bovine wrote:Go see it. It's the "sequel" to the Devil's Backbone.... so if you've seen that, you can pretty much gauge what you're getting yourself into for this movie. A dark account of a child's life during hard times and how they cope with it through fantasy. It's pretty much like My Neighbour Totoro or Spirited Away.... but really, really, really dark. Also, it's great to see with any lady friends you have, as their is much scariness. My girlfriend loved it and I really liked it too.
My wife was ankerin' to see it so I grabbed the screener (excellent quality BTW).
I have to agree with our resident milk-producer, this was a very good movie. It's a little strange in that it's an edgy fantasy, but that's the best way to describe it. Although it looks like a children's fantasy in the vein of Neverending Story or Dark Crystal it's got some sequences in it that are rather violent and disturbing, particularly the ending (no spoilers, don't worry). It's more for people our age than children, so don't show it to your 6 year-old cousin or anything.
My wife loved it so I'll also second the chick-flickedness of it too. But then again, she loves sci-fi and fanatasy stuff to a fault. She's probably a bigger BSG fan than anyone here :-)
