I seen a movie!

Pan's Labyrinth

Where: BAM (my favorite theatre!)
With: Tom
Snack: Popcorn & Diet Pepsi

Hmm, how to describe this movie . . . well, it has nice people & mean people, and nice creatures & mean creatures. Its themes include birth & death, love & war, and fantasy & reality. Visually I thought it was beautiful at certain times and brutal at others. Its warped fairy-tale nature is one of my favorite conventions and I'd say that with as many dualities as it presented, it was extremely cohesive and focused. I definitely enjoyed it and would recommend it to most of my friends. If I had to say what it was about, here's my summary: An unhappy little girl faces increasingly difficult challenges posed by a mysterious and fantastical creature in an effort to escape the unpleasantness, and ultimate horrors, of her war-time reality. Oh, and I almost forgot to mention it was in Spanish with sub-titles, which for some people may (unfortunately) be the ultimate deciding factor.