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A review of "Pan's Labyrinth" — 1 year ago

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I would actually like to own this movie. I don’t think anyone that is capable of satisfaction could complain about how well done the visuals were. They’re absolutely stunning. The amazing visuals in the advertisements were part of what drew me to watch the movie in the first place.

However, such striking visuals when combined with violence, can be quite disturbing since the gore can be pretty intense and realistic at times. There were a couple scenes were I half turned away, but the incident that most disturbed my cousin didn’t bother me much at all. Two other scenes struck me as the most disturbing visually, and as some of the most disturbing in concept. This might bother more squeamish viewers, but I don’t think you should let it scare you off. Just have someone who has watched it tell you when to look away if you can’t stomach such things. And be aware- it is not mindless violence. I mean, I am not saying that the perpetraitors of the violence had a good reason for what they did, BUT I am saying that the movie had a good reason for including the violence. It is PARTLY a war movie (though equally a fantasy movie, I think) and deals with cruel, heartless facists so gore and violence are necessary for realism in a world full of war AND necessary for fleshing out characters. I don’t particularly care for gore- much the opposite- but since it had a point and purpose in the movie, I can understand the importance of including it.

People are right- it’s a dark movie. But why does a movie have to always be light and fun hearted to be good? I can understand that not everyone can appreciate a dark film, but I don’t think it makes it a bad film, merely not everyone’s taste. Some people always want to walk away singing a happy song, laughing, daydreaming lovey dovey thoughts, etc., but if you can find importance and beauty and worth in darker movies, this might be for you.

Some folks have complained that there is too much reality and war based portions that detract from the fantasy segments. Now, the fantasy was another reason I was drawn to this movie. I love fantasy movies, and it was the azing imagery of the fantasy world and the fantasy portion of the story that really drug me in, but before I watched the movie, I knew from the advtisements I’d seen, that the movie was partly based around the war and partly around a fantasy world. I expected to see parts of both worlds and I think the movie was fairly even in showing both, though perhaps a little tilted. Now, I wouldn’t have minded seeing more of the fantasy world, since I really enjoyed that part of the movie and rather like fantasy, but I knew all along the movie would be divided between the two world, and honestly, I ended up being drawn into the regular side of their world, as well. I wanted to watch both world. If they had added more about the fantasy world, that would have been fine, but I think the real world was an important part of the movie and I personally enjoyed that part of the movie, as well.

It is subtitled, so if you don’t like that, then you may dislike the movie, but I don’t think we can say the movie itself is lacking because of this. Yet, it may not appeal to everyone because of that. Personally, though, I think it made the Faun’s voice more interesting because since it was in a language I was not accustomed to hearing or speaking often, combined with the way he spoke, made his voice less mundane to me.

Good on Yogurt — 3 years ago

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This isn’t necessarily the greatest thing ever, but it’s good for you and if you sprinkle it on yogurt, it’s quite good. It has a nutty taste to it. I sprinkle it on gelatin free, fruity yogurt and then mix it in.

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A story about "vinegar pie" — 3 years ago

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I know it sounds bad, but it’s good. My grandmother made this and it has a sweet, yet tangy taste.

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A story about "Paw Paw Fruit" — 3 years ago

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I have eaten these as a child and within the last year or two, as well. The first ones I ate were given to me by my grandparents. We were walking through the hills near my home, and at that time there were some paw-paw trees growing there. They gathered some of the fruit and gave me some to eat. I think they taste good, but you have to get them at just the right stage or they taste bitter and bad. If you get them at the right phase, though, they are mellow and sweet, and I find them pleasant.

A story about "cheese fries" — 3 years ago

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I tried cheese fries quite awhile back and they’re pretty good, although honestly, I’d usually prefer fries with ketchup or/and salt. However, I worked on a required school work program where they served what they called, loaded fries. Loaded fries use cheese fries as a base, then add to it, and they are delicious! Loaded fries where normally fries with melted cheese, ranch dressing, sour cream, and bacon bits. However, since I’m a vegetarian, I left the bacon bits off. I had another vegetarian order them and request that I add pieces of chopped up tomatoe. You can mess around with it a little bit and if you’re a vegetarian, you can find vegetarian “bacon” (not real bacon) bits. I think it is very good with just the fries, cheese, buttermilk ranch dressing, and sour cream, though. I have also had curly fries with cheese and sometimes I prefer them to curly fries and ketchup, but it depends on my mood.

