Movie review

Last night, we went for an outing to see Pan's Labyrinth at Alamo. I knew the movie had gotten great reviews, and I had heard nothing but good things about it. So I was not expecting the level of graphic violence depicted. A quick scroll through Rotten Tomatoes shows that no reviewers felt it necessary to give warning. Granted that I am a wuss who can't handle more violence than is in the typical Disney animation, this was still a little much. I feel like I am doing a public service here. Do not go see this movie unless you can handle:

A depiction of a woman having a very bloody miscarriage
Someone pounding someone else's face with a broken wine bottle
Many people being shot at point blank range
A person having a gangrenous leg sawed off
The immediate results of vicious and cruel torture, including a closeup of a hand that might have been cut open with a blunt object and an ice pick (I didn't look long enough to be sure)
Someone having a knife stuck in their mouth and then their cheek sliced open
Above person sewing his cheek back together
A child being shot

This was not an upbeat movie. It was beautiful and dark and engaging. The story was well-written, and the ending was very well done. But the violence was just too much.

*note* I usually love the food at Alamo, but I thought the ribeye chili last night had a funny after taste, and my salad was a little limp and had too much dressing. Also, the buffalo chicken salad (lettuce, tomatoes, buffalo chicken strips, celery, and blue cheese dressing) is no longer on the menu. Grrr.

*another note* When we came out of the theater, some kind of cross-promotion was going on between Scion and some Reno 911 thing. There were a ton of pimped out xBs around the theater, and someone had kindly left an invitation on my windshield to join the local Scion enthusiasts club. Do cool people drive Scions? Because aside from myself, the two people I know who drive them are my friend Eric (who recently lent me his well-worn Star Trek: TNG dvd collection), and the (IT guy) husband from the couple that have nerd game night with me and B. Just saying.