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Lucien21 · 11-27-2006, 11:12 AM

Pans Labyrinth *note - Spanish language film.

It's Spain 1944 and the Fascists have won the Civil War with only small pockets of resistance in the mountains.

Into these mountains comes a little girl Ofelia and her pregnant mother (recently married to the fascist captain of the area) reading a bunch of fairy tale books. A meeting with a fairy takes her to a Labyrinth where a faun tells her she is a princess of the underworld and has to complete 3 tasks to return to her father the king.

Guillermo Del Toro (Hellboy, Devils Backbone) has woven a mesmerizing film that is part war movie and part fantasy (Reminded me of Mirrormask with echoes of Alice in Wonderland and Wizard of Oz to name a few influences). Reality and fantasy collide in what is defiantly not a kids movie. There are some real world scenes of torture and violence mingled with some fantastic monsters (the creature with the eyes in his hands for instance)

Superbly acted by all involved but especially the little girl and the Fascist captain (What a bastard he is).

Is it all Reality or Fantasy? make up your own mind in what is IMO one of the best films of the year.

A Gothic Masterpiece.

11-27-2006, 11:12 AM	#1832
Lucien21 Psychonaut Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Edinburgh Posts: 5,114	Pans Labyrinth *note - Spanish language film. It's Spain 1944 and the Fascists have won the Civil War with only small pockets of resistance in the mountains. Into these mountains comes a little girl Ofelia and her pregnant mother (recently married to the fascist captain of the area) reading a bunch of fairy tale books. A meeting with a fairy takes her to a Labyrinth where a faun tells her she is a princess of the underworld and has to complete 3 tasks to return to her father the king. Guillermo Del Toro (Hellboy, Devils Backbone) has woven a mesmerizing film that is part war movie and part fantasy (Reminded me of Mirrormask with echoes of Alice in Wonderland and Wizard of Oz to name a few influences). Reality and fantasy collide in what is defiantly not a kids movie. There are some real world scenes of torture and violence mingled with some fantastic monsters (the creature with the eyes in his hands for instance) Superbly acted by all involved but especially the little girl and the Fascist captain (What a bastard he is). Is it all Reality or Fantasy? make up your own mind in what is IMO one of the best films of the year. A Gothic Masterpiece. __________________ I'm not insane, my mother had me tested!