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Babel (2006)
Pointless
You would have thought that with an overall good storyline and a professional cast (yes, even those who are not familiar) you get a good movie, at least. Unfortunately that's not the case. It is not clear to me what went wrong during the making of this film, because it did have what it takes to do well, but I just didn't like it. Most importantly it's incredibly long. There are many scenes which don't contribute a thing. If only everyone learned from Coppola on The Godfather, a movie in which every second has significance... The movie tells three different stories, but one of them is barely related to the others. In addition the nudity and the other sexual parts are uncalled for and not needed at all. So when you walk out of the theatre after watching this film you just can't figure out the point of it. Sure, there are movies which aren't mean to have a point, but a minimal viewer's interest should be kept, which clearly didn't happen to me in this movie. Babel is not terrible, and as I said the acting is good, but acting just doesn't cut it - especially not in way-too-long movies. A waste of time in my opinion.
Mr. Ricco (1975)
An average movie
*Possible Spoilers*
"Mr. Ricco" tells the story of Joe Ricco, an attorney who is hired to try and clean a young man of murder. After the trial, Ricco faces an assassin who hunts him down wherever he goes. Even when the police arrest who they believe to be the assassin in 100%, he still manages to bother Ricco. Ricco must find out who the assassin is, before he hurts him or the people he cares about.
This is a nice movie to kill some time when you're bored, but certainly not a masterpiece. Dean Martin's acting is OK, but the whole plot is confusing.
Only watch this if there's nothing interesting on TV...