Part 3 of BirdMike, our Alejandro G. Inarritu rewatch series is here, and this is the third of seven Oscar Nominated Films of his that we’ll cover in this series. Babel stars Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchette, Gael Garcia Bernal, Adriana Barraza, Elle Fanning, Rinko Kikuchi, Koji Yakusho, Mohamed Akhzam, Clifton Collins and Michael Pena, and it was nominated for 7 Academy Awards.
NON-SPOILER REVIEW OF BABEL:
Production Profile - 1:40
Non-Spoiler Composition Thoughts - 8:56
Performance Reviews - 14:54
Production Values - 19:39
Oscar Lens - 22:48
Spoiler Warning - 24:45
SPOILER FILLED REVIEW OF BABEL:
Diving into the Inciting Incident & the story in Japan - 26:28
Sins of the Father - 32:49
The Main Themes - 36:28
That Ending - 41:34
Any more worsts - 46:50
Final Thoughts / Final Grades - 49:07
OUTRO: Stay tuned for upcoming episodes on Biutiful, Birdman, The Revenant, Bardo and Digger. We will also be returning shortly with a few episodes of Oscar Race Checkpoint and some fun new announcements. In the meantime, make sure you’re following us on Tiktok and Letterboxd, where we’ve been the most active in recent weeks and enjoy our all our new video and written content. https://linktr.ee/mikemikeandoscar
