Originally Posted by
baby doll
Pan's Labyrinth is a kick ass fairy tale, but as a film about the Spanish civil war and Franco's dictatorship, I was hoping for something more grownup... like The Spirit of the Beehive. I liked Bubble both times I watched it, though so many months later, I can't say I remember it especially well--pretty much my reaction to most of Soderbergh's art movies (one wants to celebrate his ecclecticism, but his work is beginning to seem more and more dilletantish).
Speaking of, I don't get Clint Eastwood. Period. Mystic River was solid in a very conventional way, though I pretty much forgot it the instant I left the theater, and his last three movies have gotten worse and worse.