Babel or Blood Diamond? - Democratic Underground

OffWithTheirHeads

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Sat Dec-30-06 05:03 PM
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Poll question: Babel or Blood Diamond?

My wife says choose one for tonight. I've looked at the trailers and they both look kind of depressing. I posted this question in the lounge but am not getting any feedback so I'm trying here. Seen either one? Opinions?

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jaysunb

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Sat Dec-30-06 05:04 PM
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1. Just saw Babel

Edited on Sat Dec-30-06 05:05 PM by jaysunb

excellent film

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Pharaoh

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Sat Dec-30-06 05:11 PM
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2. Blood Diamond

to be fair I did'nt see babble but diamond was stunning.

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Divernan

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Sat Dec-30-06 05:51 PM
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3. Flip a coin - they are both powerful excellent films.

Edited on Sat Dec-30-06 05:51 PM by Divernan

Whichever one you see tonight, catch the other one next week. I sometimes make a choice based on the likelihood that one film will finish its local theatre engagement before the other. From that point of view, I would see Babel tonight, since it opened several weeks earlier - at least in my local cineplex.
PS - don't think of them as depressing - think of them as gripping!

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DrDebug

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Sat Dec-30-06 06:16 PM
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4. Saw Babel. Very appropriate movie for the current political state

It features everything. Apathy, propaganda, misunderstanding of cultures, stupid kids, oversexed Japanese girls, but also an old Marocan woman who is nursing the woman who got shot and just knew what to do. The movie is not depressing at all.

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