El Orfanato (The Orphanage) - Page 3

¡Punk! · 25th March 2008, 1:33pm

For years I’d heard a lot about how George Sluizer’s Spoorloos (The Vanishing) was a classic horror film. Everything I’d heard about it—from its telling of a story through its characters, its sense of forboding, the way it played on your own personal fears—coloured me intrigued. I finally saw it two days ago and enjoyed it, no doubt, but it didn’t strike me as this classic horror film I’d been expecting. El Orfanato (The Orphanage) delivers in spades.

So take a little of Don’t Look Now, The Haunting, The Others and Ringu. Mix them up in with other ingredients, like the look of...

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Eve Bulloch · 27th March 2008, 9:09am

Went to see this with Bob and really liked it. I wouldn't say it was FUCKING AMAZING but still really good.

To be honest I thought the story was a tad obvious in a "seen it before" kind of way and that's what let it down for me.

¡Punk! · 27th March 2008, 6:01pm

I think the "seen it before" thing really worked FOR this film. Knowing what was coming made the apprehension increase.

Mos Def · 27th March 2008, 8:21pm

I saw it in Glasgow on Monday and spied BigSexyGordon.

Other than that I enjoyed it. The old bird getting hit with the Ambulance, and subsequently screaming with her jaw all over the shop was CREEPY.

John Spartan · 28th March 2008, 12:31pm

Other than the fact it's available on minonova with 1400 odd seeders, aye it's not available.

PrincessGarnet · 31st March 2008, 10:54am

Is it gory? I'm thinking about seeing it, although not usually my favourite genre, I think it'll be good to see a film in spanish - might count as revision

Jaemi · 31st March 2008, 10:56am

No gore at all.
It's just a brilliant ghost story.

PrincessGarnet · 31st March 2008, 11:07am

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Originally Posted by McLeary

It's a big pet peeve of mine, people going out their way to call a film by it's original title if it's in a foreign language.
"I say, old bean, did you see 'El Laberinto del fauno' last night?"
"Naw, I saw Pan's Labyrinth but".

As i say, it's pure pretentiousness. You don't see folk insisting on calling Die Hard 4 'Live Free Or Die Hard' just because that's its US title.

I agree that annoys me too, although i suppose the problem is if there is already an english film with the same title. A few modern languages students have corrected me in my pronunciation of spanish directors named which annoyed me too, as i think it would sound silly to put on a spanish accent half way through a sentence.

Jaemi · 31st March 2008, 11:08am

How did the wee boy get into Tomas' room if it was papered over

**Shannow** · 31st March 2008, 11:10am

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Originally Posted by Jaemi

How did the wee boy get into Tomas' room if it was papered over

The seam goes along the edge of the door, so it would have opened without tearing.

Jaemi · 31st March 2008, 11:16am

She had to peel away the paper to get the handle on though?

**Shannow** · 31st March 2008, 11:17am

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Originally Posted by Jaemi

She had to peel away the paper to get the handle on though?

She didn't have to, you could clearly see the hole in the paper, she just seemed to peel it back a bit to get a better swatch of it

Semprini · 31st March 2008, 11:28am

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Originally Posted by Shannow

The seam goes along the edge of the door, so it would have opened without tearing.

What he said.

¡Punk! · 31st March 2008, 11:33am

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Originally Posted by PrincessGarnet

I agree that annoys me too, although i suppose the problem is if there is already an english film with the same title. A few modern languages students have corrected me in my pronunciation of spanish directors named which annoyed me too, as i think it would sound silly to put on a spanish accent half way through a sentence.

On the other hand it kinda annoys me that none of the foreigners I work with seem to be able to call me Mick as, in their own languages, apparantly that would be pronounced "Mach". So they keep calling me Mach while I go out my way to pronounce their names as they would say them. Common courtesy to call someone by their name and not a bastardisation of it.

Jaemi · 31st March 2008, 11:37am

To time I just call all spanish sounding people: Raul
All French sounding people: Poirot
And all german sounding people: Adolf.

¡Punk! · 31st March 2008, 11:39am

Living/working in here I got some English guys, a Welsh couple, a few Poles, a guy from Belfast, a few Kenyans, a Bulgarian, three Romanians, a guy from Mauritius, a few guys from Madeira, Portugal and one other Scottish guy who I never see as he's head lifeguard so in another building.

Any ideas for names?