Pan's Labyrinth

This movie, I found, was beautifully haunting. It starts out slow enough but gains more than enough momentum to really want you rooting for Ofelia to complete her tasks. I watched this Wednesday night, and then Letters from Iwo Jima the following night, both great movies, but there's a certain quality of PL that sticks in my mind and wraps itself and some key sequences keep looping in my mind. It's like a fairy tale for adults, that doesn't pull any punches on the dread factor, who often forget how scary a "monster under the bed or in the closet" can get when perceived by younger children, as when Ofelia asked Mercedes of what she thought about faries, and the older just relied, yes, I believed in those types of things before, but now, not at all. This movie was gruesome, but not stomach churning. Most of the violence centered around gunshot wounds and a torture scene with the Mexican forces and the rebels. What I loved most about the movie, was despite the protagonist as being a young girl, it was definately aimed at a mature audience, without a doubt. A must see, and also a must buy.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Totally off topic, your signature made me lol so hard.

Somewhat on topic, I never really expected to change my av and sig to the current PL one now, but after seeing what I call that "grape dude", I was like, that's one creepy ass motherfucker, what better way to burn that image in my mind than to put it as my sig!

How ya doing, buddy?

Sorry, I mix up Spanish and Mexicans.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.