Babylon (2022) Movie Thread

[Gemma]

Watched this last night. I was wary of it, the long runtime and the fact that it's a Hollywood movie making a movie about Hollywood put me off.

However, I actually felt the runtime was kind of justified and it didn't seem to have a lull for me in the way that some shorter films have. It's clearly a long film because there's a lot he wanted to show and say, rather than a long film because it wasn't edited properly.

It starts with a lot of momentum, and it does a decent job of maintaining that throughout the film. Margot Robbie, I thought was good, Diego Calva I thought was excellent. For Brad Pitt, well I felt like I was just watching Brad Pitt. I did find his arc interesting, but I think a different actor might have made more out of it. Whilst Robbie and Pitt are the box office stars, Calva is really the heart of the film and his journey from start to finish was really something to watch.

It's a wildly ambitious film, and not everything works. I can certainly see the issues people have with it. However, in a film landscape dominated by reboots, franchise films, tame biopics, rehashed topics, it's great to see someone taking a real risk.


It's a wildly ambitious film, and not everything works. I can certainly see the issues people have with it. However, in a film landscape dominated by reboots, franchise films, tame biopics, rehashed topics, it's great to see someone taking a real risk.

 

[Franco Pinion]

Watched it last night, I liked it!

The first hour of the film flew by in about 10 minutes, the soundtrack is ridiculously good and it just leads you through the film, I might set it up as my morning alarm. I think I liked the first hour and a half the most, the second part was slower. The ending was decent, but I feel Jack's story was pretty meh and boring.

 

[Tauriel]

That is one strange film, fantastic in places, dumb ass stupid in others.

 

[Iva]

Pretty good. Very pretty. Some amazing sequences.