Pan's Labyrinth

[birddog]

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/search/movie.php?search=pan%27s+labyrinth&searchby=movies

this movie is getting terrific reviews. anyone seen it yet?

[GottaHavePride]

Is that the one with David Bowie and a very young Jennifer Connelly?

[royalfan5]

It can't be as good as Labyrinth. That movie rules.

[royalfan5]

Is that the one with David Bowie and a very young Jennifer Connelly?
This is a new movie from Spain set during their fascist period.

[sanantoniosooner]

This is a new movie from Spain set during their fascist period.
Alternate title: 2 Fascist 2 Furious -Iberian Drift

[GottaHavePride]

Alternate title: 2 Fascist 2 Furious -Iberian Drift

MAJOR spek for that. :D

[proud gonzo]

haven't seen it, but the trailer looks AWESOME

[picasso]

saw it Saturday. great flick. mucho violence.
combines fantasy with a bit of Franco era history.

[yermom]

why didn't i hear anything about this until it came out? it kinda came out of nowhere or something

is it and indie thing, or what?

[picasso]

it's a Spanish/foreign film which might as well be Indie to the U.S. audiences.

there's some graphic violence but very imaginative. I liked.

[jthomasou78]

Its very good. the wife didnt like the violence but it was very unique.

[Howzit]

Its very good. the wife didnt like the violence but it was very unique.

Ditto. And it was pretty violent. Like when the dude crushes that other dude's face in. That was awesome.

Mrs Howzit: You owe me. Big time.

Howzit: :les: IT HAD SUBTITLES!!! WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM ME?!?!?

[Mongo]

Howzit: :les: IT HAD SUBTITLES!!! WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM ME?!?!?

Mrs. Howzit: :les: FOREPLAY!!

[Howzit]

Mrs. Howzit: :les: FOREPLAY!!

Howzit: :les: WE DID THAT IN 1987!!!1

[picasso]

Ditto. And it was pretty violent. Like when the dude crushes that other dude's face in. That was awesome.

Mrs Howzit: You owe me. Big time.

Howzit: :les: IT HAD SUBTITLES!!! WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM ME?!?!?
with a bottle of Schlitz no doubt. I'm not sure that's possible.

[usmc-sooner]

I saw it. It was very good. It was also about as depressing movie as you'll ever see.

[tbl]

So it did have subtitles instead of dubbed?

If so; IN

I hates the dubbing and loves me some subtitles.

[Ruuuuuufus]

yeah it has subtitles. for anyone in the okc area it was showing in the giant theater in the harkin bricktown theaters last week.

it's a fairy tale in the classic sense, one designed the scare the jesus out of a kid (definitely not a kid movie though). Great movie, the pale man rmfo. Lots of duality between the real life and fantasy sequences.

[FaninAma]

I saw it. It was very good. It was also about as depressing movie as you'll ever see.

Makes me want to cough up $40 for tickets and refreshments for myself and the ol' ball and chain.

I do a great job of making myself depressed without paying somebody else to do it for me.

[GottaHavePride]

$40 for two people? Highway robbery. Shouldn't cost you more than $20 unless you're one of those people that needs the nachos, popcorn, drink, AND a box of candy to get through a movie.

EDIT: also, your wife carries a purse, right? Have her sneak your refreshments in inside the purse. Now you aren't paying for refreshments anymore. :D

[SoonerAtKU]

I saw it. It was very good. It was also about as depressing movie as you'll ever see.

Best Feel-Good movie since Alive.

[47straight]

Blah blah blah facists are so bad we wanted the communists blah blah blah

[birddog]

pretty damn good movie. i don't have time to go into it right now but put it on your to-do list.

[tbl]

The Departed was another nominee for feel good movie of the year. Fantastic film, but yowza.

[Mongo]

The Departed was another nominee for feel good movie of the year. Fantastic film, but yowza.

Plenty of head shots in that one. Jack was awesome. I read some where that they are planning a Departed 2.

[tbl]

How??? Everybody's dead!

[King Crimson]

Blah blah blah facists are so bad we wanted the communists blah blah blah

it just depends on which fantasy you prefer.....no?

[Ike]

just saw it...thought it was awesome.


and also, despite the fact that everybody dies, you come away (or at least I did) thinking that it may have been a happy ending instead.


But yeah, it was also very violent and gruesome...But I think it needed to be that gruesome to convince you that Ophelia's death was a happy ending

[Sooner_Bob]

I asked about this in another thread . . . I think I'll watch it when I get a chance.

[KaiserSooner]

saw it Saturday. great flick. mucho violence.
combines fantasy with a bit of Franco era history.

Sounds like my kinda flick. I love me some Spanish Civil War and Franco era history.

[47straight]

it just depends on which fantasy you prefer.....no?

Exactly. Just don't come with the kool-aid about your own flavor of strychnine.

[SoonersEnFuego]

I saw the preview on HBO. Looks very good. I'm gonna take the kids. Punishment for making me wake up early on the weekends. Lack of sleep, eh...

[picasso]

it ain't a kids movie.

I'm with ya Kaiser. two of my favorite painters went through that with Ze Franco. of course Dali kissed his butt (made an awesome portrait for his daughter) and Picasso opposed him while he himslef kissed communist Russia's butt.

[royalfan5]

I just got back from seeing it. I loved it, but now am sad. The whole movie was a onion of sadness.