MirrorMask

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Watched With: Jordan, Amberly, Tyler

Watch The Labyrinth the other day reminded me I wanted to watch this again.

I do like Neil Gaiman stories and his graphic novels are usually accompanied by Dave McKean's unique visual stylings. Here we get and entire film done in this way and it's very trippy indeed.

It's a usual riff on the ol' girl goes into fantasy world to help cope with real world dilemma, the way they always make Alice in wonderland or Wizard of Oz. But it's very surreal and dream like. So watching it at midnight after an exhausting day just makes it extra extra trippy.

I love the music in this. I love that they got FX artists straight out of College and gave them each their own scene to do with what they wanted under Dave McKean watchful eye.

While there's a lot less puppetry from a Jim Henson company film than you might like it's still pretty magical. Give it a try!