Babel......AVOID

i was very curious about Babel as last 2 movies by alejandro inarritu were simply brilliant........and then i saw babel last night......
the movie was very long and very very boring......one of the worst ive ever seen......i think inarritu wanted to make a oscar winner (Crash concept) but came up with a dud......
cant believe this is from the same man who directed amores perros and 21 grams......

p.s. was going through the newspapers today and most of the reviews have given 3.5 or 4 stars to this movie.....crappppppp.......