Good movie, though I didn't like the extended action sequence at the end. Seemed kind of pointless, and bored me.
A lot of people like Roger Ebert praised it for being original; but it was pretty much the same concept as the Matrix (a world in our minds which seems real but is actually manufactured while we're in a sleep-like state). They even have all of the gravity-defying, running-up-the-walls-and-flip-at-odd-angles thing. And just like the Matrix, if you die in the dream world, you die in the real world as well.
Again, it was a good movie. Not something I'd want to see again, though.
Originally posted by huckleberryhound Just watched it again...still don't get it. Is it deep, or is it just up it's own arse?
Good movie though.
A movie I saw a while back that I thought was quite deep was Cloud Atlas (2012). Most of the actors played multiple roles as the movie unfolds through 6 different eras. Do not fall asleep watching this, you will wake up wondering if you're watching the same movie.
Originally posted by Suzianne A movie I saw a while back that I thought was quite deep was Cloud Atlas (2012). Most of the actors played multiple roles as the movie unfolds through 6 different eras. Do not fall asleep watching this, you will wake up wondering if you're watching the same movie.
will check it out. Babel is quite deep. I ended up feeling sorry for the little Japanese girl in the end.
Originally posted by huckleberryhound will check it out. Babel is quite deep. I ended up feeling sorry for the little Japanese girl in the end.
Babel, I think, is a very complicated film. If I remember correctly there are three or more stories which are connected in a way I couldn't quite figure out.
Originally posted by Torunn Babel, I think, is a very complicated film. If I remember correctly there are three or more stories which are connected in a way I couldn't quite figure out.
It was actually quite simple.
Japanese - daughter of guy who went shooting in Morocco
Moroccan kids using gun given to the guide as a present
American couple on holiday in Morocco
Spanish Nanny looking after their kids while they were travelling.
Originally posted by huckleberryhound It was actually quite simple.
Japanese - daughter of guy who went shooting in Morocco
Moroccan kids using gun given to the guide as a present
American couple on holiday in Morocco
Spanish Nanny looking after their kids while they were travelling.
4 stories, 4 languages Babel.
Quite a good movie.
Very good even if I couldn't quite get all of it. Cate Blanchett is my favourite screen actress, there is noone better.
Thank you for clarifying.
I was so happy to read this morning that '´Moonlight' won three Oscar Awards - Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor and Best Adapted Screenplay - very good film.