Sorry, this movie sucks

One of my all time favorites.

If you don't like this, we can't be friends.

what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

If you enjoyed the Harvey Keitel/Mel Gibson film "Fairy Tale: A True Story" but yearn for something more in the vein of dark fantasy... try this out. From beginning to end, it is literally and figuratively one continuous acid trip... splendidly gorgeous, horrifyingly scary and tragic, yet lovely and archaic as well. And, yes, there are real fairies in this movie... The CGI is wholly believable, and rendered in a gossamer murkiness that makes them even more believable. My only problem with this movie is that it's not available in the United States or anywhere else in a DVD format I can play. I had to buy a Spanish version just to have it, in the hopes that one day I'll have a DVD player that'll play it!

Such a shame that this beautiful film has been so overlooked and dismissed. I can think of few films that deal with the issue of loss and grief so sensitively and with such original flair. Nick Willing's film is tender, mysterious, moving and confident. And, often quite rare in modern cinema, his characters actually deliver and go on a genuine journey. In short, this film takes us somewhere. I believe Mr Willing and his producers have been criticised heavily for their fairy effects: the fairies that appear are sometimes lithe, naked little nymphs, and sometimes plump little men. Both are absolutely perfectly judged, in my opinion, providing something as far from Disney as possible, but entirely in keeping with the Edwardian mood of the whole piece. Moreover, the lighting, pacing, over-cranking and scoring of the sequences wherein the fairies appear are masterfully handled. As a film-maker myself, I find this film an inspiration. The end of the film is unbelievably balletic and touching. Ben Kingsley, Toby Stephens and Edward Hardwicke are splendid. The score by Simon Boswell is also an absolute gem, and it's a shame this isn't on general release on CD. One of the great British films of the end of the century.

I was up late one night and this was playing on the Sci-fi channel. I happen to have a fascination with fairies so I figured this would be an interesting film. Indeed I was right The first film I saw pertaining to the story of two young girls photographing fairies was FairyTale: A True Story which was cute but I constantly found myself yawning and wondering when it would end. Photographing Fairies is also about the two girls capturing a fairy in a photograph, but instead of focusing on them the story really revolves around Charles Castle. Toby Stephens (whom most of us know from Die Another Day) plays Castle, a tormented photographer that refuses to do weddings because of a loss he suffered after only one day of being married. He sets out to find the truth, if fairies really do exist, and along the way he ends up discovering a world so precious and sacred that he'd do anything to keep it safe from harm. 8/10

Beethoven's 7th symphony is just so perfect for this movie. One might say good music compliments good movie. It's my personal opinion but I believe good movie compliments good classical music. I have listened to Beethoven's 7th symphony many times. I haven't had the appreciation for the 7th symphony until I saw this movie. From now on whenever I listen to this music I will picture the last scene of this movie, so mesmerizing...Movies like this helps none classical music audience learn to appreciate classical music. I am just waiting to see if there is a movie that will help me understand rap. lol