We went to see Babel last night.  It's the latest movie from the team of director Alejandro González Iñárritu and writer, Guillermo Arriaga.  Their first movie together, Amores Perros is utterly amazing, and also includes the great actor Gael Garcí­a Bernal.

For a Hollywood movie, I'm impressed.  Compared to their other movies, it's not their best.  The camera work is amazing.  There is a lot of time in the film where people aren't talking, which I always appreciate.  The characters seemed more like caricatures than people, but I liked that everyone looked like a real person (except Cate Blanchet - I think she's a great actress, but she is gorgeous and flawless even when bleeding on the dirt floor of a Moroccan hut).

Some scenes aren't entirely believable, but when I walked out of the theater, I was loving the movie.  It's also a good movie for people who like to cry.

[photo taken 3-30-2002 in Utah]