Movie: Pan’s Labyrinth (El Laberinto del Fauno)

February 5, 2007 @ 3:29 pm · Posted by Sah · Filed under Movies

Pan's Labyrinth Movie Poster

This past weekend we saw, Pan’s Labyrinth. The movie is set in post-Civil War Spain and tells the story of a girl who goes with her mother to live with her new step father, a Captain leading soldiers against resistance fighters. The girl creates a fantasy world to escape to, to hide from her very grim reality. The story then shifts back and forth between these two worlds for the duration of the film. The movie is visually powerful and full of beautiful and horrific images. It’s a dark, gruesome and often disturbing film. Honestly, I haven’t decided yet if I liked it or not, but I’m still thinking about it, so I suppose that says something. If you like the fantasy genre and don’t mind brutality in films, go see it and let me know what you think. Maybe we can process it together?

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Listening to:

Santogold

Artist: Santogold

Reminds me of The Go! Team with half of the bouncy happiness drained out and replaced with M.I.A.

Last watched:

The Wrestler

Director: Fox Searchlight

If there's one thing Aronofsky knows how to do, it's how to portray bleakness.

Reading:

Anathem

Author: Neal Stephenson

One of my favorite things about this book is that in this fictional world there are names given to ideas that ought to have names in the real world. For instance, Diax's Rake is the idea that you shouldn't believe something just because you want to. The name itself isn't that important, but I like that Stephenson recognizes that some ideas deserve to be acknowledged.

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Red Dead Redemption

Publisher: Rockstar Games

Like GTA in the Old West, but so far, more interesting. I just hope that the buddy characters don't require the same kid-gloved hand-holding from GTA4.