Pan's Labyrinth, A-Wow, the first A movie of the year, and we're still in January. Either my standards are slipping, or I'm getting desperate to not have a B movie blog.
At the risk of being spoilerish, let me say that this movie did not play out as billed. It looked like there would be a lot more fantasy and a lot less of the "real life" stuff. Although this wasn't the case, I did still enjoy the movie.
Sergi López has to be one of the greatest villians I've ever seen. Jono (who hated the movie (picky, picky)) agreed. He was so brutally evil that I loved to watch what he would do next. Obsession is a beautiful thing when played out properly.
The fantasy portions of the film were not as nice as I expected. They were very gritty and a bit scary. The melding of stories and myths bothered me just a little bit, but I think I can get over it.
I don't know too much to say without giving a lot of the movie away. The fantasy and real life were well crafted and played out right to the end perfectly. An excellent movie that deserves a watch if you can stomach the violence. Hurray A!
Oh, and it was free. Maybe that's why I liked it? You know when you steal thirty dollars from your roommate while he's busy reading your blog and go buy dinner with it - it's like that.
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