Pan's Labyrinth - Movie
 

I just loved this movie, so I had to make a forum for it.

I saw it about two weeks ago, and the movie itself is about 2 hours long. Everything is in Spanish with English subtitles. So, that's the basic info if you haven't seen it yet.

Now, I just LOVED the story. Even though the story line was extremely basic, like a normal fairy tale, the movie was still packed full of action, special effects, and beautiful art to make this one of the most thrilling movies I've ever seen.

So fans viewers, or wannabe viewers come, discuss your favorite aspects of the movie. For spoiler purposes though, try to warn us about any spoilers just in case.

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http://youtube.com/watch?v=EqYiSlkvRuw

So, I have to say that this was definantly the best action/fantasy movie I've ever seen. It had me on the edge of my seat throughout the entire movie. I've also heard that most of the things done in it were made with prosthetics, making it all the more impressive.

Now I can't post or upload any images of my own, and I don't want to direct link, so if anyone would like to upload and post images from the movie here, than go ahead.

Have fun.

I've been trying to get everyone I know to see it - I saw it in december, and thought it was truly awesome.

The music is just... Wonderful.
While I agree that the scenario is basic - it is a fairy tale, isn't it? - the way it is dealt with is brilliant. The images, the music, the atmosphere... All of it was breathtaking.

I'm a real wimp when it comes to movies. Unless it's the kind of scary that's campy, like stupid blood and gore films, I pretty much flip out. I'm afraid of scary music, things that jump out, and the possibility of things jumping out.

One of my good friends said she loved it, but that I would probably cry if I watched it. I had nightmares for a week after watching the fourth (is that the latest one?) Harry Potter movie. That's pretty pathetic.

Maybe when it comes out on video I'll watch it in a lighted room with a bunch of people to cling to.

I watched Pan's Labyrinth a few days ago and whan I came out of the theatre I was traumatised.

I don't think I've ever seen so much blood, gore, torture scenes etc etc in one movie. I even had to avert my eyes at certain parts (sawing off the guy's leg. torture of the stutterer, bloody-smeary-deadly childbirth)
It was very well made, that I have to say though.

But compared to this one, watching "From Hell" feels like watching Teletubbies. Had I seen this as a child, I would have had nightmares for the rest of my life.

The makers of Pans Labyrinth have accomplished what most moviemakers have failed at lately: the movie will be stuck with you for at least a few days, it was so sad and intense.

The only critique that I'd have is that some things did not need to be so extremely graphic...


Too bad the movie is being misrepresented as an elf-fairytale full of magic, when in fact it's actually an anti-war movie, showing all the cruelties of a depressed post-war time (Spanish Civil war) and the cruelty of dictatorship.

My friend saw it and really enjoyed it. I want to but I don't think I'll be able to have to to go and see it. Maybe I'll rent it later...

...That was me xD

Oh my that movie was so intense!
Guillermo Del Toro's a great director.

my friends keep telling me it's an awesome movie. i'll need to get it sometime.

This was an amazing movie. I'm glad it won some Oscars, because it totally deserved to. The special effects and costuming were probably my favorite parts. :D

Everyone should see it...Unless violence makes you squeamish...

I loved this movie. I love the colors they used to set moods, and the angles. I also happen to have a long running fae fetish going for me.
Even though it is an anti-war movie, I think of it as more of a fairytale. The reason for this is that fairy tales are usually put in a setting of when they were created. There is usually a comment, even though it may not be obvious, on the current society. This movie’s non magical elements are more about daily life in the setting, which is the Spanish inquisition.
I did find it gory, but I liked it because I have friends that ate squeamish, and I got to make fun of them.
When he was stitching his mouth- we all (including the nursing major) found it interesting that he started in the corner of his natural mouth- but then I pointed out that he might have been worried about aligning it properly…
Very pretty movie.

That movie was so amazing.

At some parts, my mom screamed. xD I had to smack her and tell her to shut up. The movie was just so...Magical, in such a dark sense of the word. And all of that was just so deep and powerful.

It really made you think.

^^ He's called the Pale Man.

xD When I saw him, I started to sink slowly into my seat until I was practically on the floor. He creeped me out so bad. When my cousin saw the movie, she said she had done the same thing, too.

It is awesome :D

I'm going to ask for the dvd for my birthday!

We were surprised by the amount of violence in it, but it was nothing we couldn't handle.

i heard it was good, but a little scary!! XD

Gah, this was definitely one of the most amazing movies EVER. I was really sad that it didn't win Best Foreign Movie at the Oscars. TTwTT

One thing I thought that was amazing was that the faun and that monster w/ the eyeballs in his hands were actually people in COSTUMES...not cgi!!! X0

The Faun and the Pale man were the same actor. I thought it was awesome that there was so little CGI in the movie. People rely on it way too much these days.

Loved loved LOVED the movie, though. Captain Vidal was the evilest and sickest bastard I've seen in a movie since seeing Kakihara in Ichi the Killer. He was AWESOME. Best villain ever. Yet while he was such a monster, Vidal still felt human. He was so well developed, not just one of those boring generic "rawr. I is evil." type of villains.

But then again, all the characters were stunningly developed, and the actors only made them more amazing. The casting couldn't have been better done, in my opinion.

now I wanna see it again. Dx

I remember when I saw it almost the entire theater was silent right after it ended - we were all in shock I guess.

It was so real, and I absolutely hated the captain - it was amazing he was developed so well that I could hate him!! I also wanted to cry for the stutterer - it was so cruel what happened to him.

Right after the movie someone asked me what I thought - I told them I needed to digest it a little bit more - I was still too disturbed to give an opinion.

all in all it was a great movie that really sticks with you.

It was a good movie. Hell, an excellent movie with wonderful cinematography. However, it is not what I had gone to see.

When I hear something like "Pan's Labyrinth", I expect a shitload of fantasy and mythology. There were really only four major scenes of fantasy, and the other 80% of the movie was a war story. The only thing that the fantasy bits did for the movie was raise the question of whether they actually happened or if the girl imagined them.

Either way, I absolutely LOVED Pan's character design. The costume was genius.