Its been out on DVD for a while but I just saw Pan's Labyrinth. In the past year I've watched all three Lord of the Rings movies and the latest Harry Potter. All very entertaining fantasy movies that can be enjoyed by the entire family with the requisite moral lessons and fascinating (at least for kids in most cases) special effects. Pan's Labyrinth is a much different type of fantasy and decidedly for adults only. Set in 1940s Fascist Spain, a young girl tries to follow her mystical destiny while the adults around her are engaged in a deadly game of cat and mouse. She has a desperate mother, a cruel stepfather who is a Fascist officer, and a maid who is working for the rebels. Its a tough movie to watch with a lot of overt cruelty but I don't feel it is a sad movie. The type of movie that is interesting to talk about afterwards if you see it with someone else.
Saturday, October 13, 2007
Pan's Labyrinth
Its been out on DVD for a while but I just saw Pan's Labyrinth. In the past year I've watched all three Lord of the Rings movies and the latest Harry Potter. All very entertaining fantasy movies that can be enjoyed by the entire family with the requisite moral lessons and fascinating (at least for kids in most cases) special effects. Pan's Labyrinth is a much different type of fantasy and decidedly for adults only. Set in 1940s Fascist Spain, a young girl tries to follow her mystical destiny while the adults around her are engaged in a deadly game of cat and mouse. She has a desperate mother, a cruel stepfather who is a Fascist officer, and a maid who is working for the rebels. Its a tough movie to watch with a lot of overt cruelty but I don't feel it is a sad movie. The type of movie that is interesting to talk about afterwards if you see it with someone else.
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