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Gemini Cricket 12-29-2006 07:16 PM

Pan's Labyrinth
 
Saw it today. Totally enjoyed it.

I recommend it. It's heavy but awesome. Awesome sound and visual effects. The acting is womderful, too.

Spoiler:
Believe it or not, it's a cross between "Harry Potter: POA" and "Schindler's List". Fantasy but heavy-duty war drama at the same time.


Anyone else see it?

innerSpaceman 12-29-2006 08:03 PM

Yeah, I saw it. I did not think the mix you refer to in your spoiler worked at all.

Yes, it was imaginative and visually stunning. Yes, it was creepy and depressing. Maybe I should give it another chance, but it didn't rub me the right way.

Stan4dSteph 12-29-2006 09:01 PM

I've seen some clips on TV, and it looks cool. It won't open here for a bit though.

mousepod 12-29-2006 09:04 PM

Loved it. Gotta walk the dogs - more later.

Gemini Cricket 12-29-2006 09:25 PM

I know when I've been to see a good movie when I'm still thinking about it hours later. Good stuff.

Gemini Cricket 12-30-2006 12:57 PM

99% on rottentomatoes.com. That's really good. Haven't seen that in awhile.

innerSpaceman 12-30-2006 05:16 PM

I'm gonna give it another chance. With the knowledge that some of my favorite movies have become so upon the 2nd viewing.

blueerica 12-30-2006 05:17 PM

I really liked the movie... what time/where did you see it at iSm? So few theaters were showing it - I can only imagine we might have been there at the same time. ;)

It's not my favorite, but it was nice to see a movie that's a little different than the re-hashed fare that's usually around.

innerSpaceman 12-30-2006 05:24 PM

Um, I watch it in the comfort of my own home. I have it on DVD.

Alex 01-01-2007 10:05 PM

Watched it today. Liked it quite a bit, though it was a little bit reserved to completely latch onto my psyche.

I though del Toro made one minor misstep at the end but otherwise no significant quibbles.

Spoiler:
At the end, when Vidal comes to take away back his son from Ofelia in the labyrinth, he sees (and we see with him) Ofelia simply talking to herself. I would have preferred that she finished her conversation with the faun, it left, and then Vidal showed up.

The reality of the fairy tale is still ambiguous but doing it the way he did tipped it a bit more in the direction of unreal than I'd have preferred.


I also don't like the translation of the movie's title from The Labyrinth of the Faun to Pan's Labyrinth. Pan is a specific Greek god (whose Roman name was Faunus) but so far as I could tell, the faun in the movie was not meant to be the Pan of Greek mythology.

One other comment that occured to me but doesn't really have anything to do with the movie itself. The response to Apocalypto overwhelmingly focused on how violent it was, and psychoanalyzation of Mel Gibson because of it. While there may have been more of it, I think the violence in this is just as brutal and unflinching but other than mentioning whether it is appropriate for children I haven't seen any comment on it.


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