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[firko]

In film news - saw No Country for Old Men and I think I liked it but it is one of those that needs a second view. It looks desolately beautiful and is filled with those long pauses and silences that the Coens enjoy. Javier Bardem is terrifying, so much so that one woman in the cinema gasped everytime he came on screen. Lots of guns and shooting and

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[waitingforsimon]

I bought Pan's labyrinth a while back but have not had a chance to watch it yet, your mini review here has sparked my interest again I will have to give it a look and let you know what I think

[firko]

Please do! It's always good to share your thoughts.

[phoebesmum]

I loved Pan's Labyrinth, but I honestly think it might be the most frightening film I've ever seen. Not the fantasy scenes - that sort of thing I know is just special effects and so on - but the brutality of life under Franco was all too real.

(I can't watch films that deal with the Shoah at all, if I could I would undoubtedly find them more frightening still.)

[firko]

I honestly think it might be the most frightening film I've ever seen.

It was much scarier than I was expecting, certainly. After watching a ruthless assassin at work in No Country for Old Men, I thought Pan's Labyrinth would be a little lighter! The spanish captain was just as brutal as the assassin, in fact probably more so as he went for torture first rather than just killing.

Excuse my ignorance but who or what is the Shoah?