Express review of Pan's Labyrinth

The problem is, it's 1:48 am on Oct. 27; and my bed, is only 3 meters from me... Well, I promised I will write a review for every single movie I watch... Here it comes: Pan's Labyrinth. To be concise, I highly recommend it to all kids under 8 years old. Love fairy tale? Go for it! If you're smart enough, it's not hard to discover something hidden behind -- in eyes of genius, this is a world full of beautiful, illusion-inducing cruelty-- the more brilliant and sensitive you are, the more pain you feel as growing up. Or, to be fair, should I say, if you are in some sense somehow abuse your intelligence in an early age when you watch this movie, you get hurt deep inside and your view of life get twist -- that's your problem: why don't you just believe the underground world, the fairies, your royal family are real??

Why bother to change the original ideas of Green fairy tales? Why do we ever wanna purify everything before we cultivate young children given they have to face all what we've been facing anyway? What belief or faith do we bear in mind all the time and always convinced beneficial to kids, for god's sake, that could ever justify it's a good manner to first build up an ideal world in children's minds, then ruthlessly let them collapse at a later stage in their lives?

There are only three types of people who will thrive in this world -- forgive me if the following comments upset some of us adults, and forgive me taking Pan's Labyrinth as my example if some one have completely different perspective -- the first, maybe also the smallest population, is those with peak IQ & EQ. These people will learn the hidden meaning of what a 'true' fairy tale tells at first glance when they are little; they digest, understand, and then take for granted that the world is not perfect, and, to some extent, unsympathetic. They adjust themselves quickly with feeling less shocks in beliefs, and they are hard to beaten. The second may not have as high IQ score as the first type, but they undoubtedly outstanding in EQ, because they can do pretty well in handling all kinds of impact and shocks. They don't get those secrets in fairy tales in their childhood; they experience painful corruptions of fantasy and mirage, but pull through quickly using their distinguished ability dealing with spiritual pressure and irritation, and take the next step before others have time to blink. The third group, which may also be a low probability population, but fortunately has people such as Forrest Gump as its representative, include those lucky forever-happy 'fools'. You must know what I mean. I always believe "大智若愚" and am so jealous of FG being such a brilliant 'fool'. It's not difficult to live in fairy tales when life involves pretty much only fairy tales, but it's incredibly hard to be a 'princess' for life. Luckily for some human beings, they were born with this gift; and luckily for them, they never confuse about fairy and reality.