#7 Constantine

Another movie starring Keanu Reeves as the lead role. Constantine is an action horror film in which the main character, John Constantine, has the ability to see half-angels and half-demons that roam the living world in their true form. Due to a suicide attempt in his youth John is damned to go to Hell once he dies. He became an excorcist who sends demons that roam the living world back to Hell hoping he can "earn" his spot in Heaven this way. One case however turns out to be part of a much darker plan and John gets wrapped up in the middle of it and needs to find a way to put an end to it.

This is basically an everyday horror/fantasy movie with a fair amount of biblic references. If you're a fan of the genre like me then it's definitely worth a watch but I wouldn't recommend it to anyone who's not big on the fantasy films. The movie is classified as horror but it's not really scary and the scares don't hold up against the more obvious or popular choices if you want to watch some horror.

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T.

#1 Pan's Labyrinth

Time to get started then.

I watched this with a friend of mine after having postponed watching it for the longest time. Why did I postpone it? Simply put, the language. Pan's Labyrinth (also called El laberinto del fauno) is a Spanish spoken film and I usually don't like movies in a foreign language.

Pan's Labyrinth is a pretty good, yet probably rather unknown, fantasy film. It wasn't quite what I expected as I thought it would contain much more fantasy elements, instead it also features a a period in Spain set five years after the Spanish Civil War.
The movie combines the storyline of a Fascist captain fighting Spanish Maquis and of his stepdaughter Ofelia who meets several magical creatures. One should note though that the whole film has a somewhat darker setting and that it's not just some happy go lucky movie.

All in all Pan's Labyrinth was a decent movie and I'd recommend it if you're a fan of the fantasy genre. If not, you best stay away from it because it'll probably not meet your demands.

Now I'm off to watch the Greek (TV Series) series finale. Another blogpost coming soon with what I thought of it.

Signed,
T.