Yeah, much better to just learn Spanish, and then rent the DVD. 
The DVD comes out on Region 1 in a couple of days. $NT1000 for single disc version and $NT1200 for double disc goodness from www.shinyimports.com
Is that higher digital quality on the second one, or extra content that one would be paying for?
Is that higher digital quality on the second one, or extra content that one would be paying for?[/quote]Extra content. According to amazon.com :
[quote]# Featurettes:
-The Power of Myth
-The Faun and the Fairies
-The Color and The Shape
The Charlie Rose Show featuring director Guillermo Del Toro
The Directorâs Notebook
Production sketches
Storyboard video prologue by Guillermo del Toro
Storyboard/thumbnail compares
Theatrical teaser and trailer, TV spots [/quote]So thatâs behind the scenes and stuff. Both versions have a commentary.
Even on the stupid tiny airline back-of-seat-screen and awful headphones I thought it was wunnerful. Sad and dangerous, just as a real fairy tale should be. A far cry from disney kitsch.
Went to see this with a hot American. I liked a lot of it. Thought the slasher scenes with the guy were squeamy and daft. Had a nap in the middle.
I was interested in the baby/mandrake with milk and blood pregnancy/miscarriage spell thing. Iâve heard of various beliefs connected with mandrakes, but not specifically connected with foetus life/death. Is that a common belief in Spain or elsewhere in Europe?
[quote=âButtercupâ]Went to see this with a hot American. I liked a lot of it. Thought the slasher scenes with the guy were squeamy and daft. Had a nap in the middle.
I was interested in the baby/mandrake with milk and blood pregnancy/miscarriage spell thing. Iâve heard of various beliefs connected with mandrakes, but not specifically connected with foetus life/death. Is that a common belief in Spain or elsewhere in Europe?[/quote]
When I read some references related to psychoanalysis, I found some interpretations of the symbolic meanings of mandrakes are associated with fertility and sexuality.
It seems the root originates from Biblical stories.
I donât have much detail about it. Freud is a master whom I donât like.
[quote=âkate.linâ]When I read some references related to psychoanalysis, I found some interpretations of the symbolic meanings of mandrakes are associated with fertility and sexuality.
It seems the root originates from Biblical stories.[/quote]
So why did Rowling have those Hogwarts students tugging at their mandrakes? Seems highly inappropriate. 
[quote=âDragonbonesâ]
So why did Rowling have those Hogwarts students tugging at their mandrakes? Seems highly inappropriate. :p[/quote]
Thatâs related to witchcraft, I think.
In medieval era, mandrake was regarded as an element of LOVE POSION.
(I know there is difference between medieval era and middle age, I donât know one each is better.)
And it is also an element for witch flying drug.
Two approaches are from different traditions. 
I went to see Panâs Labyrinth at the Dynasty Theatre (second-run cinema) last Thursday. Itâs still on this week (until Thursday, probably). The other item on the double bill is the feel-good musical Dreamgirls, which may help lift you out of the depressed state in which Panâs Labyrinth may leave you.
Franco was Spainâs Chiang Kai-Shek ane his regime was Spainâs KMT. The forces involved in the Spanish Civil War were quite similar to those fighting in the Chinese one. The events in the film take place only three years before Taiwanâs 228. I wonder how many Taiwanese filmgoers see the parallels.
That stupid faun gives me the jeepers.
But I liked the movie. Different from the hollywood crap. More like Miyasakiâs stuff like Totoro or Graveyard of Fireflies.
for those in taoyuan/chung li, itâs still on at the cheap theater ($120 NT) near chung yuan university this week.
[quote=âJubaâ]I went to see Panâs Labyrinth at the Dynasty Theatre (second-run cinema) last Thursday. Itâs still on this week (until Thursday, probably). The other item on the double bill is the feel-good musical Dreamgirls, which may help lift you out of the depressed state in which Panâs Labyrinth may leave you.
Franco was Spainâs Chiang Kai-Shek ane his regime was Spainâs KMT. The forces involved in the Spanish Civil War were quite similar to those fighting in the Chinese one. The events in the film take place only three years before Taiwanâs 228. I wonder how many Taiwanese filmgoers see the parallels.
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Yup saw it at Dynasty too. Already saw it once in the States and really liked it and I was bored today and went to go see it. Also saw the end of Breakfast on Pluto. I think what was after it is Meet the Robinsons, not sure. Didnât stay after Pan.
movie.atmovies.com.tw/showtime/s ⌠3&area=a02 for Dynasty theaters. Also, itâs right down the street from Gong Guan MRT about half way between Sababa GongGuan and MRT. Had some food at Sababa and walked down to the theater. Pretty good afternoon. 
Sorry, the theater I saw it at was Great Century which is what I linked too. I got the 2 confused. SORRY!
One thing I didnât get was why the main character eats those grapes with the pale demon next to her. Was she under some kind of magical trance, or just really hungry? She didnât look like she was in a trance, but if that is the case I have to say that scene was not very believable. She wasnât starving at home and there is a giant, creepy, flesh-eating demon sitting at the same table, just waiting for her to eat something so he can come alive and devour her. Would she really stop for a snack?
As a writer I obsess with making sure my characters and their actions are believable, not artificially pressed to hit plot points. That scene annoyed me, but otherwise I liked the film.
[quote=âgao_bo_hanâ]One thing I didnât get was why the main character eats those grapes with the pale demon next to her. Was she under some kind of magical trance, or just really hungry? She didnât look like she was in a trance, but if that is the case I have to say that scene was not very believable. She wasnât starving at home and there is a giant, creepy, flesh-eating demon sitting at the same table, just waiting for her to eat something so he can come alive and devour her. Would she really stop for a snack?
As a writer I obsess with making sure my characters and their actions are believable, not artificially pressed to hit plot points. That scene annoyed me, but otherwise I liked the film.[/quote]
The faun told her not to eat ANYTHING. OR ELSE! The faun wasnât there when she ate the grapes. Itâs irrelevant whether or not she was hungry. Sheâs a kid. She did what most kids would have done, just because she could.
I bought the two-disc DVD collection set this afternoon, and watched it again with directorâs commentary and several behind the scene features as well. The movie is still terrific even though I have seen it twice. The features and directorâs commentary explain a lot of the directorâs ideas about symbolic meanings and concepts about myth and fairy tales. Very interesting.
But I still havenât figured out the mandrake idea. The director says the origin of mandrake idea is that the mandreke grows from the semen from hungman on the gallows. Whatâs the relationship between that with birth?
I have searched online and tried to find the answer, but still havenât gotten it yet.
the mandrake is ren sheng root that chinese take as medicine because of its supposed relation to the human body and the relationship isnt really regarding birth but the health of the person if the mandrake is well the person that is the object of the mandrake will be well