Babel

I loved the movie Balel. I am a movie fanatic and I especially love international films and Brad Pitt. I can’t believe I had never seen it before. It took me a minute to connect the storylines that we followed. I knew how the american couple and the kids with the gun fit in and soon after I understood that the kids were theirs but the Japanese storyline was throwing me off. I think what was most frustrating to me was the whole fiasco throughout the film. Cate Blanchett had been shot and the locals were being more empathetic than the stupid old white people on the bus. That made me mad. What also made me mad was that the US was saying it was terrorism all over the world news but if they literally talked to the police they would know it was not. There were so many miscommunication events in every scene. The Japanese girls didn’t ask what pills they were taking. I’m surprised that girl even got home by herself. It was also sad to see her desperation for someone to touch her. 

The America/Mexico storyline was frustrating too. WHY did she think she could just bring two white kids through the border in the middle of the night with her drunk grandson driving. She seemed like a smarter woman than that. I cannot believe she didn’t know one single person who could watch two kids for a day. A simple google search would’ve told her she needed a letter from the parents to get back in. ALSO they should’ve just stayed the night in Mexico. Their parents were across the world. They weren’t coming back anytime soon. HOW did Elle Fanning stand up in the desert heat and find safety when she looked like she was going to die. All so frustrating.

Overall, This film was beautifully created and showed how language and cultural barriers can ruin lives. My girlfriend did not like that the younger brother and the sister were fraternizing but I understand. She was the only girl he probably knew and was a growing boy. Even if he knew it was wrong it was all he had. This movie made a shit ton of money. It was super successful in the box office and had amazing reviews. It is a fictional movie but is realistic in so many ways. The reality of our world is displayed in this movie and is even still true today.