Last hour of Babylon

I left at a bad time, as far as enjoying my second night of this, although it was a good time as far as slicing off one stable memory of the joys therein. I basically turned it off a few nights ago just before everything crashed and burned. Just like Boogie Nights and several other cinephile nostalgic pieces, Babylon crashes hard into the nefarious and the burnt out and the depressing. Why must these movies do such a thing? It's honest, but it's not enjoyable. I'd rather just see the elation of old Hollywood than see the exhaustion however honest.

The movie didn't strike me as really aimless and overwrought, although maybe it would have if I'd have seen it all in one go. It is long, and it wanders down some dark paths later on. But lots of movies do that. Even La La Land crashed out.

I didn't love it, I wouldn't call it a great film, but I liked it. The first couple of hours were exciting. It's all just a little too superficial to be legendary.