Robert, I second your notion (at least it sounded like a notion, albeit tentative) for Babel. I thought it was really, really good. The technical aspects of it reminded me a lot of Traffic, which I didn't like at all, but whatever. Anyways, you're right, the disco scene in Babel had me mumbling to myself "wow, that's so smart, that's such a great way to shoot this". There were a few problems with it, sure, but I thought the movie was really well done and the non-linear way in which it was done worked superbly. Fast Food Nation Eh...it was okay. It obviously had an agenda, and I'm not sure the dimension of the Mexican side of the story worked very well. For me, I couldn't help be reminded during the whole movie of Thank You For Smoking, and when I have to compare the two, TYFS is just better, even though they deal with different subject matters. That said, if you can get past the agenda, this was an okay movie, but not something I'd want to see again. edit: Valpo, give Fargo another try. I saw it about a year after it first came out, and like you, was probably expecting more. However, after watching it again, and again, it's become one of my favorite movies and now I love it and watch it every other month or so. If you have the time, and interest, I really think you'll like it a lot more the second time...and of course, don't take it seriously.