06 Mar 2007 at 10:54 pm # Abed Hamdan
Qwaider: I beleive I got the movie, and I didn’t like it. Perhaps it’s not my type!
Qabbani
VagueRaz: yeah bezahheg kteer o baye5 hal filim
Sharifo: I don’t wanna spoil it
I Love Brad Pitt!! I love “Meet Joe Black”, “Troy” & “Kalifornia” !!
on 07 Mar 2007 at 1:08 am # izzi
Lovely new blog… Congratulations… I have adjusted the link
I enjoyed watching Babel a lot, I am a fan of independant movies.
on 07 Mar 2007 at 4:06 am # Bakria
Few days ago I saw the movie for the first time. People recommended it to me. I got it. I decided to see it after a month I guess.
I really liked it though. I liked the plot and the concept of globalization that needs to be brought out one day in a realistic way like the one in the movie.
on 07 Mar 2007 at 9:51 am # bara2
ma shoft el movie bs i’ll get it then i’ll judge… i like Brad Bitt .. I use to think this way : eza Brad mawjood then el movie should be sar3a … then later i discovered that wala sar3a wla eshe .. it could be mo 7elo ..(:
on 07 Mar 2007 at 10:08 am # ProudPali
i SO agree, as i got out of the theatre i asked myself, what the hell was that all bout! it felt like 3 movies rolled into one.. usually brad pitt choses his movies wisely, i think he made a huge mistake on this one. he was even quoted before the oscars saying that Leo Di did better choices this year and sara7a after blood diamond, i can absum bil 3ashara on that lol!
on 07 Mar 2007 at 10:23 am # wedz
I hate Brad, so i dont watch his movies… i really dont like his taste in movies!! be’7arebhom!
abed, watch bloodiamond raheeeeeeeeeeeb
on 07 Mar 2007 at 10:44 am # Abed Hamdan
izzi:
thx! I like the idea of independent movies, but this is too boring!! I didn’t like Babel!
Bakria:
this is one way of looking at the movie
though I didn’t like the movie!
bara2:
yeah watch it! I like Brad Pitt, but this movie is so disappointing!
ProudPali:
yeah! It’s a waste of time! I watched it on a copy DVD, and It was a complete waste of time!
Wedz:
come on! I like his movies, specially “meet joe black” , “Troy”, and “Kalifornia”.
Blood Diamond ?? mmm, ok..I’ll watch it this weekend insha’allah
on 09 Mar 2007 at 2:19 am # Bakria
Blood diamond is GREAT.
I recommend it too.
on 09 Mar 2007 at 1:26 pm # Abed Hamdan
Bakria:
I’m sold! I’ll watch as soon as possible
on 10 Mar 2007 at 5:08 pm # palo-girl
:O
i almost took that personally!
i found it.. amazing! i was even going to post about it.
i was crying 3/4 of the movie! .. yeah i cry a lot in movies but still it was a really good movie!
a bit.. disturbing.. at some points, but i found the plot beautiful. i mean it showed how when it comes down to it, we’re all the same on the inside - we all have the same hopes, fears, wants, needs… and when that little boy surrendered… it showed the beauty of repentance, and how a good deed can erase a million sins.
it showed how that deaf girl was lost in this world - just like millions of people. how she needed to be loved, and cared about - and how she didn’t know how to express it.
it showed how a token of kindness is an act of heroism.. and how we can all connect as human beings.
i loved it!
and yeah brad pitt is amazing - i loved “Fight Club” the most.
on 10 Mar 2007 at 5:19 pm # Abed Hamdan
Palo-Girl:
Oh my goodness!!
you difinetaly got a point here, and respected point of course
Actually, the movie did highlight some great points as you stated here. But I just didn’t find it interesting enough
on 11 Mar 2007 at 11:00 am # Sultan
oh, disappointed I am
I was planning to watch it today . . . .
But after what I read I don’t think so . . .
on 12 Mar 2007 at 12:20 am # Abed Hamdan
Sultan:
I didn’t like it…it’s my personal opinion though
on 14 Mar 2007 at 3:11 pm # Rebellious Arab Girl
I found the movie ok.. nothing exciting about it. I would not watch it again. It is one of those movie that you watch once and that’s it.
on 15 Mar 2007 at 1:46 am # ola
Of course it’s predictible, you know why? because it’s not a fiction. It exposes reality… the whole point of the movie, as I got it, was an allegory to what’s happening in the world nowadays. People are not getting each other, not even trying to. You saw how that kid was palyign around, shot a woman and a big deal was made out of it, then things escalated and spun out of control, just like what’s happening in the world nowadays, wars beak out for no justifiable reason.
on 15 Mar 2007 at 2:07 am # Abed Hamdan
Rebellious Arab Girl:
I never watch movies twice anyway
Ola:
Good point ola.
but guys my point is, it’s not something I enjoyed watching! I didn’t find it interesting, not fun, not much of a plot ! I just didn’t enjoy it at all, I was too boring for me!
on 17 Mar 2007 at 5:03 am # omar
haha, el naas nazleen feek alejandro w ma alejandro
ana 3arfak betseer ted7ak w btetthakkar hathol el musalsalaat el mdablajeh! hahaha
I really liked the movie,
the Japanese chick’s nudity annoyed me a bit
bass the Moroccon children story drew me in like hell.
Man screw Brad, I didn’t really care for his role.
omar
on 17 Mar 2007 at 2:30 pm # Abed Hamdan
Omer:
lol @ alejandro…
ya zalame el filim kollo 3a ba3do mogref…da5eel Allah.. lol
sar el independent movies 7ag 3arab…fokkoona ya lol