Beautiful Films

Two movies to talk about.

First, Jackie and I went and saw Pan's Labyrinth a couple of weeks back. If you haven't heard about it yet, Pan's Labyrinth is a fairy tale, the way they used to be told. It's dark, violent, and full of wonder and magic. I've been bubbling about it to anyone who asks since seeing it. I think it's the best movie I've seen in the last year or so, hands down.

I don't really know what to say about it without lessening the experience for someone else. It's in Spanish, and subtitled in English; we didn't realize that going into it. It wasn't hard to keep up with though; I never felt that I was missing something because I had to read. Actually, I never really felt like I was reading; it felt like I just understood Spanish for those two hours.

The other movie is Stay; it came out in 2005. We saw it in the theater back then, but we caught it again this evening, and I was struck again at how beautiful the movie was. Very cool cinematography and editing, the music was exquisite, and Ewan McGregor and Ryan Gosling did an amazing job, Gosling especially.

I'm not very good at putting into words how these movies make me feel. It seems that saying too much would give away the movie, but saying too little won't encourage people to see them.

A trailer for Pan's Labyrinth is available here:
http://www.apple.com/trailers/picturehouse/panslabyrinth/

Apple doesn't keep trailers around forever, unfortunately. I can't find Stay on their site.

Anyway, both of these are highly recommended by both Jackie and I.