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del Toro is the man. Blade II? Hellboy? And now this? He's spoiling us big time.

Admittedly, I thought this was going to be an epic fantasy with other worlds and magical quests and stuff, but it was really just set in one place and the quests were of a much smaller scale. Was it any less effective? Not at all.

Pan's Labyrinth is one of those stories of redemption and seeing to it that the bad guy gets a right rodgering. Magical to say the least, and done very very well. It's truly is a fairy tale at it's core, which I think this world needs more of. Of course, it is rated R for a reason. The first reason is for usual stuff like torture and gore and all that lovely jazz, of which will leave you cringing for sure, but never unbearably. The second reason is my favorite; mystical creatures nothing short of something that crawled right out of your nightmares. Seriously, I'm pretty sure the eyeball-handed monster in this film left a universally rotten feeling in the gut of everyone in the theatre. Who comes up with this stuff? Oh yeah. del Toro.

Do you like fairytales and being creeped out and stuff? Pan's is a good watch no matter what spectrum of film you're looking for.

There is quite a bit to say about this movie, but a lot of it is only to be said to someone else whose seen it, so I'll keep it short. It's up to you to decide anyways.

I went into this movie expecting what my friends said to be an extremely depressing and bleak outlook on relationships. I didn't really get that out of it, well, I got the bleak outlook part, but that is easily justifiable: Everything that happens to these people is their own fault and, believe me, they make some stupid decisions. So with that said, you have to take it all with a grain of salt knowing that good relationships shouldn't be this way. This is the Hollywood way.

Granted, if you're feeling down, I wouldn't watch Closer. But if you're feeling introspective (ooh, ten dollars right there), I'd hazard a viewing and see what piqued a lot of peoples' curiosity about four very confused, intolerable, profane and potty-mouthed individuals at the end of their ropes.

Oh yeah, Natalie Portman isn't really hard to look at either.

This movie is definately one that leaves you feeling good, but only after dragging you though some dead bodies and painfully embarrassing scenes involving "little miss" beauty pagents.

The characters are really likeable, even though they all have their fatal flaws, which I thought was pulled off rather well considering you can hate them one minute and love them the next.

This film also doesn't scream "indie" like I thought it would, which I think is a good thing in this case, because it didn't have to draw attention to itself that way. Also; Steve Carell toned down?? Woah...