Babylon - Damien Chazelle; Margot Robbie; Brad Pitt | Paramount | December 23, 2022 nationwide

[Nikostar]

Thank you to the academy for not falling for this. 

[Saul Goodman]

Either this or Amsterdam would have snuck in if it was a few years ago.

[AJG]

Original VOD Date was Feb 20th. They really believed in this thing.

 

 

[Krissykins]

On 12/30/2022 at 4:17 AM, Nikostar said:

Nobody goes to see a movie because Robbie is in. Great actress but she has no boxoffice draw appeal at all.

I do! 
 

I wouldn’t be going to see this, by most accounts, dumpster fire if Margot wasn’t in it. 

[ThomasNicole]

Movie is great, really don't know why it generate such a divisive reception 

 

Watched 10 days ago in a theaters and it's one of the best experiences i had recently in a theater 

 

At least the critical reception in Europe is great, i bet it will appear in Cahiers top 10 this year

[Ryan Reynolds]

2 hours ago, ThomasNicole said:

Movie is great, really don't know why it generate such a divisive reception 

 

Watched 10 days ago in a theaters and it's one of the best experiences i had recently in a theater 

 

At least the critical reception in Europe is great, i bet it will appear in Cahiers top 10 this year

its pretty good, some scenes are a bit too much, it shouldn't have a bad reputation , i thought the 3 hours flew by 

[interiorgatordecorator]

3 hours ago, ThomasNicole said:

Movie is great, really don't know why it generate such a divisive reception 

 

Watched 10 days ago in a theaters and it's one of the best experiences i had recently in a theater 

 

At least the critical reception in Europe is great, i bet it will appear in Cahiers top 10 this year

 

think cahiers review gave it a 1/5

[Krissykins]

full circle lol.

 

”like being projectile-vomited on by cinema itself” is one of the reasons I’m seeing this in cinemas this morning lol. 

[excel1]

Movie has some positives but is the absolute definition of try hard. None of WOLF OF WALL STREETS subtly.

[Firepower]

It's a big mess, but enjoyable and very well-made mess.

[Krissykins]

It’s well made in terms camera work, but no in terms of editing, restraint, coherency etc. 

 

The first hour or so was great. The last third was a chore to sit through. 
 

2/5

[filmlover]

This was just okay IMO. Better than the "colossal bomb" label it'll have going forward but not the wild new American cinema classic Chazelle clearly thought he was making either.

[Firepower]

1 hour ago, Krissykins said:

It’s well made in terms camera work, but no in terms of editing, restraint, coherency etc. 

 

The first hour or so was great. The last third was a chore to sit through. 

It never had any coherency at any point, editing wouldn't turn it into something cohesive most likely because there's no real narrative/plot or substance, just cool individual scenes taken from different films, it could be split into 2 different movies that take place in the same era with some heavy rewrites (Brad Pitt's character fall from the grace and mexican dude/Robbie romance), but as it is, it just doesn't come together into something meaningful.

[Spidey Freak]

On 1/27/2023 at 11:03 AM, Nikostar said:

Thank you to the academy for not falling for this. 

 

The movie sounds tacky af but the Academy doesn't really go for films critiquing Hollywood anyway, the actually deserving She Said being another snub.

[CoolioD1]

it's good but also feels like every scene is a little too long. that bit with margot robbie shooting the sound picture felt endless.

[John Marston]

 

[Saul Goodman]

"DAE underrated!" Film twitter gonna post this movie for years now lol.

Edited January 30, 2023 by Saul Goodman

[Nikostar]

18 hours ago, John Marston said:

 

Good luck with that. Even audience scores are bad

[interiorgatordecorator]

yeah, this movie is very clearly made by the la la land guy, and he's too competent to not end up delivering a good movie, sure it had some pretty serious flaws through, especially during its awkward first 30-45 minutes, but after that its pretty entertaining; wouldnt have felt out of place among the 10 other best picture nominees, and its better at eliciting emotion than half of them

 

gotta say I was pleasantly surprised by how not #wild the movie is, outside of the annoying party scene at the start; same with the "degeneracy", its not present during most of the movie, and when its there, Chazelle treats it like a schoolboy would, nothing more than a quick glance

Edited February 1, 2023 by interiorgatordecorator

[interiorgatordecorator]

17 minutes ago, interiorgatordecorator said:

yeah, this movie movie is made by the la la land guy, and he's too competent to not end up delivering a good movie, sure it had some pretty serious flaws through, especially during its awkward first 30-45 minutes, but after that its pretty entertaining; wouldnt have felt out of place among the 10 other best picture nominees, and its better at eliciting emotion than almost half of them

 

gotta say I was pleasantly surprised by how not #wild the movie is, outside of the annoying party scene at the start; same with the "degeneracy", its not present during most of the movie, and when its there, Chazelle treats it like a schoolboy would, nothing more than a quick glance

 

marketing was obnoxious though, so not surprised it flopped