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Pa negre could have been an interesting movie, but it feels a bit rough around the edges as a whole. It's sort of exaggerated in its evilness, the lies are so many that it would have been impossible for the characters to remember what they had just said and to keep any kind of contact with reality. This exaggeration probably comes as an inheritance from Pan's Labyrinth, but unlike its inspiration Pan Negre lacks subtlety and magic. As for the children, they are cruel and borderline psychopaths, except for the main character who is cold enough as to avoid going crazy. The scenes which portrays animal cruelty are indeed disgusting, I hope no animal was harmed in the making of the film.

I usually avoid every sort of mainstream movies, let alone those who admittedly belong to the sub-genre "popcornis". However, as my boy-friend is a Marvel fan and at the same time wanted to see a non-existentialist film for a change, I held my breath and thought that I could always sleep during the movie, as a last resource. That's to say I had no hopes for this film whatsoever, and knew nothing about it beforehand as well.

The thing is, I have to admit that I sort of liked Thor. At least, I enjoyed some details, like some of the design, the textures used and even the choice of colour in some of the fantasy scenes; there's evidence of some good taste here and there. Of course the 3D almost ruined everything, as usual.

Unfortunately the screenplay was much too puerile, even for its genre. Despite some good jokes, evidently this film didn't take itself too seriously in this aspect. Too bad it didn't, because the film could be like a pearl lost in the mainstream space otherwise.

Just in the end I got to know it was directed by Kenneth Branagh. That might explain why I sort of liked it after all!