Babel

4 interlocking stories all connected by a single gun all converge at the end and reveal a complex and tragic story of the lives of humanity around the world and how we truly aren't all that different. In Morocco, a troubled married couple are on vacation trying to work out their differences. Meanwhile, a Moroccan herder buys a rifle for his sons so they can keep the jackals away from his herd. A girl in Japan dealing with rejection, the death of her mother, the emotional distance of her father, her own self-consciousness, and a disability among many other issues, deals with modern life in the enormous metropolis of Tokyo, Japan that is literally the size of the state of California. Then, on the opposite side of the world the married couple's Mexican nanny takes the couple's 2 children with her to her son's wedding in Mexico, only to come into trouble on the return trip.

I thought this movie was gonna be really cool because of all the story lines entangled to build one story. I figured it would be confusing until the end when all the stories would come together and we would get every aspect of it. To my dismay the stories collided but not in a good way. I was left confused about why the hell they spent so much time with the japanese girl when her father wasn't really all that fucking important to the story line itself. I can understand the rest of the stories and their importance all the way through. So why did everyone hype this movie? Was it because of Brad Pitt being in it or Cate Blanchett because she was decent but he was just ok in this movie. I hate to say it but why did anyone even care about this movie that much. I mean it wasn't aweful but it wasn't good great either. I guess if I had to rate this movie it would get a 5 out of 10. So see it or not but don't let anyone tell you it's great and you have to see it. If they do tell them to cram it you have something better to do( like wash your car, mow the lawn, Scratch your ass, etc.).