Forum Overview :: Peter Molyneux's The Movies
 
You're all horrible people by Binro the Heretic 09/20/2009, 1:07am PDT
Not so much about the movie itself, but about the audience.

It's a pretty polarizing movie. Either you believe the girl died and the scene with her standing in the Faerie court was a hallucination or you believe the magic was real and her faerie soul really was finally to escape her human body and go back home.

I fall into the latter category, myself and being one of the "happy" ending people I can tell you why I argue so hard for it. For one thing, it IS just a movie, one of those rare times when we humans can suspend our disbelief and believe the impossible is more likely to happen than the logical. For another, the character had such a shitty life, even though she's a fictional character, you want some happiness for her in the end. For another, It's a God-damned fairy tale. The phrase "fairy-tail ending" was specifically invented to describe an impossibly happy ending.

My question is why do the "sad" ending people argue so hard for their side of the argument? Is it just pure cynicism and meanness? Can you not stand the idea of someone squeezing a bit of happiness from such a grim and bleak story? Is it an ideology thing? Do you feel you're defending science from religion, here? Is it just arrogance? Can you just not stand the idea of someone, somewhere thinking you might be wrong about something?
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Pan's Labyrinth is great. by Fussbett 01/05/2007, 2:58pm PST NEW
    Re: Pan's Labyrinth is great. by Choson 01/06/2007, 11:03am PST NEW
        Re: Pan's Labyrinth is great. by Cubey 01/06/2007, 12:28pm PST NEW
            Re: Pan's Labyrinth is great. by Fussbett 01/07/2007, 1:13am PST NEW
                Use of the Spanish Civil War by Vested Id 01/07/2007, 12:31pm PST NEW
                Re: Pan's Labyrinth is great. by Mischief Maker 01/07/2007, 11:21pm PST NEW
                Re: Pan's Labyrinth is great. by The Gaijin 02/13/2007, 5:09pm PST NEW
                    More faun-ing over Pan's Labyrinth (with spoilers n shit) by motherfuckerfoodeater 02/13/2007, 7:14pm PST NEW
        Terry Gilliam? You mean the Brothers Grimm, Adventures of Baron Flophausen guy? by Jerry Whorebach 01/07/2007, 2:28am PST NEW
            Re: Terry Gilliam? You mean the Brothers Grimm, Adventures of Baron Flophausen g by Choson 01/07/2007, 10:37pm PST NEW
                also by motherfuckerfoodeater 01/07/2007, 11:05pm PST NEW
                    Re: also by Jerry Whorebach 01/08/2007, 2:52am PST NEW
                        I am also a fan of running obsessions, so I think you're right. NT by motherfuckerfoodeater 01/08/2007, 11:50am PST NEW
                They're both pretty good when they're on. by Jerry Whorebach 01/08/2007, 2:44am PST NEW
                    I thought Blade 2 was really good considering that it was Blade 2. NT by Fullofkittens 01/08/2007, 6:37am PST NEW
                        If it could have had less Blade 2 in it, it would have been better. NT by laudablepuss 01/08/2007, 11:09am PST NEW
    Is it in spanish w/ english subtitles? by co2 02/02/2007, 10:21am PST NEW
        Yes. Also brace yourself for most of the movie being reality, not fantasy. NT by Fussbett 02/02/2007, 10:53am PST NEW
            thanks! NT by co2 02/02/2007, 11:56am PST NEW
                convinced the chick to wait until the dollar theater, saved myself twenty bucks NT by co2 02/02/2007, 6:35pm PST NEW
    See this, but remember: foreign films start promptly. by Ray of Light 02/14/2007, 10:03am PST NEW
    You're all horrible people by Binro the Heretic 09/20/2009, 1:07am PDT NEW
        Where do you come down on Radio Flyer? NT by Jerry Whorebach 09/20/2009, 2:22am PDT NEW
            Well obviously they die in Radio Flyer. NT by Creexuls, a monster >:3 09/20/2009, 7:00am PDT NEW
        sup binro NT by wart 09/20/2009, 2:30am PDT NEW
 
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