MirrorMask

Over the weekend I finally got to watch MirrorMask. I gotta say, the imagery was a visual smörgåsbord, rife with wonder and imagination beyond... well, your imagination. Let's just say if your dreams were ever a movie, it would probably look something like this.

The only head scratcher for me was reading the reviews of this movie that had many people complaining that they couldn't follow the story; that it was too confusing or complex. I can't figure out why anyone would feel that way because if anything, this movie's plot is far, far, too simple. The story is this: girl's mom gets sick, girl worries and goes to sleep, girl has weird dreams, girl wakes up and mom is better. The end. Sure there's a lot of dream interpretation in between, but that's all it is. It's a dream! Sit back and enjoy the ride, because it's someone else's dream.

One of the coolest parts of this movie is this little red cube. A character removes it from his mask and drops it on the ground. It then opens up once with a mouse like character playing music, then suddenly on all sides with other mouse like characters accompanying him. Really, the description and the picture doesn't do it any justice, but trust me, it's cool!

ps. The extras on the DVD are BOOOOOOORRRRRRiiiinnnnnngggg. Save yourself the trouble and just rewatch the movie if you liked it that much.