Yeah, I kind of agree. I mean these films (21 Grams, Amores Perros, Crash, etc.) all do kind of unfold in similar ways with synchronicity at the center, but they are never predictable. I do believe, however, that the director of Babel, Alejandro Iñárritu, does need to branch out and try something else, before his films do get predictable and begin to run together. Keep in mind now, this is the third film that he is using the same formula with.

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Originally posted by CleverName Indeed. Crash tried too hard. It knew it was an emotional tear jerky heated controvertial script and spent every second reminding us of that. You can't force teh epic.

Exactly. It tried way too hard to cover all these controversial topics but failed so miserably at presenting them in a good, thought-provoking way.

This movie was just really dramatic and gripping, had me really into it, sure, you could predict some of the stuff that would happen, but nothing was too obvious- also, visuals were incredible- top notch!

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I really wanna check Babel out. Read about it in the paper during the Toronto Film Festival and it sounded pretty interesting. Hopefully it won't be like Crash.

looks interesting. next movie i want to see is 2046.

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Originally posted by inconspicuous AndreaCKY772. just. so. dumb.

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Originally posted by Allied Nations Three stories set in Morocco, Tunisia, Mexico and Japan. The story begins with a tragedy striking a married couple on vacation. It's basically a whole bunch of mini stories linked together by a series of coincidences- very sad film in many ways. there's like 6 different paths- 2 of them end well 2 end badly 2 are unknown

pulp fiction style?

I'll be watching it. Still waiting patiently to see it.

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Originally posted by iammesol pulp fiction style?

Not really- Considering the story was based in like 4 countries-

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Originally posted by Allied Nations Not really- Considering the story was based in like 4 countries-

sweet

It's a nice story, or set of stories. Good amount of stereotypes exposed in this film. I liked it.

The Pitt guy is actually good in this film. Not what you usually expect from him.

The story that caught my attention the most was that of the young kid.

Good film.

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Originally posted by sensorium The Pitt guy is actually good in this film. Not what you usually expect from him.

Because it's a film with Brad Pitt, not a Brad Pitt film.

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Originally posted by Allied Nations Because it's a film with Brad Pitt, not a Brad Pitt film.

He's a good actor. His acting in Se7en was decent. But when he does movies like Mr. & Mrs. Smith, well, one can't help but think he's only in it for the money.