I just finished watching Pan's Labyrinth and I'm feeling a bit depressed. What's your opinion; was it her imagination or was it real????
2007-05-17 18:05:52 · 7 answers · asked by memyselfandi 3 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Movies
I think the reality of the underworld was left deliberately ambiguous. Since the movie is an artificial world to begin with, it is under no obligation to present a literal version of reality. So the underworld could be an alternate reality that reflects the horrors of the real world, a young girl's attempt to escape into fantasy, or a fairy tale complementing the real-world narrative. It is not necessary to choose a single interpretation. The ending carries the same meaning whether you see it as reality, fantasy, or a self-conscious literary device. This is in the tradition of magical realism in Latin-American literature and film.
Any way you look at it, it was a beautiful, moving, and thought-provoking film.
2007-05-17 19:59:12 · answer #1 · answered by injanier 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I saw this at this years FrightFest Film Festival in London and absolutely loved it.
Guillermo was there to introduce it and you can tell it really is a film he loves and is passionate about.
He referred to it as a sister movie to The Devils Backbone.
Anyway . . . so the film starts and I must admit I was expecting a lot more of a fantasy film however it is more of a 70/30 split between historical era movie/fantasy fairytale.
Don't let this put you off though, the film really is stunning and brilliantly acted. The little girl carries pretty much the whole film on her shoulders and does so with the skill of Atlas himself!
The violence is graphic and the monsters are scary but it is probably one of the most gorgeous and personal films from a director for a long time!
Give it a go if you can get to a screening, DON'T WAIT FOR DVD, it really does need to be seen on a big screen!
2007-05-17 18:13:03 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
The way i see it, it doesn't matter what anyone else thinks, it was real enough to her. We we essentially create our own realities, some of us just have a little more imagination than others.
2007-05-17 18:10:02 · answer #3 · answered by Stormy 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I loved that movie. I'd love to think that it was real. Ofelia found herself in the end. I would love to see another movie like this but with more of the fantasy part. I thought it was brilliant!
2007-05-17 18:34:06 · answer #4 · answered by Burning Halo 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can see it both ways; that was the inteiont of Guillermo del Toro; you can think it was real or you can think it was her imagination; it make no difference for the story; one way or the other she saved her little brother from her evil stepfather
2007-05-17 18:30:03 · answer #5 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My opinion is that it was that little girl's way of dealing with the grim reality of war. Ofelia was a great reader of fairy tales and made up her own elaborate story to psychologically deal with her tyrannical step father and the death of her mother.
2007-05-17 18:22:05 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
i think what happened is her imagination took over her, and she didn't know the difference between the two.
2007-05-17 18:15:16 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