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This weekend Ben and I went to see "Pan's Labyrinth." Some observations (no spoilers):

I had no idea the movie was in Spanish. It's not a problem or anything, but I was surprised since I wasn't expecting it (the commercials certainly don't suggest that it's foreign).
We came out of the theater feeling like we had been somewhere else for the past two hours. It was like "Oh, we're in Indiana? Really?"
It had really great visuals, not just special effects but coloring and transitions between scenes and everything like that.
Despite being largely about a magical world, this is so far from being a kid's movie (it's rated R for a reason). It was quite violent and bloody, and downright scary in some parts.
Those of you familiar with lots of fairy tales will be able to pick out some elements that you are familiar with, which I thought was kind of interesting.
If you go to see it, pay attention to the text at the beginning that sets the background. I zoned out for a minute and it took me a while to figure out what war they were in the middle of and what year it was supposed to be.
Overall, it was pretty awesome. We only had two complaints: (1) we couldn't really figure out what the "message" was supposed to be, if anything, and (2) the villain had no redeeming characteristics and no real reason to be evil.

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