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We loved "Pan's Labyrinth". Wonderful pic. Watch out for the fawn speaking Spanish. ;)
 
In the end I went through the hassle of joining another video library just to get my hands on Pan's Labyrinth and Ten Canoes.

I thought Pan's Labyrinth was mediocre. I had other ideas of where the story should go. I just couldn't believe the fawn was a good guy, and was convinced he was going to be the biggest badass of the movie. Anyway, I didn't quite recover from the vicious murder at the start, so a not so pleasant film experience. Plus the CGI insect shitted me to tears.

Ten Canoes on the other hand...perhaps the finest film I've ever seen!

I have a deep affinity for the bush. I hate cities. I hate traffic. I hate crowds. I could sit and watch a gum tree swaying in the breeze in perfect contentment for hours. In fact, when I was abroad, feeling very homesick, the sight of our native trees in Italy, Greece, and Israel, soothed me immeasurably. Thinking about an unspoilt Australia long before white man came, and her native people roaming her landscape, fills me with a profound feeling. A feeling I'd describe as spiritual - can't explain it.

Ten Canoes provides a glimpse of what that unspoilt Australia may have been like. What is more though, it also provides a glimpse of what the unspoilt Aboriginal culture may have been like.

There is something deeply beautiful and deeply human about primitive cultures. Whether it be the Bushman of the Kalahari, the reclusive tribes of the Andaman/Nicobar Islands, or lost tribes of the Amazon. They are so pure and authentic, unlike perverted city people. These people provide a picture of how our species were meant to live. Depression, anxiety, and every other psychological ailment city people suffer likely arises from living divorced from nature - divorced from a tribe who knows you, loves you, and would die to protect you.

In Ten Canoes, you become a member of just such a tribe. The immersion you feel is uncanny. You get to know and love these characters as a satisfying yarn unfolds.

When Ten Canoes finished, I felt unutterably sad. Sad that I had to leave these people, and continue my soulless suburban existence.

I cannot recommend Ten Canoes enough. Not only is it a cinematic masterpiece - if you're like me, it will be a spiritual revelation.
 
Bkeela said:
In the end I went through the hassle of joining another video library just to get my hands on Pan's Labyrinth and Ten Canoes.

I thought Pan's Labyrinth was mediocre. I had other ideas of where the story should go. I just couldn't believe the fawn was a good guy, and was convinced he was going to be the biggest badass of the movie. Anyway, I didn't quite recover from the vicious murder at the start, so a not so pleasant film experience. Plus the CGI insect shitted me to tears.

Ten Canoes on the other hand...perhaps the finest film I've ever seen!

I have a deep affinity for the bush. I hate cities. I hate traffic. I hate crowds. I could sit and watch a gum tree swaying in the breeze in perfect contentment for hours. In fact, when I was abroad, feeling very homesick, the sight of our native trees in Italy, Greece, and Israel, soothed me immeasurably. Thinking about an unspoilt Australia long before white man came, and her native people roaming her landscape, fills me with a profound feeling. A feeling I'd describe as spiritual - can't explain it.

Ten Canoes provides a glimpse of what that unspoilt Australia may have been like. What is more though, it also provides a glimpse of what the unspoilt Aboriginal culture may have been like.

There is something deeply beautiful and deeply human about primitive cultures. Whether it be the Bushman of the Kalahari, the reclusive tribes of the Andaman/Nicobar Islands, or lost tribes of the Amazon. They are so pure and authentic, unlike perverted city people. These people provide a picture of how our species were meant to live. Depression, anxiety, and every other psychological ailment city people suffer likely arises from living divorced from nature - divorced from a tribe who knows you, loves you, and would die to protect you.

In Ten Canoes, you become a member of just such a tribe. The immersion you feel is uncanny. You get to know and love these characters as a satisfying yarn unfolds.

When Ten Canoes finished, I felt unutterably sad. Sad that I had to leave these people, and continue my soulless suburban existence.

I cannot recommend Ten Canoes enough. Not only is it a cinematic masterpiece - if you're like me, it will be a spiritual revelation.
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Brilliantly expressed, Bkeela.
I loved this film for much the same reasons as you...the peace and connection experienced while watching was so engrossing that I too felt bereft at the end of the story....I definitely wanted more.
I love Rolf de Heer's work.
 
