So i got ditched for dinner and instead of going out on a saturday night, I will be my looser self and write blog which probably will never read anyways. The blog is going to be about a movie I watched last night. Well I am not that big of loser, I went out on a friday night atleast even if I was the third wheel with a couple.
Lets get back to the movie, that is called Pan's Labyrinth. Its probably one of the best foreign films I have seen, comparable to Life is beautiful and City of God. Well for those of you do not know about the movie, it is set in the Spanish countryside during General Franco's reign. It is about this little girl, whose mother gets remarried to a captain in the spanish army defending a camp in the countryside from rebels. The little girl belongs to a fairylyand, is immortal, and has to complete three tasks to keep her immortality. The fairlyland is located underneath the army camp and the access to it is provided through labyrinth. Her completion of three tasks ties with the story of the captain defending the army camp and ends in a bittersweet way that makes you happy and cry at the same time. Must watch!!!
By the way this movie has some gruesome scenes, which are very disturbing. One is where the captain stitches his own face and they show it.
Now my description is not that good, so you might want to check out www.imdb.com and look up the movie. Well, I just needed an excuse to ramble about how I am not a loser or that I am. Well one thing I definitely am, I am grateful that I am in New York City so I have access to such movies. But, thank god for the internet that we can download and see this anywhere in the world.
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