Tower of Babel

Movie Review: Babel

Some said this movie was boring. Some compared it to Crash. I liked the movie. It was intense from beginning to end. Packed with drama and uncertainty--the kind that is realistic enough to make your insides churn. It didn't help that I had a super sensitive lady next to me who writhed and over amplified all the crucial moments of the movie. I felt bad for her as it was obviously stressing her out. I do think they should have shortened up some of the longer scenes that dragged a bit. The story would not have been affected at all and they could have shaved off 15-30 minutes of the movie. The point of the movie? Communication. How do people express ideas, fears, assumptions, thoughts, and material goods across borders, rooms, parties, languages, and time? Do we do it in healthy, constructive ways or detrimental and inappropriate ways? How does an act of gratitude in one time become an act of destruction in another time? Can we forgive for the sake of a relationship or do we insist upon the divide to preserve our pride and fear? Does time heal wounds? Is love a common language we all share? (Notice how at the end of each story line the people hug.) If you don't want to think, then don't see the movie.