Jan 12, 2007 04:38
before attending last nights film screening with Kathryn, the only thought that went through my mind when i heard the word 'Babel' was that of a weird translating fish you'd stick in your ear while traveling across the galaxy along with your towel.
but this film, which Kathryn would later describe as a pile of shit(which i would mostly disagree with), has given me a few more gems to dial up whenever i hear it again.
for instance... moutain-side masturbation, deaf/mute hairy monsters, a Fanning in a desert and, probably my most favorite memory...
there's a scene where an injured woman is being helped by her husband to pee in a pan.
he's holding her, she's peeing.
you can clearly hear this, to everyones delight.
then, they start to kiss.
as you hear the tinkle tinkle into the empty pan.
at this point i turned to Kathryn...
"least romantic kiss ever...?"
to which she responded with, "don't you mean, sexiest?".
and after a few seconds i had to concede, "yeah, especially since she's crying now."
snort.
how was the movie though?
depressing, well shot, great performances, but...
it all felt kind of pointless in the end.
it's like they wanted to take these 3 stories, based in 3 completely different worlds seperated by miles & society, and intertwine them all...
but it just didn't work out and there seemed to be no real reason to even have the japanese story included as the connections just seemed superficial at best.
although, i'm not exactly complaining...
i mean, who doesn't enjoy some gratuitous hairy monster?
movies,
kathryn