CT Movies has just published my two newest reviews:
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Pan’s Labyrinth.
One of them… and only one… will be in my year-end top ten.
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December 30th, 2006 at 2:32 pm
Jeff,
I think you’re right that Lewis would have liked del Toro’s film. Whether del Toro was impressed by Wardrobe or not, that book and del Toro’s film have a lot in common.
I don’t think Tolkien would have been impressed, though, for the same reason that Lewis’ stuff bugged him: the mixture of fantasy with the real world. And as with Lewis’ fantasy, the real-world stuff in Labyrinth is too trivialized. For Tolkien, fantasy “cleaned our windows” without muddying them first.
January 1st, 2007 at 10:08 pm
Jeff,
I think you’re right that Lewis would have liked del Toro’s film. Whether del Toro was impressed by Wardrobe or not, that book and del Toro’s film have a lot in common.
I don’t think Tolkien would have been impressed, though, for the same reason that Lewis’ stuff bugged him: the mixture of fantasy with the real world. And as with Lewis’ fantasy, the real-world stuff in Labyrinth is too trivialized. For Tolkien, fantasy “cleaned our windows” without muddying them first.
January 2nd, 2007 at 4:58 pm
One, and only one, of those movies has now gone on my “to see” list. :)
Good reviews both, though.
One side comment: You wrote, “You might guess that Flags would be the film most likely to win acclaim at the upcoming Oscars.” Er, actually, I would EXPECT Letters to be much more likely to win acclaim at the Oscars. A movie that glorifies the enemy of America? Many in Hollywood act out of a desire to be seen as more “world-oriented” rather than “American.” This film gives them an ideal chance to demonstrate that. Just my opinion.