Creative and Magical

Rating: 8/10 (19 August 2007)

THIS POST CONTAINS SPOILERS
OK i want to start by saying that i believe the film is meant to be taking as a fairy tale and thats all there is to it. meaning that the magic and fantasy truly existed and was not simply in the little girls mind as some like to say.
there is proof to this throughout the whole film. the voice over at the beginning talks of her being reborn, most people i think take that literally but i think it was actually talking about her death. her mortal death. through her mortal death she was reborn as the princess of her world. hence the fauns constant references to mortality.
also the root was actually under the mother bed to be seen by others, and did make the mother better while it was there. then as soon as it was removed she feel ill again.
another strong piece of evidence proving the fantasy was real was that she escaped her lock and guarded room to retrieve her brother at the end. there's no way she could have done so unless the chalk was truly magic allowing her to draw a door.
plus i believe the director himself said that its real. its a fairy tale through and through and you are not meant to question the magic of fairy tales. you just accept that its real and thats what makes fairy tales what they are. a place for magic to exist.
OK now onto the actual film review. i really liked it. there was some poor writing in some areas IMO, like the girl eating two freaking grapes of all tings despite all the warnings. also the girl going out of her way to place the chalk on the captains desk for him to see. also some of the production seemed like it could have used a bigger budget.
all that aside, its a great film thats more than good enough to make up for its flaws. i like many would have liked to see more, a lot more, of the fantasy world and in general would have liked the film to been More fairy tale than war drama but still its a great film that i liked very much. its creative, magical, and enjoyable.