tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25684961.post4353724752241660724..comments2023-10-01T08:07:18.319-04:00Comments on on her toes: Yesterday, Today, and....nadinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10900545208829694500noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25684961.post-13951292803777177542006-11-30T00:59:00.000-05:002006-11-30T00:59:00.000-05:00Now let me tell you about Babel!!
Pre-screening:
...Now let me tell you about <i>Babel</i>!!<br /><br /><b>Pre-screening:</b><br /><br />I'm a debit card kind of guy. My housemate (of the same name) is a cash kind of guy. He always stands in line to pay cash and I always skip the line by using the cash-free kiosk.<br /><br />I buy my ticket and text him in the line to say I'm getting a seat because we're in the old dumpy theatre.<br /><br />Galaxy in Lethbridge was recently renovated, while adding 4 stadium theatres, but they never did anything with the 6 "old" screens, so they're flat seating and tiny screens. It's best to sit in the very back.<br /><br />I'm waiting for him, and finally he comes in just as the announcement is being made that the start time will be delayed due to something wrong with the projector or the film.<br /><br />Between the time that I bought my ticket and my housemate got to the front of the queue to buy his ticket, they stopped selling the tickets because they were aware of the delay. He reasoned with the ticket tear person to let him in to talk with me. I told him to just sit down. So, he didn't pay. Are we bad?<br /><br />Then, due to the delay, everyone in the theatre got a free movie coupon. So, my housemate got two free movies that weekend.<br /><br />Anyway, there was an old couple in the same row as us, who insisted on screaming at each other, likely because they're old and can't hear anything. So the announcer person had to stand in front of them and shout in their faces.<br /><br />But worse than that, remember the "deaf" scenes, where there is no audio and the camera does a point-of-view of the Japanese girl? Well, the old loud couple would start yelling at each wondering if the other could hear and if not, then who was going to tell the manager that they want their money back (again) for the film having no sound (again). Some days, I hope I die young.<br /><br />I applaud Cate. I actually thought her character was kind of a bitch. And Cate convinced me that she was a good at acting like one.<br /><br />And yes, finally, Brad looks like George Clooney's age, which he is. It was quite freakish to see Brad with a beard and grey hair and wrinkles around his eyes (was that just make-up? or the side-effects of his "marriage" to Angelina?).<br /><br />If I was living illegally in another country, I certainly wouldn't leave!! I almost felt sympathetic for the Auntie, but really? Come on! She was quite stupid! And her stupid nephew?!?<br /><br />The kids, AWESOME! So well acted, so well conceived. Kids are kids, and families are families, and childhood isn't really all that much different from culture to cultre.<br /><br />Two things that didn't happen which I thought and wished did happen:<br /><br />#1 - Snake bite in the dessert! I wanted one of the blond kids to be bit by a poisonous snake and die; merely to add to the heartache of the dumb nanny.<br /><br />#2 - I wanted the Japanese girl to get what she was looking for (some type of forceful sexual encounter, perhaps a tryst that morphs into a rape), or that she would have jumped naked off the balcony and land right in front of the cop.<br /><br />Answer to questions not provided:<br /><br />What did the Japanese note say?<br /><br />What happened to the blond kids?<br /><br />What happened to the Moroccan family?<br /><br /><br />Though Babel did not exactly disappoint, let's just say I'm looking forward to The Good Shepherd.michael lewishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05482483423597631548noreply@blogger.com