Thursday, February 28, 2008
A little late...but worth the wait...or not.
So, due to a week crammed with papers due, I just now gathered up enough time to write my post for the week. I watched Pan's Labyrinth by myself in a dark room right before I went to bed Monday night, and I must say, that was not one of my brightest moments. I had no idea what the movie would be about (other than possibly a labyrinth, haha) and there were definitely moments that I was really scared! The faun was so creepy! And the baby eating man was even worse! I don't think that this is a movie that I would've watched if not for this class, but I'm glad that I did. Overall, I thought it was a very good movie, and I thought that there was a pretty good balance between "real life" and fantasy. I was also quite intrigued by Ofelia's bravery, or stupidity, whichever it happened to be. NO WAY would I have gone down those stairs by myself!
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"Bravery... or stupidity" haha. I feel the same way. I thought it was quite interesting, though, the way that in class we discussed how Ofelia was "her own person" for doing something stupid like eating the grapes. I took the act right off the bat as a sign of weakness! She would forget the rules, forgo her birthright, and IN FRONT OF A BABY-EATER to succumb to hunger? Does that mean she is dominant or weak? There argument could be made either way, depending on your level of symbolism, I guess.
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