Brad Pitt in Babel (Alejandro González Iñárritu, 2006)
Cast: Brad PItt, Cate Blanchett, Mohamed Akhzam, Peter Wight, Harriet Walter, Michael Maloney, Boubker Ait El Caid, Said Tarchani, Mustapha Rachidi, Adriana Barraza, Gael García Bernal, Elle Fanning, Nathan Gamble, Clifton Collins Jr., Michael Peña, Rinko Kikuchi, Koji Yakusho, Satoshi Nikaido. Screenplay: Guillermo Arriaga. Cinematography: Rodrigo Prieto. Production design: Brigitte Broch. Film editing: Douglas Crise, Stephen Mirrione. Music: Gustavo Santaolalla.
I would like to watch a movie about the calamity that befalls a Moroccan family when they acquire a rifle to shoot the jackals that prey on their herd of goats. Or a movie about a nanny for a well-to-do San Diego couple who unwisely decides to take her employers' small children with her when she goes to her son's wedding in Mexico. Or a movie about a deaf Japanese teenager who suffers from sexual confusion in the aftermath of her mother's suicide. But I don't want to watch them all at once, which is what Babel forces us to do. It's a terrifically ambitious film, with some stunning location work in four widespread countries, and it has some great performances, particularly by Oscar nominees Adriana Barraza as the nanny and Rinko Kikuchi as the teenager. It probably deserved the nominations for best picture and for Alejandro González Iñárritu's direction, too. (It won for Gustavo Santaolalla's score.) But intercutting the three stories mentioned above and centering them on the plight of the San Diego couple (Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett) severely reduces their dramatic force and interest. Why, I wonder, were Pitt's and Blanchett's characters on a bus tour of Morocco with a bunch of rather unpleasant Brits? If, as the movie seems to suggest, it's to work on their relationship after their loss of a child to Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, it's a very odd choice indeed. Their movie-star presence also skews the film away from the performances of the less well-known international stars. Structurally, the Japanese story seems poorly integrated: Its link to the other stories is that the rifle that turns up in Morocco was originally owned by the Japanese girl's father. What struck me as strongest about the movie was its subtext: the bureaucratic paralysis of the American superpower in the wake of 9/11. Pitt and Blanchett are unable to get the help they need in Morocco because of the paranoia about Islamic terrorism that forces an unwanted and unnecessary caution on the U.S. State Department. American immigration policy also prevents a sensible resolution to the problem of the nanny and the children. Babel is certainly not without its rewards, but a scaling-back of its ambitions might have produced a better movie -- or maybe three or four of them.
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Aline Clarke: Shouko Nishimiya, Koe no Katachi
Julius Royceston: Ignis Scientia, Final Fantasy XV
King Crowley: Gladiolus Amicitia, Final Fantasy XV
Cornad Hemsley: Ardyn Izunia, Final Fantasy XV
Heimdall Landvik: Wataru Hibiki, Ensemble Stars
Caspian Chaika: Nine, Final Fantasy Type-0
Dominique: King, Final Fantasy Type-0
Ingrid Riechiedei: Chizuru Nikaido, The Idolm@ster
Roy Riechiedei: Natsume Takashi, Natsume Yuujinchou
Abel: Lucius, Fire Emblem
Oriol Moreno: Yuki Rurikawa, A3!
Mateo Sosa: Tragabuche, Bandolero
Michael: Kazunari Miyoshi, A3!
Marc Dupont: Ciel Phantomhive, Kuroshitsuji
Killian: Taichi Nanao, A3!
The Scarlet Plunderers
Nyle Crowley: Prompto Argentum, Final Fantasy XV
Vincent Snyders: Bilal Asad Ithnan Faranbald, Wand of Fortune
Mikaela Pointer: Cinderella, Grimm-gai no Ouji-sama
Ayami Wadlow: FC de creación propia
Helena Snyders: Aranea, Final Fantasy XV
Gilbert Ward: Noctis Lucis Caelum, Final Fantasy XV
Peter McGrawn: Arthur Kirkland, Hetalia
Dyaus: Lancer, Fate/Stay Night
Nadja: Anna Kushina, K-Project
Fausto Costa: Banba Zenji, Hakata Tonkotsu Ramens
Calisto: Lin Xianming, Hakata Tonkotsu Ramens
Terry: Misumi Ikaruga, A3!
Leyla: Takane Shijou, Idolm@ster
Edward: Worick Arcangelo, Gangsta
Neo: Saïx, Kingdom Hearts
Ayana: Esmeralda, El jorobado de Notre Dame
Ned: Tsuzuru Minagi, A3!
Alexander: Hiver Laurant, Sound Horizon
Les Loups de Mer
Xerxes: Eustass “Captain” Kid, One Piece
Gideon Fiddler: Trafalgar D. Water Law, One Piece
Jacob Hore: Lee Geun-Tae, Akatsuki no Yona
Edric Linna: Tatsumi Rui, Starmyu
Raven: Sawatari Eigo, Starmyu
Mishaal: Ja’far, Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic
Amyas: Hakuryuu Ren, Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic
Cain: Okumura Rin, Ao no Exorcist
Zahi: Masrur, Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic
Erk: Linhardt Von Hevring, Fire Emblem Three Houses
Almir Silva: Altaïr Ibn-La’Ahad, Assassin’s Creed
Fabrizio: Ezio Auditore, Assassin’s Creed
Valgerd: Kaoru Seta, BanG Dream!
Karina: Moana, Moana
Rayner Roux: Banri Settsu, A3!
Adrae: Axel, Kingdom Hearts
Bianca Stone: Shirokane Rinko, BanG Dream!
Khane: Juza Hyodo, A3!
Leonie Sezessionstil: Chisato Shirasagi, BanG Dream!
The Sea Monsters
Katherine Chenery: Violette, Reine des Fleurs
Jezabel: Yamazaki Sousuke, Free! Eternal Summer
Eliseo Costa: Tachibana Makoto, Free! Iwatobi Swim Club
Saoirse: chica ciega, Black Bullet
Emily: Sachi, Neo Tokyo Manie-Manie Meikyuu Monogatari
Lucas: Ageha Riku, Starmyu
Hazel Rayne: Gracie Lancaster, Survive As The Hero's Wife
Tsukasa: Muichiro Tokito, Kimetsu no Yaiba
Yamashita Kazuhiko: Hanako, Jibaku Shonen Hanako-kun
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Quick question, who do you prefer Rinko being with in a romantic relationship?
Jade.
I think it's the most reciprocal and closest to canon. I mean, there would be Chaos, but he dies sometime around the 80's/90's (I forget the precise decade), and - even if he wasn't destined to die - he would be around twenty years her senior. That wouldn't be an issue, except for the fact she is still a minor in modern day.
I don't think she'd be with Mantaro, as Mantaro/Rinko/Jacqueline very much mirrors Kinnikuman/Mari/Bibimba, and I very much think Jacqueline is meant to be his intended love-interest (there are other mirrors, too, and Nisei is effectively a 'rewrite' of the original series).
Jade, however, is both single and shows an interest in Rinko. There are a lot of times where Rinko shows an interest in him, too, and they have complementary personalities and similar interests/priorities. It seems a healthy relationship overall, and both have an intrinsic set of shared experiences, too (such as being adopted).
It's hard, personally, to see her with anyone else.
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