Disappointed by Babel

[Blu n Gold]

Originally Posted by jdc115

OK, I haven't gone through this thread, but why do ppl this Babel is a Chash ripoff? Isn't Crash a Amores Perros ripoff? And since it is by the same director, he just ripped off himself.

Here is the plot sub of Amores: A horrific car accident connects three stories, each involving characters dealing with loss, regret, and life's harsh realities, all in the name of love

And it came out in 2000.

no...

Crash the 2004 Academy Award winning Best Picture is the film Babel is being compared to.

[Octavio]

Originally Posted by tommyboy81
I'm glad I can't remember much of the movie except it was a Crash rip-off

Babel is part of a trilogy by González Iñárritu that makes use of traumatic events to interconect different stories.
The writer of Amores Perros, 21 Grams and Babel is the same (Guillermo Arriaga).

Babel's 1st draft was written in 2003, even before Crash was released, so how on earth Babel could be a rip-off from Crash as you have stated? makes no sense at all.

[jdc115]

Originally Posted by Blu n Gold

no...

Crash the 2004 Academy Award winning Best Picture is the film Babel is being compared to.

But it did not rip off Crash. Crash already ripped off Amores which came out in 2000. I am just pointing out that the director of Babel already did the same type of movie (about a car crash no less) long before Crash came out.

[Octavio]

Originally Posted by jdc115

But it did not rip off Crash. Crash already ripped off Amores which came out in 2000. I am just pointing out that the director of Babel already did the same type of movie (about a car crash no less) long before Crash came out.

And I repeat: Babel's 1st draft by Guillermo Arriaga was completed back in 2003. That's one year before Crash's theatrical release.

So it's impossible that Babel could be a rip-off from Crash, actually Crash is the one that should be labeled as a rip-off from González Iñárritu directorial debut (Amores Perros) as jdc pointed out.