happycatpaws

My first impression was to despise the movie, thinking it was going to extoll the corruption of a young girl raised conservatively to embrace the sordid prevalent "values" of modern society (generally promoted by mass media in most movies, TV shows and video games today, but I changed my opinion. The characters in the movie show her out of place and different than those she encounters in her journey, but the contrast is that her naivety is refreshing and almost envious. Being sheltered in life may leave one innocent but also protected from many scars and bad life experiences that most people encounter and from foolish behaviors that are deemed socially acceptable today. Refreshingly, it actually was a thoughtful movie, and will make people think about their own values. I liked it!

I kept thinking, I hope people have not taken children to this movie which is so bizarre and somewhat dark and could easily be disarming and cause nightmares in children. It seems similar to Tim Burton films, offbeat, weird and dark. On one hand it, you can say it was quite creative, but in a twisted strange way. It was as if someone had written the script while drinking absinthe and watching it made you feel like you were joining them. The musical score seemed like one that would accompany a stage production, quite elaborate. A portion of the dialogue when the bully character was confronting the main character, the boy, was written in poetry form and reminded me of Poe. After watching it awhile, I began to feel like it was too long, tedious and was hoping it would hurry and end soon. The end was clever, fitting and a bit touching. High marks for creativity, but too dark for children and just one of the strangest films I've ever seen.