So I went to see Babel last night. Somehow I hadn't seen it before and the timing worked, so I figured why not. I think this one belongs on my prior list of disappointments of 2006.
The first hour is some of the most tedious movie watching I've done in some time. It felt like three hours. I will say that the second half is much better. In fact, I can pinpoint the exact moment that the movie finally came to life (it involved border patrol, a nanny, two little kids, and Gael Garcia Bernal). From then on, it was intense, a bit poignant, and featured some solid filmmaking. But on the whole I think it was not as good as I was hoping.
The remaining elusive pic is Blood Diamond, which I hope to find somewhere in the next week or so.
