Pan's Labyrinth

[RStar]

I saw it tonight as well. I had to see it at The Block because it wasn't playing at DTD. There is a distinct difference in audiences in the two theaters. We chose to go early as the teen crowd at The Block realy gets rowdy in the evening, but still durring the 4:00 showing they were fairly vocal (but not in a distracting way). There were a few groans here and there, but at times at The Block they will shout at the screan and even say things durring the credits and I feel like I'm at the Rocky Horror Picture Show or something!

I liked the film, and though I didn't know it was in Spanish and I, like ISM disslike having to read durring a movie, still enjoyed it. I tended to get just what the director intended (evedently) so it worked for me. I was a bit uncomfortable with the violence at times as that's not my piece of cake ( Saw just about did me in ) but it was real. I mean it WAS a war....

The special effects were great, acting good, score fantastic. Dark and even a little depressing, a fantasy for adults. I heard it was compared to The wizard of Oz, though I don't get that connection....