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Resurrecting the Movies thread...
ednbarby:
I get you, oilgun. Yes, he was overall pretty black and white, I agree.
I, too, am not a fan of the fantasy genre. For example, I couldn't care less about The Lord of the Rings or Harry Potter movies. I saw the first installment of both and didn't feel the need to continue.
I dunno... Something about this movie just grabbed me. Maybe because I can relate to using one's imagination to get through terrible times. But I can also understand why it's not universally appealing.
MaineWriter:
--- Quote from: ednbarby on January 30, 2007, 12:17:48 am ---
I, too, am not a fan of the fantasy genre. For example, I couldn't care less about The Lord of the Rings or Harry Potter movies. I saw the first installment of both and didn't feel the need to continue.
--- End quote ---
Another similarity in our movie taste, Barb. I have tried to watch LOTR a bunch of times and get totally bored in the first 15 minutes. I have sat through more of the Harry Potter movies, only because I love the books so much, but this is another example of a situation where the book is way better than the movie.
I also don't like comic book movies, at all, which is why I am not looking forward to Heath as Joker in the Batman movie. Speaking of that, I just read yesterday that Katie Holmes Cruise will not be reprising her role in that.
Leslie
ednbarby:
Totally agree with you on all of that. I like the Spider-Man movies, but they're about the only comic book movies I can stand. And they're pushing the envelope on that one. The LOTR lose me after about 15 minutes, too, as do the Harry Potters. I've only seen the first of both of those series, and the first 15 minutes of the second in both!
I was hesitant to see Pan's Labyrinth knowing that the director has done a couple of comic book movies, one of which I saw and *hated* (and won't mention here lest I totally dissuade you from seeing it). But it just drew me in. Very subtlely at first. Like my first Brokeback viewing, I'm kind of at a loss for words to describe it except to say, again, that I thought it was magical. And it has stayed with me since Saturday when I saw it. I keep seeing certain scenes in my head. A couple of the underworld creatures are scary as hell, but they're beautiful allegories for the very essence of the natural world (Pan, the faun) and of all unseen, dormant evil (the pale, sleeping monster). Oops - guess I'm not at a loss for words after all. But that would be one of the Seven Signs of the Apocalypse, wouldn't it?
southendmd:
I saw "Pan's Labyrinth" last night on a number of friends' recommendations.
While I appreciated the history/fantasy/allegory, I found the violence appalling. To me, it was gratuitous and unnecessary to the story; the brutality could easily have been suggested more subtly. It spoiled the film for me.
I'm all for dark fairy tales. This one was nauseating.
MaineWriter:
Really, Paul...thanks for this.
Tony wants to take Hannah to see Pan L. I have no interest and have been of two minds about Hannah seeing it...I will share your comment with him. He may do some re-thinking.
Leslie
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