I watched Rendition with Jake Gyllenhaal last night. What a chilling movie - about how the CIA can use extraordinary rendition to take a suspected terrorist to a secret location off US soil to torture them. Torture by proxy.
 
"Pan's Labyrinth" IS a very dark movie though, without giving away any spoilers I found the ending quite moving. It will be interesting to see what director Del Toro can do with The Hobbit.
 
Goldenberry said:
"Pan's Labyrinth" IS a very dark movie though, without giving away any spoilers I found the ending quite moving. It will be interesting to see what director Del Toro can do with The Hobbit.
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Jackson isn't doing the Hobbit? :eek:

Now that I've had further time to think about Pan's Labyrinth, I don't like it at all. The horrific murder at the start, which anyone reading should be aware of, was utterly gratuitous. The menace of the Captain was so palpable, I knew he was a badass anyway...

The quests were lame - especially the stupid Toad creature. Even the horrifying looking child eater was made lame - how the inept thing was able to catch any children - I don't know.

And after the stupid little bitch ate not one grape, but two, after being explicitly warned not to - causing the death of two fairies - well, I wasn't sad to see her get shot at the end.

The thing about Pan's Labyrinth, is that compared to mainstream Hollywood - sure, it seems brilliant, but judged on its own merits...meh.
 
I wish Jackson was directing The Hobbit, but at least he and his wife are executive producers, and possibly will be responsible for writing the screenplay again. On the bright side, Ian will probably be back as Gandalf, and there will be 2 movies. This makes sense, because the book is actually quite action packed over 200 or so pages. And Andy Serkis will "reprise" his Gollum portrayal. :)
 
Del Toro is a very good choice for the Hobbit though. He's a very good director and really is a visionary, more so than Jackson. So it'll be good.
 
Jackson is kind of visionary though. It might be a bit of Wellington bias, but I really think he did wonders with the LOTR trilogy. Del Toro will probably bring a dark vision to The Hobbit (judging by Labyrinth), not unlike Jackson's type of vision. Jackson portrays evil very well in his movies.

I've heard PJ is a bit of a megalomaniac also, though. Maybe that's good if you need to manage things on a grand scale.
 
I just finished watching 'The Mist'. Pretty good! It's one of my faves of Mr King, and though it was tweaked here and there at least they didn't fcuk with the ending. There's a beautiful song at the end too, Dead Can Dance - Host of Seraphim, loved it.
 
My daughter and I went to see Kung Fu Panda tonight. I loved it. I know i love alot of kids movies but this was pretty darn good. Full of meaningful messages of course but some great lol moments and I do love Jack Black.
 
I'm sorta in two minds......about Get Smart..One the one side I LOVE the Rock.....so thats a big draw card..on the other..I LOATHE the guy who plays maxwell...
What to do what to do...
 
i just finished watching The Happening. wait till its on tv ppl. it was weird. and not in a good way. 3.5/10
 
Goldenberry said:
I'm hearing mixed things about "Sex and the City", but the people I know have seen it are all dudes. They're saying things like, hey, we were the only two guys in the cinema!

Another friend of mine said, that if he hadn't been a regular watcher of the series, it would have been one of the worst movies he'd ever seen.

I never watched the series, I must say, though I did see a bit of one episode a couple years back, where Victor Webster off Mutant X was tied / handcuffed to a bed by one of the women. A bit like Heather Locklear "couldn't help but overhear" on Melrose Place, I couldn't help but overlook when Victor was on it.
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My hubby sort of watched the series because it was on and he was around and he used to find it funny. When I said lets go see it he said no thanks but ended up enjoying it. I dont know it he will be bragging that he went tho lol.

Btw there was one other guy in the cimema when we went lol.
 
Seen lots of movies lately.
SATC - loved it
Hancock - hilarious and touching in parts...also loved it
You Don't Mess With The Zohan - very funny but a different kind of humour
The Happening - Pretty lame, some of the actors/acting I also found quite weird
 
seashell said:
My hubby sort of watched the series because it was on and he was around and he used to find it funny. When I said lets go see it he said no thanks but ended up enjoying it. I dont know it he will be bragging that he went tho lol.

Btw there was one other guy in the cimema when we went lol.
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I'm not into biased women stuff, really, I'm a man's man :D
 
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