Pan's Labyrinth

[innerSpaceman]

Originally Posted by €uroMeinke

I think we need to do some folktale readings sometime in the not to distant future. Perhaps ... a quiet gathering of the folklore inclined.

Hahaha, would this be akin our "salon" idea from last year that was so charming, though not repeated?

[€uroMeinke]

Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

Hahaha, would this be akin our "salon" idea from last year that was so charming, though not repeated?

Of course, the truth is we do it all the time, just without the cumbersome structure - I am after all an anarchist at heart (one who does have a counter-intuitive love of ritual). So it will happen, though perhaps not as envisioned...

[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....