Did you see Pan's Labyrinth? What do you think about this movie?

Question

I liked it so much, i love fantasy movies, and this in my new favorite. What about you?

Answer 1

Pan's Labyrinth has won numerous film awards, including The National Society Film Critics for Best Picture, and Academy Awards for Achievements in Cinematography, Makeup, and Art Direction. It has also earned BAFTA awards for Best Foreign Language Film, Costume Design, and Makeup and Hair. At the Goya Awards, the Spanish equivalent of the Academy Awards, the film won in many categories including Best Cinematography, Editing, Make Up & Hairstyles, New Actress for Ivana Baquero, Original Screenplay, Sound, and Special Effects. At Mexico's Ariel Awards, "Labyrinth" won in 9 categories, including Best Movie and Best Director.

The film was also nominated for a number of other awards such as Best Foreign Film at the Academy Awards and the Golden Globes

Del Toro has said the film has strong connections in theme to The Devil's Backbone and should be seen as an informal sequel dealing with some of the issues raised there.[19] In 2004, del Toro said: "Pan is an original story. Some of my favorite writers (Borges, Blackwood, Machen, Dunsany) have explored the figure of the god Pan and the symbol of the labyrinth. These are things that I find very compelling (remember the labyrinth image on Hellboy?) and I am trying to mix them and play with them." However, in 2007, del Toro admitted to the striking similarities between his film and C.S. Lewis's Chronicles of Narnia: both films have similar child-age principal characters, mythic creatures (particularly the fauns), and themes of "disobedience and choice." Says del Toro: "This is my version of that universe, not only 'Narnia,' but that universe of children's literature."[20] Some of the works he drew on for inspiration include Jorge Luis Borges' Labyrinths, Arthur Machen's The Great God Pan and The White People, Lord Dunsany's The Blessing of Pan, Algernon Blackwood's Pan's Garden and Francisco Goya's works.[21] The movie also borrows from themes popular in Spanish and Mexican culture and literature, including loss of innocence and the idea of magic existing as long as you believe

Answer 2

I really loved this movie. It was a perfect blend of real-life horror, and fairy tale mystique. I think that the two stories (Ofelia and the rebels verus the Captain, and then Ofelia becoming the princess) would not have been satisfying on their own, but because they were woven together, they create a wonderfully vivid film.

I was a little put off at first by the subtitles, but as soon as they movie started, I forgot about them. I think that if they'd dubbed over the Spanish with English voices, it would have lost some of the power behind the acting. The captain had a distinctive growl in his sinister voice that would have been hard to imitate properly.

I'm still debating whether or not the fairy tale part was entirely Ofelia's imagination. I'm going to have to say that it is, since she sees her (dead) mother as the queen...but I'm still debating. The fact that Ofelia was able to escape her rooms in the end despite the fact that the doors were locked makes me wonder if the chalk really worked...


I can't wait for the DVD.

Answer 3

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Answer 4

It's an excellent film, but more focused on the war than I had anticipated. The fantasy elements are beautiful and gothic, but used sparingly. Definitely not a film for children, this is a stunning work for adults.

Answer 5

I liked it,but I thought it was a little too much about the war.The fantasy aspect of it was marvelous!Although I did dig the wine bottle beating lol.

Answer 6

I really liked this movie, but I didn't need to see the villager get his face beat in with the bottle....eew.

Answer 7

i loved this movie. it was like a real fairy tale. it had gore and blood but so much beauty at the same time. it was sooo well made and i loved the fairies. they were really beautiful.

Answer 8

Usually, I'm not so hot on movies with subtitles, but this one was done SO well. I love that lullaby too...i downloaded it and play it everynight for my daughter. :)

Answer 9

i thought it was boring and was disgusted with seing the husband get his whole cheek get cut. gross!!!!