Pan's Labyrinth

Directed By: Guillermo del Toro

Starring: Ivana Baquero, Doug Jones, Sergi López, Maribel Verdú, Ariadna Gil

Genre: Fantasy Film

Release Date: 11th October 2006

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Theres alot of fantasy films out there... but Pan's Labyrinth has to be one of the best in terms of imagination... I've oways love fantasy... and its hard to find a fantasy story fit for adults and Pan's Labyrinth is definitely for the elder viewers. It's not always foreign films stand out amongst American films and this gives the viewers more reason to watch the movie. I mean like this film won 3 Academy Awards for Achievements in Cinematography, Makeup, and Art Direction. theres a reason for the achievements as I will explain later. exciiteed?!

Pan's Labyrinth is a Spanish-language film. ahh~ la lengua española es hermosa como una flor~ The title Pan's Labyrinth in espanyola is El Laberinto del Fauno, which literally means The Labyrinth of the Faun. Pan is a Greek God... although it was not mention dat the faun is Pan himself...

I am a faun.
The film is set on post-Civil War era somewhere around 1944. The main character is a young girl named Ofelia. she is believe by the underworld people to carry the spirit of their princess, Princess Moanna... the faun(Pan) is on a quest to bring back her soul to their kingdom... Ofelia shows much bravery in the film, less seen in fantasy films... reli nice to c how she handles her problems in the film...

The film also wanted to show the viewers of what is fact & fiction... sum ppl might say dat the entire movie is just a hallucination of reality... but what is reality? LOL... depends on wat type of person u are... everyone will not look at the movie the same way.

The tree is dying. Save it!
The story spreads to the civil war era also... Ofelia's stepfather is Captain Vidal whose task is to eliminate the rebels... the war story has no relations wif the fantasy part of the movie but in reality Ofelia is as much a part of the war. although i find little need for such an extension of that part of the story o__o

Captain Vidal and his merry men.
Lets talk about the art! 1 word: Amazing... i've oredi mention abt the imagination and whoa! del Toro i salute u...! he just noe wat he wants to show... n he nailed it... Pan's Labryrinth display loads of legendary creatures and also the typical quests seen in most fantasy films. Del Toro is like the Hayao Miyazaki of the Latino nation... Opaaa~!!

i have to comment abt the theme song also... simple n nice... n it keeps u thinking abt it for days... u'll be humming all day loong... i wonder y the movie didnt win the Best Original Score in the Academy Awards. Babel got it.... woot?

In the lair of a beast.

"Won't you come and dine with me?'
Guess wat? Doug Jones is the faun. LOL... wait... theres more... hes also the Pale Man in the movie... WAIT THERES MORE! hes Abe Sapien in the film Hellboy and The Silver Surfer in the 2007 Fantastic Four: Rise Of The Silver Surfer film. n they all look so different haha.

Makeup must be mentioned! although u think dat everything now is computer generated, the eye now cant even tell the difference between real and fake. Pan's n Pale Man's make up is 100% real... except for Pan's legs and Pale Man's eyes lol... i guess dats y the film won an Oscar for it... reli gud job...

'Meaeraareaah!!'
HEY EH!! I must warn u guys... If you are more into the reality n depends on science to explain EVERYTHING, dont watch this movie coz u'll hate it. coz this film is unexplainable to the ones dat refers to physics...! yeah so this movie is for the pure fairy tale fans... sumtimes i even forget their speaking in spanish... the more u watch it sounds more like an elf language LOL...!

A special movie dat u shudnt miss... but it reli depends on who you are... u will get mix reactions from different people... as for me... i just cant stop thinking how gud is the imagination of Del Toro... plotwise, there are sum questions in my head, but still its gud... give it a try...!

I love fairy tales.
Here's the final verdict: - 93%