Babel

I tried to publish this posting last week but due to the network problem, I didn't manage to do so. Just to share about the latest movie in my list; Babel. Classified as 18PL with the running duration time of 2 hours 24 minutes, Babel is another movie to be considered in your movie checklist.

This movie has been nominated in 7 different categories for Academy Awards and won several other awards in different categories. Although we shouldn't consider about the number of awards received to consider any movie, but this movie has its own values that differ from others.

Starred by Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett, this movie used the background of mainly 3 different countries; Morocco, Mexico and Japan. Babel is all about a married American couple with a pair of cute kids who is on holiday to Morocco with the mission of saving their marriage. The two kids are left home with their Mexican nanny.

While the couple and their tourist group are on a bus tour across a remote Moroccan desert, the wife was shot by two Moroccan boys with a rifle bought by their father for own hunting purposes. These two boys with no intention had involved in an accidental crime that created chaotic and led to a strained diplomatic relationship between The United States and Moroccan Government. Throughout the movie, there is a chain of events on the struggling of the couple to survive. This movie shows how a loving and responsible husband tries his best to save the life of his wife with the help from local Moroccan people.

The western media made the incident as their hot news and broadcasted all over the globe with the mala fide accusation that the incident was another crime committed by Muslim terrorists. Since the incident happened in a Muslim country, the westerners start to put the blame on the Muslim separatist groups; their old propaganda.

Far away from Morocco, the nanny who is in charge of taking care of the two kids (the American couple's kids) illegally crossing into Mexico from The States with the two kids with her. She made a stupid decision to attend her only son's wedding in Mexico. Initially, Brad Pitt in his phone call asked her not to go anywhere and take care of his two kids while he is struggling to save his wife. Her stupid decision had threatened the safety of the two kids.

Another nice character in this movie is about a rebellion deaf and mute Japanese girl whose father is sought by the police in Tokyo. The link between all these three backgrounds/plots comes from the rifle been used to shoot Cate Blanchett. The rifle is owned and registered under the name of this Japanese man. He then gave the rifle to his Moroccan driver after his hunting trip in Morocco. That driver was then sold the riffle to another Moroccan man, whose son used to shoot Blanchett.

It might be complicated with three different backgrounds but the genius director; Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu was able to make it harmony by his own directing skills.

Anyway, if you are not someone who has the passion in heavy humanity subject, this movie will not be your choice and I’m pretty sure that you will suffer while watching it.

The choice is yours! Happy viewing….!