Thirty once seemed so far away
It's always funny when you find someone who shares the same birthday as you, so happy birthday ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif)
terrakazama; it sounds like your weekend was a lot of fun. :)
We're celebrating mine on Friday by me dragging people to see Cloverfield. But, officially, today I'm 27. For those not in the know, 27 feels just like 26. Now you know. And knowing is half the battle, I'm told.
You dropped $170 on Rock Band, now what? How about The Rock Band Stage Kit for another $100 that includes a synchronized light and fog show?
I did go see The Orphanage yesterday. And almost cried. I can see why Guillermo del Toro chose this director and this movie and why he helped secure the movie funding and why he believed so much in the project that he'd attach his name to it, solely to get it more attention. Guillermo thrilled me with last year's Pan's Labyrinth. That movie is probably my favorite movie out of the thousands I've seen. The Orphanage isn't as good as Pan's Labyrinth, but that's in no means a slight against it.
Much like Pan's Labyrinth was a mix of historical drama and fantasy that relied more on reality than fantasy, The Orphanage is a mix of familial drama and ghost story. It's a classy horror film that doesn't rely much at all in the way of "Boo!" scares. Instead, it focuses on this weird and horrifying dread that spreads from the first scene until the climax of the film, when all the pieces fall into place. It's also a treasure hunting story, focusing on a woman's determination to keep her family together.
It's very difficult to discuss the film outside of generalities because everything in the film is inter-connected. It begins with Laura, a young girl at an orphanage playing a game with her friends. She's quickly adopted and we flash forward to when she's married, has a kid, and has moved her family back into the orphanage where she lived so they can re-open it, at least on a smaller basis. But her kid has imaginary friends and they like to play games.
The problem with the film is that I can't discuss why I love it so much. How it sucker-punches you over and over as Laura uncovers more and more. The pieces that first time director Juan Antonio Bayona and Sergio G. Sánchez, the screenwriter, pile on, the little clues and puzzles that eventually pull together into an ending that absolutely blew me away. When everything comes together, you could hear the entire audience gasp and then there was silence as they realized the end result.
It's a thrilling movie with some genuine scares and I left the theatre much like I left the theatre after screening Pan's Labyrinth: subdued, quiet and thoughtful. It's an excellent movie that I'd recommend everyone, horror fan or no, to go out and see. It's a masterpiece.
terrakazama; it sounds like your weekend was a lot of fun. :)We're celebrating mine on Friday by me dragging people to see Cloverfield. But, officially, today I'm 27. For those not in the know, 27 feels just like 26. Now you know. And knowing is half the battle, I'm told.
You dropped $170 on Rock Band, now what? How about The Rock Band Stage Kit for another $100 that includes a synchronized light and fog show?
I did go see The Orphanage yesterday. And almost cried. I can see why Guillermo del Toro chose this director and this movie and why he helped secure the movie funding and why he believed so much in the project that he'd attach his name to it, solely to get it more attention. Guillermo thrilled me with last year's Pan's Labyrinth. That movie is probably my favorite movie out of the thousands I've seen. The Orphanage isn't as good as Pan's Labyrinth, but that's in no means a slight against it.
Much like Pan's Labyrinth was a mix of historical drama and fantasy that relied more on reality than fantasy, The Orphanage is a mix of familial drama and ghost story. It's a classy horror film that doesn't rely much at all in the way of "Boo!" scares. Instead, it focuses on this weird and horrifying dread that spreads from the first scene until the climax of the film, when all the pieces fall into place. It's also a treasure hunting story, focusing on a woman's determination to keep her family together.
It's very difficult to discuss the film outside of generalities because everything in the film is inter-connected. It begins with Laura, a young girl at an orphanage playing a game with her friends. She's quickly adopted and we flash forward to when she's married, has a kid, and has moved her family back into the orphanage where she lived so they can re-open it, at least on a smaller basis. But her kid has imaginary friends and they like to play games.
The problem with the film is that I can't discuss why I love it so much. How it sucker-punches you over and over as Laura uncovers more and more. The pieces that first time director Juan Antonio Bayona and Sergio G. Sánchez, the screenwriter, pile on, the little clues and puzzles that eventually pull together into an ending that absolutely blew me away. When everything comes together, you could hear the entire audience gasp and then there was silence as they realized the end result.
It's a thrilling movie with some genuine scares and I left the theatre much like I left the theatre after screening Pan's Labyrinth: subdued, quiet and thoughtful. It's an excellent movie that I'd recommend everyone, horror fan or no, to go out and see. It's a masterpiece.