there were clips from movies in the documentary "this film is not yet rated" and i wanted to see them in full to get a better understanding of why the mpaa gave the rating etc. one of those films was "jersey girl" but i already had it in my netflix queue anyway. after watching it, i was really surprised at the objections the mpaa had. quite ridiculous. anyway, that film was already mentioned the blog. another film in the documentary was "a dirty shame" and it seemed so funny from the clips that i immediately put it at the top of my queue. i haven't seen that many john waters films but i must say that this is such a john waters film! if you're not into his stuff then you won't like it. at first it was good and fun but it kinda dragged on and we got the point, ya know?

also netflixed "babel" without knowing anything about it. that's good 'cos i didn't have any pre-conceived notions or expectations. what i got in return was a good film. i liked all the stories being told. i thought everything was done very well. i didn't spend a single second contemplating why it was called "babel". rather i got very curious as to what others thought of the film and wanted to let my thoughts go from there. i was surprised to read some of the viewer comments. i thought they were harping on such minor points or greatly misinterpreted things. i just couldn't see some of the angles people were coming from so i stopped reading. i didn't care anymore. my own feelings walking away from the film were so different that i really don't want to talk about the interpretations. in the end, art is that. whatever the creators intended is not what gets out. it's what the audience interprets that is remembered. i just liked it and don't want to give anyone preconceptions either. but if you must know the basics of the story, go anywhere online and read the 1 paragraph summary.