Pan's Labyrinth

[Blodeuwedd]

i just saw this (finally!) and it was just heart wrenching and visually stunning. i think it was brilliant for del toro to juxtapose a brutal and recent history and how children would deal with such a harsh reality via imagination and fantasy, for an audience of 18 and over.

Agreed, it was a very nice contrast. I was suprised on the tone of voice that the Faun had. I am so in love with it, though! I really hope more art books start being released, in the same way that Brian Froud has released faery and Labyrinth books (which is my favorite movie of all time).

 

[helena]

excellent film one of the best of last year...beautiful sad hauting and also exciting.....but ultimately very sad.

 

[cestmagique]

I'm dying to see this! This and Perfume... why do my theaters only specialize in movies like Talledega Nights??

 

[Blodeuwedd]

^ have you gone on Fandango.com? That's where I went, even though I knew they were gonna show it near my University's indie theater, I noticed more regular theaters are carrying it.

 

[cestmagique]

^I haven't actually, I just looked through my local paper. As it turns out some of the bigger cinemas show it but only at a few rather inconvenient times. A movie like this I really must see, so I may just have to bite the bullet and go to the 1:15 AM showing!

 

[igotgoodjeans]

yeah it was sold out in my area this past weekend. i totally forgot about this part though - at the end of the movie, this man got up and started yelling, "take the message of this movie with you everyon! do not obey everything u are told! this administration lies, lies, do not obey!"

i can see how he saw relevant comparisons to current events, that was kind of...bizarre.

 

[kiddokiddo]

I saw it last weekend, absolutely one of my favs for a while...

 

[KhaoticKharma]

This is now going to play at my local indie theater with it's wide release! Now I have to buy tickets to Charlotte's Web because Pan's is rated R...

 

[cestmagique]

^I know that game

 

[acester]

I'm so very excited for this

 

[julesrules815]

I really really really want to see it!! But I don't know where the indie theaters are by my college. Maybe it will be out until March when I go home for spring break?

 

[saturnine]

I only found out about this film 2 days ago, but I'm dying to see it too. I haven't seen a movie about magic and fantasy in so long that is beautiful and makes me believe, just a little bit.

 

[Pastry]

so good!! eh, guys?

i just saw this (finally!) and it was just heart wrenching and visually stunning. i think it was brilliant for del toro to juxtapose a brutal and recent history and how children would deal with such a harsh reality via imagination and fantasy, for an audience of 18 and over.

and i'm glad you wrote that, goodjeans...that's precisely the way i interpreted the film. just a kid with a vivid imagination going through hard times.

 

[jennifer~]

This is definitely on my must-see list. In fact, I may go tomorrow, before the anticipation becomes unbearable... I hope the theater is empty and quiet, just the way I like it.

 

[Pastry]

^my theater was huge and packed...

 

[PrinceOfCats]

Walk in with a semi-automatic in your tub of popcorn and the theatre will soon clear... They're not to know you're firing blanks...

 

[julesrules815]

woohoo its nominated for 6 Oscars in the Best Original Screenplay, Best Art Direction, Best Cinematography, Best Foreign Language Film, Best Makeup, Best Original Score categories!!!!!!!

 

[jennifer~]

Walk in with a semi-automatic in your tub of popcorn and the theatre will soon clear... They're not to know you're firing blanks...

That brings new meaning to the term shotgun wedding.

 

[lucy92]

i caught a screening of this a few weeks ago and loved it.

i must say its VERY historically accurate. i have been to the towns in spain where the movie was filmed.

and i did turn my head during some of the intense scenes, but i am super sqeamish anyway.

at the screening i went to there were a lot of people weeping and cheering at the end.

 

[nerdphanie]

It's a fantastic movie, though I went in thinking it was rated PG...that bottle-in-face scene was a bit of a shock.