[RStar]

Blood Diamond was better than I thought it would be. Perhaps it's the expectations that killed it in the box office. However, I am not comfortable with these movies that show these poor people suffering. I want to go to the movies to have a good time, not watch people suffer. I don't like slasher movies either.

Stranger than Fiction was another winner. I did enjoy that one.

I saw "Pan's Labrynith" tonight. I felt it was a good story, well done with special effects, and well acted. I didn't go into the theater knowing it was in Spanish with subtitles, but I delt with it. It was an on-the-edge-of-your-seat action movie, but also was pretty violent with a bit of gore. It takes place during a war (1940s Spain) and they had to make sure everyone was dead by killing them 2 or 3 times. It's R rated, and though a fantasy, it's not for the kids.