Has anyone seen this? What did you think?

I thought it was much better than the reviews it received. Of course it wasn't as good and refined as Pan's Labyrinth but it was still good. There weren't that many suspensful parts but the few there were were intense. It had interesting concepts of game playing, haunting pasts, seeking to right wrongs, the paranormal, and consuming fairy tales.

I loved this movie! It made me jump, kept me on my seat, and made me cry!

I'll probably see it because I loved Pan's Labyrinth but the previews have it set up like some cheesy horror flick.

Stymie said:

No go see it! You will enjoy it! It will be a movie that I will own!

MoniGram said:

Really? What parts made you cry?

greenpixies said:

If I say to much, I will ruin the movie for everyone else.

I just read a synopsis on this. It sounds very interesting so I'm gonna d/l it asap.

Never heard of it but sounds interesting

Loved this movie. I even started my own thread about it last month: http://prince.org/msg/100/258404

The one scene where Laura plays the Spanish equivalent of 'red light, green light' was killer.

sextonseven said:

Yes that had me at the edge of my seat.

sextonseven said:

Oh frig.

I was playing that game with my son last night.

Is this movie gonna give me nightmares? Am I not gonna wanna be alone with my son ever again?

JustErin said:

As a parent, this movie may freak you out more than the average person. Guillermo del Toro loves films about dead children.

sextonseven said:

I'm a chicken shit. I wanna watch them but I get freaked out.

I started watching The Eye last night but had to turn it off cuz I was alone.

THE EYE!!

I am a giant baby.

JustErin said:

This movie might give you the willys. I loved it!

JustErin said:

That's not necessarily bad. As I recall, you once said scary movies are the perfect opportunity to be comforted by a hot guy.

MoniGram said:

Have you seen Guillermo's earlier film The Devil's Backbone? It's similar to this one.

sextonseven said:

No I haven't...it's good?

MoniGram said:

I think so, although I don't remember any one scene as intense as the 'red light green light' scene in The Orphanage. Like that one, this movie is about a haunted orphanage.

sextonseven said:

Yes, these movies are great for that. I just can't watch them alone.

sextonseven said:

I will have to look into this.

sextonseven said:

Oh sorry. I didn't know. That's why I wish there was a movie forum. It's so hard to weed through GD to know if there's a duplicate thread.

But yeah, that scene is freaky. It's freaky like someone chasing you and you don't want to look back because it will slow you down but you don't know how close they are. Goose bumps!

Oh poop. My copy doesn't have subtitles.

Crap, gotta start all over again.

i started to watch this on-line...but NO subs....grrrrr

from what i saw it gave me goosebumps...i had to turn it of...lol...im a chicken shit too~~

sonic said:

I was watching this online too but I guess the site I was viewing it from did not have the full movie looks like it was missing some scenes and it was on the best part too

greenpixies said:

No need to apologize. That thread was dead. I'm happy to see someone start another one. This movie needs the exposure.

Lots of people here are watching it online. Is that because it's more convenient to watch it at home or it isn't showing in your city?

sextonseven said:

I downloaded this one. I want to invite a certain someone over to watch it with me, alone, at home.

JustErin said:

That's hot. I'm assuming you can watch downloaded movies on your TV, right? I can't see you two cuddling in front of a computer monitor.

sextonseven said:

Yup, I've got an awesome dvd player that plays all files.

Ugh.

The next one I d/l'd doesn't work at all.