Babel
I was not impressed by Babel. It's closer to 21 Grams, which I didn't like, than to Amores Perros, which I liked. The Iñárritu style is present as ever: washed down colour to almost black-and-white, long shots, plot consisting of separate stories that are somehow connected; but while this worked in Amores Perros, here it felt awkward and boring.
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There was some more subtle politics between the lines (stop reading now if you haven't seen the movie!), yet even that was shallow: The single, contrived link between all three stories was the effect of a lone American-manufactured rifle on the lives of several people around the world. The movie's plot could be seen as an argument against arms of all kinds (note the emphasis on revealing that Santiago carried and fired a pistol in that "dangerous" country of Mexico, without any real explanation in the plot as to why that scene existed). As well as other aspects of US foreign policy, jumping to conclusions of terrorism regarding any incident in third world countries, and the impact this has on these countries - brutal policing of the citizens just to keep the Americans satisfied.
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