I was very disappointed

Rating: 3/10 (25 January 2007)

I too, as well as my 18 year old, wanted to go see this movie, especially with all the positive hype about it. I like the premise of a fairy tale and yes, true fairy tales are dark and not always rosy, but...it was absolutely to gory for my taste and my 18 year old. She goes to all the slasher movies but was turned off by the amount and unwarned type of violence. Don't get me wrong, the cinematography was beautiful and the acting wonderful, especially Ivana Baquero, but I did not enjoy it. I was doing okay, feeling somewhat positive about what I was seeing, until the very end when there was an UNNECESSARY killing of the main character and she was a child. That turned me off completely and made me angry that the movie was ever made and positively hyped.