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Douglas Berry ([personal profile] gridlore) wrote2011-03-26 05:24 pm
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Pan's Labyrinth

Just watched this. Visually? Stunning. Well directed, good performances. Very nice effects and creature building. Slow as molasses. I really had a hard time maintaining interest while waiting for things to move. To be honest, a movie about this small fascist outpost and the family/staff/soldiers dynamics would have been far more interesting without the fantastic elements. Especially is you filmed things from Ofelia's point of view as a shell-shocked girl who has retreated to fairy tales as a defense against her new reality.

Good, but not great. 3.5 penguins out of five.
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[personal profile] squidgiepdx 2011-03-27 04:29 pm (UTC)(link)
Okay... I have to disagree with you on this one. Yes, it was visually stunning. But I was totally captivated by the story. Not sure why - it was *dark*. I mean the darkest dark that ever darked.

See if you can catch The Orphanage (same genre - I think by the same people/director). Again, visually stunning. But heartbreaking.
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