Pan Seared Morality

Since the tides of the blogoshpere seem to have set us all adrift in the murky swamps of morality, moral relativism, and the rational basis for morality, I thought it might be a good time to talk about a movie I saw last night that dealt with some very traditional moral issues in a wonderful way.

For those who have not already seen Pan’s Labyrinth, I will try not to ruin it by divulging too much.

I had toyed with the idea of exploring religious (non-questioning) morality in a story, by separating it from the multiple “believability” problems that plague most religions, through a creative narrative means, but I think this movie does so wonderfully in two separate tales: One that approaches the difficulty in terms of the fascist regime in the Spanish civil War, and a second that does so through the vivid imagination of a young girl, finally uniting the two in a “Akedic” climax.

I'd love to talk about it more, but I don't want to ruin it for anyone.

I’ll say no more…enjoy!!