In post–civil war Spain, 10-year-old Ofelia moves with her pregnant mother to live under the control of her cruel stepfather. Drawn into a mysterious labyrinth, she meets a faun who reveals that she may be a lost princess from an underground kingdom. To return to her true father, she must complete a series of surreal and perilous tasks that blur the line between reality and fantasy.
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mouseman parašė atsiliepimą apie Pan's Labyrinth (2006)
An exceptional movie
I really had no idea what kind of movie Pan's Labyrinth was. I thought it was a fantasy movie much like Chronicles of Narnia and The Golden Compass but just with a darker setting. I couldn't have been more wrong.
Pan's Labyrinth is an exceptional movie about Franco's Regime in Spain five years after the end of the Spanish Civil War. The movie takes you to a remote location and shows you a set of complicated relationships of different characters trying to balance between the fascists and the remaining guerrillas. But, in reality, it is a tale told from a child's perspective who is unable to comprehend everything happening around her.
The movie uses excessive violence and is not, by any means, for everyone. I wouldn't recommend Pan's Labyrinth to children and even not to some adults. It is not a children's tale, even if it's told by a child, but a naked story of the realities of the bloodiest civil war in history. There's something in the way the story unfolds that is so beautifully flawed that it left me very emotional. The viewer is trapped in a emotional contradiction that captivates the essence of civil war. With General Franco staying in power until his death in year 1975, the movie could be the Spanish "Täällä Pohjantähden alla" but only emotionally closer given how fresh the topic still must be.
I feel that Pan's Labyrinth is one of those movies that can't be evaluated in pieces but rather as a whole. It is more than just its masterful pieces woven together. It is an exceptionally beautiful movie with many different levels. It is very close to being a full ten on my scale.
MovieFan parašė atsiliepimą apie Pan's Labyrinth (2006)
Pan's Labyrinth
Two words describe Pan's Labyrinth: Absolute Masterpiece. This film delivers a fantastic cast and Writer/Director Guillermo Del Torro is simply a genius. Pan's Labyrinth appealed to me both for the visual effects and the story. Well worth the 3 Academy Awards that it won. This movie is filmed in Spanish so if you are not a fan of subtitles this may not be a movie for you, but I would recommend that you give this one a look.
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