Rating of
4/4
One of the best movies ever made
Josh C - wrote on 03/23/07
Pan's Labyrinth is nothing short of brilliant. It is truly the first great fairytale inspired movie that is only for adults. The movie is split into two mindsets/places: the imaginative world of a child and the disheartened reality of an adult. The child, Ofelia, dreams of worlds so fantastic and so real it envelops her. Throughout the movie she is told that fairy tales are not real and someday when she is old enough she will see this.
The startling part about this movie is the unexpected and graphic violence. It really transforms this movie into a gruesome fairytale that is more real than any I have seen before. For a while I wondered how relevant the setting was to the movie and then I realized that you can't have one without the other. Ofelia?s imagination is a way for her to escape the gruesome world that she sees. She believes that she is part of something bigger and more importantly happier.
Every scene that was beautiful was balanced by a scene equally as gruesome. This tug-a-war of fantasy and reality is what makes this movie so memorable. Let's not forget about powerful classical music, fanatic acting and directing. Easily the best film of 2006.
Recent Comments
Alex - wrote on 03/23/07 at 09:11 AM CT
Pan's Labyrinth ( laberinto del fauno, El ) Review comment
good review. Makes me want to see it.
