Babylon A.D.

Babylon A.D. didn't quite live up to its expectations, it gets a not-so-solid two sideways thumbs pointing left. In a review of Babylon A.D., Movie Moron quotes the director of the movie, Mathieu Kassovitz. Kassovitz is in line with the majority of viewers who say that the movie was a flop--he says he is "very unhappy" with the film. In fact, he said that the movie was a "terrible experience" and that not one scene was done the way that he wanted it to be.

That information gives me an all new view of the movie. The movie had the potential to be great--it just didn't go all the way. My favorite movies are the ones that are artistic--where each frame could just as easily be a painting, or a photograph framed on a wall in a museum. Babylon A.D. wasn't a perfect frame-by-frame Mona Lisa, but it had a great artistic quality. Melanie Theirry was a great pick for Aurora. Theirry's blonde hair, blue eyes, and oddly large lips made her a key artistic piece. Her artistic features helped give the movie an artisic feel.

The story was artsy as well, and that is what really pulled me in. Had the movie been better developed, the story would have really made it great. The immaculate conception, the super computer, the blonde white girl who gave birth to twins--one white, and one black are all concepts that were so interesting. I would have loved to see a movie that put all of those ideas into something really great. I'm not sure what Fox did to make the director so angry, but I wish that Kassovitz could have a do over. I would watch the do over, and I really think that with better direction this movie could have been great.