i saw it about a week ago.

when the movie was over i had mixed feelings. i was veering towards feeling like the movie was "so-so". but that was because i had all these expectations before i parked my butt in a seat. i was comparing my expectations of the film with the actual film.

this is not a "so-so" film.

what took me by suprise was that i didn't want the film to be over. i was sad that the movie ended. it was a book-junky kind of sad. the familiar kind of sad i felt as a kid when some of my favorite stories came to an end. when i would read books, i was on a trip and i didn't want to come home. i actually cried at the end of some books that i read for that reason: i didn't want to come home. while i didn't spill tears over pan's labyrinth, i liked ofelia and thought she was cool and so was her world. so yup. i was kinda sad.

it's a damn good movie.