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Babel - the worst movie

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  • B Bassam Abdul Baki

    The only great HBO show IMO was their Dream On series. The second Fox made it a public show it died.


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    Aaron VanWieren
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    Was that the one with Brian BenBen with Technicolor memories?

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    • J Joe Woodbury

      I was specifically thinking of Band of Brothers; it was awesome. (I hated The Sopranos and Sex in the City.)

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      Bassam Abdul Baki
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      Joe Woodbury wrote:

      Band of Brothers

      Never seen it. But I agree with your other two ratings. Taste is truly an acquired thing.


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        Was that the one with Brian BenBen with Technicolor memories?

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        Bassam Abdul Baki
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        Yep. :-D


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        • K Kant

          Last night I rented the Babel movie. Boy, that movie sucked big time. X| Apart from good actors the whole movie was depressing. Few attempts were made to look like CRASH movie but failed miserably. Don't waste your money. :sigh:

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          Jorgen Sigvardsson
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          I thought it was an excellent movie. I loved how the different stories interconnected with each other.

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            I tried watching Borat and Flyboys over the weekend. They totally sucked as well. (Fortunately, I'd also rented two episodes of Deadwood, an HBO series. It wasn't as good as people claimed--almost nothing HBO produces is--but infinitely better than the first two movies I turned off before they were done.)

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            Chris McGlothen
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            I'll agree about Deadwood, but you have to admit that 'The Sopranos' is just down right quality television. I don't get HBO so I have to wait until the seasons come out on DVD and spend about 9 hours watching. The first part of the sixth season had me hooked by the second episode.:-D:-D


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              I thought it was an excellent movie. I loved how the different stories interconnected with each other.

              -- They don't really want you to play "Freebird". They're just heckling you!

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              Joergen Sigvardsson wrote:

              I loved how the different stories interconnected with each other.

              I liked the CRASH movie in that way. I couldn't understand the connection between Mexico - Morocco - HongKong/Japan. It's like watching TV documentary about how the marriages are performed in Mexico or how the teenage girls behave in Hong Kong (or Japan) or how the poor families survive in Morocco.

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              • K Kant

                Joergen Sigvardsson wrote:

                I loved how the different stories interconnected with each other.

                I liked the CRASH movie in that way. I couldn't understand the connection between Mexico - Morocco - HongKong/Japan. It's like watching TV documentary about how the marriages are performed in Mexico or how the teenage girls behave in Hong Kong (or Japan) or how the poor families survive in Morocco.

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                Jorgen Sigvardsson
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                Kant wrote:

                I couldn't understand the connection between Mexico - Morocco - HongKong/Japan.

                The japanese girl's father sold the rifle to the morrocan dude, which then sold it to the morrocan father, who gave it to the boys for shooting wolves when herding the sheep. One of the boys shoots the wife in the bus, who is the mother of the two children back in the US which are in care of the Mexican woman. Did you not pay attention? ;)

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                  I'll agree about Deadwood, but you have to admit that 'The Sopranos' is just down right quality television. I don't get HBO so I have to wait until the seasons come out on DVD and spend about 9 hours watching. The first part of the sixth season had me hooked by the second episode.:-D:-D


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                  Joe Woodbury
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                  Chris McGlothen wrote:

                  but you have to admit that 'The Sopranos' is just down right quality television

                  Are you kidding? I thought that to be some of the worse, most pointless dreck ever made. The writing was bad, the acting horrible and the production qualities (lighting, editing) dreadful. (One scene sticks in my mind where they repeated the same two minutes of dialog, with slightly different words, over and over for fifteen minutes.)

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                  • K Kant

                    Last night I rented the Babel movie. Boy, that movie sucked big time. X| Apart from good actors the whole movie was depressing. Few attempts were made to look like CRASH movie but failed miserably. Don't waste your money. :sigh:

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                    Rama Krishna Vavilala
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                    I thought It was a very good movie. In fact I watched it last Sunday and I was going to post that it was an excellent movie.:)

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                    • B Bassam Abdul Baki

                      Yep. :-D


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                      Loved that show, used to watch it religiously.

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                      • J Joe Woodbury

                        I was specifically thinking of Band of Brothers; it was awesome. (I hated The Sopranos and Sex in the City.)

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                        Reagan Conservative
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                        I agree about Band of Brothers. This is the first movie (in episodes) that gives the true feeling for what these men endured from their training, through the D-Day invasion, up to the end of the war. I am awed by the heroism these men showed in their daily lives of facing death. That kind of courage is special. They were truly America's "Greatest Generation".

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                          I'll agree about Deadwood, but you have to admit that 'The Sopranos' is just down right quality television. I don't get HBO so I have to wait until the seasons come out on DVD and spend about 9 hours watching. The first part of the sixth season had me hooked by the second episode.:-D:-D


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                          Reagan Conservative
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                          C'mon --- anyone who grew up in or around NYC could write these scripts for the Sopranos. Every other word is f*ck this, f*ck that, etc. All you need is the ability to cuss!

                          John P.

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                            Kant wrote:

                            I couldn't understand the connection between Mexico - Morocco - HongKong/Japan.

                            The japanese girl's father sold the rifle to the morrocan dude, which then sold it to the morrocan father, who gave it to the boys for shooting wolves when herding the sheep. One of the boys shoots the wife in the bus, who is the mother of the two children back in the US which are in care of the Mexican woman. Did you not pay attention? ;)

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                            Kant
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                            Joergen Sigvardsson wrote:

                            The japanese girl's father sold the rifle to the morrocan dude, which then sold it to the morrocan father, who gave it to the boys for shooting wolves when herding the sheep. One of the boys shoots the wife in the bus, who is the mother of the two children back in the US which are in care of the Mexican woman.