Why I recommend "Jellies (sandals)" — 3 years ago

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I used to wear jellies when I was younger, and I seriously was thinking about digging my old ones out not long ago. I would wear these now and I’m going to. Thanks for reminding me again! I like these because they’re just fun! They’re cute, funky, and fun. They also make me nostalgic, they’re easy to clean, and they don’t soak up water!

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A story about "Blood Freak (Unrated)" — 3 years ago

Okay, I guess saying I consumed this is slightly misleading since although I have consumed this movie, I just now saw that this is a special edition DVD, and I consumed the video, which has a different cover picture, by the way, and I can’t be for sure if the DVD special edition is drastically different or not. I’m assuming it isn’t. Anyways, I was looking to rent a movie and saw this in a bin of bargain movies for sale. It looked totally cheesey, but it was only $1.50 and looked like it might be fun for a laugh, so I bought it and a couple more movies from the bin. The movie’s description said it was about a vampire who was addicted to drugs and thus craved the blood of addicts. I took it home and watched it with one of my best friends. The movie starts off with some guy who was VERY OBVIOUSLY READING his lines and it took forever before the actual murders kicked in and we kept asking, “Okay…..where is the vampire?” When the murders did kick in and the vampire did appear, it was quite bizzare. As you can tell from this cover and the descriptions on Amazon, this isn’t your regular vampire- he’s a turkey-man hybrid. We thought he was a chicken, but we were only half watching the video, plus at one point I know I saw a chicken on that video. At least, it looked like one to me. Anyways, the video we got made no mention of a turkey-man vampire, and the cover didn’t show one, so it was quite the plot twist, but this new cover and Amazon have taken that from you, but that’s okay since it wasn’t that wonderful a surprise anyways….well okay, it sort of was. I mean as cheesey and craptacular as the movie is, it wouldn’t have been as interesting or humerous if the vampire hadn’t been a turkey man. It would have just been blah. Anyways, it’s pretty pathetic, but my friend did laugh at the point were the man got his leg cut off because this man had just been in the act of attempting to do something rather bad…..and I’m not talking about selling drugs, either. Anyways, besides the turkey man, there is another twist in the film, which I actually didn’t see coming, but am sure some of you will. Anyways, when it was over my friend remarked that he had just spent an hour and 26 minutes of his life watching an anti-drug commercial. I would like to add that although there are some pretty weird drug commercials/videos (a friend in highschool reported being shown a video with talking carrots or some crap telling them not to do drugs, which if you’re seeing that stuff, you’re already stoned or mentally unwell), this is right up there with the weirdest of them, I will venture to say. All in all, good for a couple laughs, but not that great.

A story about "Pomegranate" — 3 years ago

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The taste of this fruit is, in my opinion, reminiscent of cranberries. It can be a bit of work to eat this fruit since it is full of seeds, each one encased in some of the fleshy part of the fruit. However, I think it is worth the effort. This fruit was considered an aphrodisiac in ancient Egypt.

A story about "thai peanut noodles" — 3 years ago

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I enjoy this food and actually want some right now, but I should mention that this food is certainly not for everyone and I’m not just talking taste wise. Peanut allergies are common, so be careful trying this if you haven’t consumed anything with peanut in it before.

A story about "Collard Greens" — 3 years ago

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This is actually a review, but reviews make me pick stars and I suck at that, so let’s just say it isn’t my favorite thing to eat, but it’s good for you and I actually like the way they taste if they are picked at the right time and fixed correctly. When I was little I didn’t like a lot of greens very much, besides lettuce which I loved and still love to eat with Ranch dressing. However, as I’ve gotten older certain things taste better than they used to and this is one of them. I know greens are certainly not for everyone, aside from being healthy, but some of you will find you rather like them, so you might as well try it! I just ate some greens last night and they were quite good.


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