"The Never Ending Story" meets "Schindler's List" ... !@#&!!

Rating: 8/10 (3 February 2007)

Seriously Writer/Director Guillermo del Toro presents a highly unique and flawless fusion between a dark fantasy world and a hyper-real war story. The film is extremely well crafted on all technical fronts as evidenced by its 6 Oscar nominations, and is probably worth the viewing based on this alone. However, given its decision to evade the meaning and methods of its own madness, or without offering more explicit explanations for connecting the two contrasting genres outside of escapism, is it still effective? Or is it just a badass movie? And is this okay anyway? It's like that Metallica album "S&M" that was recorded live with the San Francisco Symphony... you want to like it, but do you really?
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