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baumer72
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I just don't get it. None of it. How can you have 45 minutes of a story line that does nothing do advance the movie? The entire Mexican wedding was a filler. We got to watch a chicken die, a band play, two fat people making love, a drunk moron trying to cross the border and then a woman getting deported. ARRG..YUCK.
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David
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See, I loved the Mexican wedding. Maybe by saying this I fit the profile the Babel detractors describe, but I found it very colorful and full of life.
I'm wondering... Could anyone give an example of the supposed cultural ignorance in Babel? I didn't see it. I am sorry, but I didn't.
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Johnny Dollar
The Lubitsch Touch
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I feel kinda bad making this thread now. I just got enraged by the sheer smugness on display from Brian Grazer. As much as I didn't like Babel, I didn't hate it. It's not a Crash. Inarritu is incapable of making a film as devoid of genuine human feeling and behavior as Crash.
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kypade
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I Am Jack's... wrote: I'll eat my shoe if Babel wins. Better yet, I'll eat your shoe. I would have loled so hard had you said "...I'll eat yo shoe." In fact, I did, when I thought that you should have said it. :O
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David
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If you want to see a film truly devoid of feeling, rent The Da Vinci Code..... produced by Brian Grazer.  _________________1. The Lost City of Z - 2. A Cure for Wellness - 3. Phantom Thread - 4. T2 Trainspotting - 5. Detroit - 6. Good Time - 7. The Beguiled - 8. The Florida Project - 9. Logan and 10. Molly's Game
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David
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I Am Jack's... wrote: yoshue wrote: I feel kinda bad making this thread now. I just got enraged by the sheer smugness on display from Brian Grazer. As much as I didn't like Babel, I didn't hate it. It's not a Crash. Inarritu is incapable of making a film as devoid of genuine human feeling and behavior as Crash. At least Crash had Sandra falling down stairs and Three's Company logic. Babel only had Cate pissing herself and Scooby-Doo logic. C'mon... you just crossed a line.  _________________1. The Lost City of Z - 2. A Cure for Wellness - 3. Phantom Thread - 4. T2 Trainspotting - 5. Detroit - 6. Good Time - 7. The Beguiled - 8. The Florida Project - 9. Logan and 10. Molly's Game
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David
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Yep, definitely Satan. _________________1. The Lost City of Z - 2. A Cure for Wellness - 3. Phantom Thread - 4. T2 Trainspotting - 5. Detroit - 6. Good Time - 7. The Beguiled - 8. The Florida Project - 9. Logan and 10. Molly's Game
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Libs
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Babel won't win. It had nowhere near the love/press/box office/audience response Crash did.
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David
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It's pre-Oscar performance this award season would suggest it is held dear by many.
I predict many tunes will be quite different come Tuesday morning.
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Mister Ecks
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Whoa. The Devil is not a stretch for Mr. Grazer.
Unfortunately, he's an Exec Producer on 24, with Ron Howard... I think. Don't they run Imagine Entertainment or something? It's not like he has anything to do with 24 besides a title, but still.
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Shack
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I don't want to even think about Babel winning. That would be too much.
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David
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I Am Jack's... wrote: Gunslinger wrote: It's pre-Oscar performance this award season would suggest it is held dear by many.
I predict many tunes will be quite different come Tuesday morning. wait, this coming Tuesday if it wins the GG on Monday. Or Oscar nom Tuesday? Both. _________________1. The Lost City of Z - 2. A Cure for Wellness - 3. Phantom Thread - 4. T2 Trainspotting - 5. Detroit - 6. Good Time - 7. The Beguiled - 8. The Florida Project - 9. Logan and 10. Molly's Game
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