Pan's Labyrinth

[staveoffzombies]

One of the best reviewed movies of 2005 is FINALY getting a fairly wide release in America this Friday.

To those curious about what the film is about, I will refer you to the following link.

http://www.metacritic.com/film/titles/panslabyrinth

 

[Loner]

I think it looks really awsome and cant wait to see it!

 

[Mandrake]

It'll never come to my town, so I'm downloading a torrent copy of it right now. It's been going for a couple of days now, and will likely take another week to complete unless someone with a ton of bandwidth starts seeding, but I've been looking forward to it for ages now. The reviews I've seen have been universally positive, and it just looks so incredibly interesting.... The scenes that I've seen look beautiful, gorgeous art direction and effects. I'll stop in once I've seen it and give my thoughts on the film as a whole.

 

[marblehead]

It's good, although a bit overrated on imdb.

 

[Lake]

So,who HAS seen it?

 

[staveoffzombies]

I'm going this evening.

 

[staveoffzombies]

Ok, saw it this evening. VERY well made film. It contained less fantasy then I thought it would..I'd say about 20% of it was actual fantasy, with the rest being a gripping wartime drama. Great film though, if you can stomach some scenes of graphic violence (though nothing worse then in a horror film or a wartime action flick) then go see it.

 

[Nautica]

asap!
I can't wait!

 

[keena]

I saw it last month and it ended up being one of my favorite films of the year (Only The Departed topped it in my opinion). While all the critics have been raving about it being an amazing fantasy film it's really more of a war drama with fantasy elements (like was said above, maybe 20% is fantasy).

It's really hard to describe as it's something that needs to be seen to appreciate. Just be ready for a few scenes of explicit violence.

Also, I really hope Del Toro gives it a nice DVD set. Something like the Hellboy extended set would be nice.

 

[skeptic86]

Just saw it. Great movie.

Spoiler: Not really a spoiler, but my emotions coming out of the movie

I don't know about anyone else, but this was one of the most heart-wrenching movies I've seen. It had nothing to do with the graphic violence, but rather the story, and the context with which the fantasy element was interwoven into it.

Definitely not for children like I had originally thought (I laugh now at that though) and definitely not for the faint of heart.

 

[DreamboatAnnie]

this film is sure to be something other than what I expect from all I hear.

 

[Michael87]

I saw this last night (after it took a while for it to come around here) and it was amazing.

 

[Cordelia]

This was only briefly released in the UK and I missed it, argh! Can't wait for the DVD.

 

[staveoffzombies]

Well, part of the film has made its way into my avatar.

 

[Alice the Sister]

I saw it a few weeks ago. I dunno...it's a well-made film, but all in all it just seems like a standard fairy-tale story that doesn't sugar coat it like a company like Disney would sugar coat it. It's far more mature than most fairy tales you'll see and it mixes the reality with the fantasy, so the whole thing isn't some cheesy "oh man im in a fantasy land" the whole time sort of thing. I enjoyed how it mixed the fantasy elements with the real-life elements and also showed the importance of family.

Some of the parts disturbed my girlfriend, but since I've seen some pretty disturbing stuff it didn't bother me too much.

For those who don't know, this is a Spanish film. The audio is in spanish and the subtitles are in English (This is assuming you're watching this in America, can't speak for anyone else I'm afraid).

I liked it. If I had to give it a rating, I'd give it a 82/100 because a lot of the parts were really put together well, but it didn't really do a whole to "captivate" me like I thought it was going to.

 

[theFijian]

I thought it was fabulous. A wonderful political allegory based in part fantasy/part realist wartime drama, yet it straddles both these genres without it seeming out of place in either.

 

[Gwendar Evergreen]

Loved it. Thought it was beautiful.

 

[RJAZ]

Wow. I was torn at the end but this is a beautiful film with such sadness. Ivana Baquero is just a sweetheart. I look forward to her career should it take off.
I thought this story was in short..amazing. I was touched.

 

[RJAZ]

Well, part of the film has made its way into my avatar.

your avatar cracked me up stave. This was one weird charachter!