PAN'S LABYRINTH
Just got home from watching Pan's Labyrinth - what a beautiful, surreal movie. The CGI was just brilliant. Everything looked incredibly lifelike, almost real. The scenes in the magical underworld were captivating - even I, the avowed nature-hater, wanted to explore it. There was a lot of violence - an excessive amount some say - but I thought it served as an antithesis to the fantasy, bringing us back to reality, reminding us of what's really going out outside the girl's imagination (or is everything really happening?). That's what was amazing about the film: how pure fantasy and brutal reality co-existed seemingly seamlessly.
Of course, there were the usual themes about fascism and obedience (sometimes disobeying has good consequences, sometimes it has bad). It's a movie just dying to be subjected to Prac Crit. It would be so much fun showing this for an S Lit class!
Also, I watched a preview of The Namesake and I really want to watch it too! Next week, I've also made plans to watch God Grew Tired Of Us and The Last King of Scotland. Hoping to squeeze in Children of Men too - it's shopping week! My last week of freedom! Might as well sneak in all the hedonistic time-wasting pleasures I enjoy.
Of course, there were the usual themes about fascism and obedience (sometimes disobeying has good consequences, sometimes it has bad). It's a movie just dying to be subjected to Prac Crit. It would be so much fun showing this for an S Lit class!
Also, I watched a preview of The Namesake and I really want to watch it too! Next week, I've also made plans to watch God Grew Tired Of Us and The Last King of Scotland. Hoping to squeeze in Children of Men too - it's shopping week! My last week of freedom! Might as well sneak in all the hedonistic time-wasting pleasures I enjoy.