                            I got that logic. But it's clumsy. Half the time Director spent the lifestyle of each country than the story. Why the heck the parents left the kids at home and went to Morocco? Why the nanny took the kids to Mexico without permission from the kids parents? Why did she let her nephew talk to the border officer when can speak good English? Why the Japanese girl told the cop that her mom jumped from the window in fact her mom committed suicide? (What she wrote in that letter in the end) My head hurts. :doh:

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                              Chris McGlothen wrote:

                              but you have to admit that 'The Sopranos' is just down right quality television

                              Are you kidding? I thought that to be some of the worse, most pointless dreck ever made. The writing was bad, the acting horrible and the production qualities (lighting, editing) dreadful. (One scene sticks in my mind where they repeated the same two minutes of dialog, with slightly different words, over and over for fifteen minutes.)

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                              Alright, some of the acting is pretty bad I'll admit. But as for the rest, I liked it, and if you didn't I hop you find something that lives up to your standards.;P Anyway, it's not like its real life anyway right?:cool:


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                                C'mon --- anyone who grew up in or around NYC could write these scripts for the Sopranos. Every other word is f*ck this, f*ck that, etc. All you need is the ability to cuss!

                                John P.

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                                Chris McGlothen
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                                I grew up on the West Coast and have always been interested in the mafia. Godfather II freakin' rocked:cool: I am also a big fan of Scarface, Donnie Brasco, and Casino. I didn't really like Good Fellas, Joe Pesci didn't have it in that one.:|


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                                • K Kant

                                  Joergen Sigvardsson wrote:

                                  The japanese girl's father sold the rifle to the morrocan dude, which then sold it to the morrocan father, who gave it to the boys for shooting wolves when herding the sheep. One of the boys shoots the wife in the bus, who is the mother of the two children back in the US which are in care of the Mexican woman.

                                  I got that logic. But it's clumsy. Half the time Director spent the lifestyle of each country than the story. Why the heck the parents left the kids at home and went to Morocco? Why the nanny took the kids to Mexico without permission from the kids parents? Why did she let her nephew talk to the border officer when can speak good English? Why the Japanese girl told the cop that her mom jumped from the window in fact her mom committed suicide? (What she wrote in that letter in the end) My head hurts. :doh:

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                                  Jorgen Sigvardsson
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                                  Are those rhetorical questions? :~ The answer to all those questions are given in the movie...

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                                    Joergen Sigvardsson wrote:

                                    The japanese girl's father sold the rifle to the morrocan dude, which then sold it to the morrocan father, who gave it to the boys for shooting wolves when herding the sheep. One of the boys shoots the wife in the bus, who is the mother of the two children back in the US which are in care of the Mexican woman.

                                    I got that logic. But it's clumsy. Half the time Director spent the lifestyle of each country than the story. Why the heck the parents left the kids at home and went to Morocco? Why the nanny took the kids to Mexico without permission from the kids parents? Why did she let her nephew talk to the border officer when can speak good English? Why the Japanese girl told the cop that her mom jumped from the window in fact her mom committed suicide? (What she wrote in that letter in the end) My head hurts. :doh:

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                                    Rama Krishna Vavilala
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                                    Kant wrote:

                                    Why the heck the parents left the kids at home and went to Morocco?

                                    They wanted time alone as their marriage was probably in shambles.

                                    Kant wrote:

                                    Why the nanny took the kids to Mexico without permission from the kids parents?

                                    You mean she should have not gone to her son's wedding.

                                    Kant wrote:

                                    Why did she let her nephew talk to the border officer when can speak good English?

                                    Because the nephew did not give her opportunity.

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                                    Why the Japanese girl told the cop that her mom jumped from the window in fact her mom committed suicide?

                                    Sympathy! She had a crush on the detective. The building height was scary.

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                                      Last night I rented the Babel movie. Boy, that movie sucked big time. X| Apart from good actors the whole movie was depressing. Few attempts were made to look like CRASH movie but failed miserably. Don't waste your money. :sigh:

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                                      Did you dislike it because it was depressing and "hopeless", or for other reasons? Just curious.


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                                        Kant wrote:

                                        Why the heck the parents left the kids at home and went to Morocco?

                                        They wanted time alone as their marriage was probably in shambles.

                                        Kant wrote:

                                        Why the nanny took the kids to Mexico without permission from the kids parents?

                                        You mean she should have not gone to her son's wedding.

                                        Kant wrote:

                                        Why did she let her nephew talk to the border officer when can speak good English?

                                        Because the nephew did not give her opportunity.

                                        Kant wrote:

                                        Why the Japanese girl told the cop that her mom jumped from the window in fact her mom committed suicide?

                                        Sympathy! She had a crush on the detective. The building height was scary.

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                                        Jorgen Sigvardsson
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                                        Uh-huh! I thought it was crystal clear. :~ I wonder if he fell asleep at key moments of the movie? :-D

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                                          Did you dislike it because it was depressing and "hopeless", or for other reasons? Just curious.


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                                          Jorgen Sigvardsson
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                                          Well, it's easy to dislike a depressing movie. It's like a reverse commercial - you start associating bad feelings with the movie and - BAM - you have a crap movie on your hands (or in your DVD player).

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