First of all there are some (read many) absolutely brilliant sequences in Damien Chazelle’s new film… Babylon. The writer and director’s track record certainly qualified him to swing for the fences.
He landed a dream cast. Brad Pitt, Margo Robbie lead one of the most talent laden movies I’ve ever watched. Margo Robbie steals every scene she’s in. Pitt’s Performance is serviceable, but at times perhaps uneven or uninspired. — The storyline follows the birth and life of the film industry through the eyes and careers of the lead and a few additional characters. Initially the story lines are interesting and visually compelling, even when these stories become predictable.
But ultimately you begin to wonder when is this going to end. I mean it’s 189 minutes long… . I knew that going in but it became painful during the last 25 minutes, with gratuitously long sequences. I think, up to 45 minutes could have been cut from this film and it would have improved it tremendously.
— But for all that… Margo Robbie my lord what a performance.
She should get an oscar nod.
She was good in the haphazard comedy “Amsterdam” released earlier this fall, but this portrayal of Nelly LeRoy is seared in my memory banks, for all the right reasons… and some very wrong reasons. — https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10640346/ —
Review by David M SawyerBlockedParent2023-01-01T16:40:21Z
First of all there are some (read many) absolutely brilliant sequences in Damien Chazelle’s new film… Babylon. The writer and director’s track record certainly qualified him to swing for the fences.
He landed a dream cast. Brad Pitt, Margo Robbie lead one of the most talent laden movies I’ve ever watched. Margo Robbie steals every scene she’s in. Pitt’s Performance is serviceable, but at times perhaps uneven or uninspired.
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The storyline follows the birth and life of the film industry through the eyes and careers of the lead and a few additional characters. Initially the story lines are interesting and visually compelling, even when these stories become predictable.
But ultimately you begin to wonder when is this going to end. I mean it’s 189 minutes long… . I knew that going in but it became painful during the last 25 minutes, with gratuitously long sequences. I think, up to 45 minutes could have been cut from this film and it would have improved it tremendously.
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But for all that… Margo Robbie my lord what a performance.
She should get an oscar nod.
She was good in the haphazard comedy “Amsterdam” released earlier this fall, but this portrayal of Nelly LeRoy is seared in my memory banks, for all the right reasons… and some very wrong reasons.
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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10640346/
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