BABEL, babble?

after all the massive fuss over the golden globe... spent more than couple hours sat at nova on thursday arvo after work. Iye, niat!
but heck, its movie of the year kan? so a must see indeedy!

one thing for sure when watching babel is to keep your ears and eyes open! dont blink more than a sec or you'll miss every single important bit of the scene. Oh! and you prolly want to know the story behind the word "Babel" before seeing the movie. Luckily I was told beforehand.

satu yang gue langsung captured while watching. Stereotypes.
Yes, you read it right.
Although everyone kept saying its about today's world. but one thing for sure, the way the situations potrayed are through stereotyping of race, religion, status.

Cinematografi - Kereeeeeeenn!
specially the Japanese scene in a club. hingar bingar then dead mute lalu hingar bingar lalu ber-september lagi. Also when the Jap girl saw the dude kissing her mate. Lampu club yang gemerlap terputus2 seakan2 nunjukin scene itu tragis banget di mata si Jap girl. Handal!

tapi jujur aja, gw juga jadi sedih.. ngeliat gimana islam community dianggepnya teroris smua. kesalahan yang bisa dianggep "wajar" di dunia "barat" (i.e. peluru nyasar = accident) dianggep terorism act kalo happened di negara Islam.

oh! another thing.. the mexican immigration thingo really bugs me. and read a review, it says babel also showed how the bush's immigration policy. whats that about?!

although, yes, flaws do exist. like, the mexican women lived in the US for 16 years but why she cant just explain clearly about the kids whereabouts when they were at the desert? why brad cant just take the wifey to hospital by bus which was said earlier that it only take about 4 hours trip rather than waiting for days for a chopper?

and the whole japanese story thing really vague. does it try to bring up some sorta Japanese stereotype? but what? we know about race, religion, status stereotypes from the mexican and morroccan stories. How Japan add up to this whole story?

babel has alot of layers. suddenly i remember shrek. he once said, he's just like onions. Onions have layers. hmph.. and so is this movie.

dimulai dari konsep, cinematografi, castings, babel is unique. no wonder it's easily get a hold of that golden globes. we'll just see how will Oscar handle babel.