Comments on: Cine Puro

By: Cory

Cory — Wed, 28 May 2008 17:01:33 +0000

Well yeah, I guess their rule was: You cant see ghosts unless you are ill and/or near death. The psychic lady was sick, Simon was sick, and the mother never actually saw a ghost until she started chugging sleeping pills. So maybe he did me ghost Tomas in the cave, or maybe he found the room by himself.

By: Chuck

Chuck — Wed, 28 May 2008 06:08:05 +0000

Well, either they left that to interpretation, or I missed out on something significant. I thought they were careful to show that everything she thought was supernatural also had a rational explanation, but without ruling out the existence of ghosts completely.

The big one is how did Simon know about “Tomas’ little house” in the first place? He could possibly have found the room on his own, but those heavy metal whatevers that trapped the door would’ve been difficult for a kid to lift, if he were just wandering.

Plus, the whole start of the thing, the first time he ever mentioned Tomas, was after going into the cave. And he couldn’t have learned about the cave unless there were something spooky going on.

By: Cory

Cory — Tue, 27 May 2008 17:36:11 +0000

I recently saw The Orphanage too and loved it. Actually I didnt at first, it felt like it was going down very familiar ‘OMG SPOOKY GHOST KIDS’ roads, but as it got towards the ending you got the feeling it was something else. (BEGIN SPOILERS) I loved the fact that in the end there was no ghosts, no supernatural terrors, just plain old human ignorance and tragedy and in a way thats even more horrible.
Yeah it was a depressing ending but that one stuck with me for a few days, trying to unravel it in my head.

By: Rain

Rain — Mon, 26 May 2008 22:49:11 +0000

Well, to get specific—and whopping spoiler ahead:

I’m mainly talking about finding out how the kid died, that he was stuck down there, and it was mainly his mother’s fault. That just made me feel horrible for hours after the movie ended…even thinking about it now makes me feel kind of awful.

By: Chuck

Chuck — Mon, 26 May 2008 22:15:30 +0000

That’s part of why I compared The Orphanage to Pan’s Labyrinth, because I thought the endings were pretty much identical. (Except for the scenes tacked onto the end of The Orphanage to explain exactly what happened).

Like Pan’s Labyrinth, I interpreted it as a happy ending, or at least “bittersweet.” In one of the special features, they describe the story as Peter Pan told from the mother’s perspective, and I think they pulled that off.

By: Rain

Rain — Mon, 26 May 2008 22:04:46 +0000

I had little tolerance for “Snatch,” although I will admit Brad Pitt made me laugh a few times. And it also reintroduced me to the awesome song “Golden Brown” by the Stranglers.

As for “The Orphanage”…man. Perhaps a spoiler here, but that ending was depressing as hell.