Anyone seen the movie 'Babel'?

Never thought I would say this but I think Brad Pitt did quite a good job as the frantic husband whose wife had been shot by a would-be terrorist in the middle-of-nowhere in Morocco. Or maybe it was because of Cate Blanchett who was superb as per usual. I enjoyed the movie, despite the disturbing subject matters. All four families with their interlocking tales had me in total grips from start to finish. The wedding in Mexico ( Santiago looked like Orlando Bloom omg ), the boys in Morocco, the disturbed deaf-mute teenager in Japan, Richard's children in America - I already knew beforehand that their stories were connected and it was awesome to see how they were related to each other as the movie progressed.

And I never thought that seeing someone pee in a pot holding on to her husband could be sexy but with Cate doing it with Brad Pitt, it was.

I cried a bit at the end but was there really anyone to be blamed for the whole affair? Everyone was doing what they were supposed to do, the boys were being boys, the border police were doing their job, the media were in the business of selling news. Sad but there it was.

I haven't seen 'The Departed' ( which didn't get very good reviews here, it being unfavourably compared to its Hong Kong's original version ) but based on its own merit I'd say that 'Babel' is a very good film indeed and I'm rather surprised that it didn't win the Oscar for Best Film. Though it did get the award for Best Director at BAFTA, good for him.