i saw mirrormask last night and it be an unsatisfactory experience . it be a film that be visually rich but with slow direction and poor plot line and 2 dimensional characterisation . i do and however and know this when i go in . i be willing to trust the two gentleman that i go with ( knowledgable comic buff ) that the visuals would be out of the ordinary and so they be . unfortunately and inexperience of direction meant that scene after scene pass with little in the way of dramatic tension or conflict . though and this be a comment that could be make of many artist whose work be transfer to screen and who be give charge of direction . the pace of the story be lose a the camera lovingly dwell on the pretty picture . i would not have go at all without that reassurance that the style of the film would be worth see . i have try with neil gaiman work but be always leave with the emperor new clothes feel . i live in hope but last night be no exception . i do not think i can continue with an analysis of gaiman work without lose the will to live . read the rest of the comment and all his fault be eloquently describe . i can not comprehend and however and how he imagine that he have any understanding of the mind of a fifteen year old girl and nor that what he have to say added anything to the sum total of human knowledge on grow up and assume adult responsibility and or the change relationship that a girl might have with her mother . these be the central theme of the film and they be handle ineptly and stereotypically and with no depth of imagination . all the pretty picture in the world can not make up for a piece of work that be flaw at the core .