This is the third of four movies I saw in a racially diverse theater on Martin Luther King day.

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Synopsis: Set in the 1940's Spanish countryside, in the aftermath of civil war, a little girl finds escape from her ruthless, militant step father by losing herself in a real-life fairy tale.

Review: I was just happy to finally see a movie with the word Labyrinth in the _title_ that didn't star David Bowie's member. Honestly, ask any girl, aged 22-28, what her favorite childhood movies are, and she will list "Labyrinth." Some might say that's because it's a great movie, but I contest that it is, in fact, largely due to David Bowie's dominating "presence" on screen. Yes, of course I know that the girls watching that movie were way to young to be aware of any sort of sexual nature within them. I know that. That's how powerful it is. Seriously.

Oh, yeah, Pan's Labyrinth was pretty decent.

Martin Luther King Jr. Day Life Lessons Learned: I found myself getting really mad at the Mexican girl who got into a shooshing match with someone who had shooshed her chatty ass. At first I thought "Hey, it's a movie with sub_title_s, maybe the noise won't matter."

Turns out it did, so then I thought "Man, I wish I that Mexican chick would just SHUT UP."

And then I remembered it was Martin Luther King Jr. Day. It's a day for us all to be a little more tolerant, and a little more open minded. So, I took a moment to rethink my previous statement, and I ended up going with "Man, I wish that fat chick would just shut up."

Dr. King would have been proud.

I had a conversation with a friend of mine yesterday and he said that this movie is a movie that I should go see. I asked him about it and he had this to say about. Hopefully he doesn't mind me quoting him:

"I think one review called it "A faerie tale for adults" and I would agree. It's about a girl in WW2 Spain,who finds some magic in her new step-father's estate, and starts to escape to it to get away from the dangers in her life. The cinematography is bar none the most imaginative I have ever seen, the story is elaborately crafted, and leaves plenty of room for viewer interpretation. The theme of the movie, I think, is "which is more dangerous - the monsters of your imagination, or the monsters of your reality?""

So there is another take on the movie. It seems quite an interesting take at that and makes me want to see it. I'm so behind in my movie viewing, haha. Take care and thanks for a great review!
-Mike