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Genre | Science Fiction & Fantasy |
Format | Multiple Formats, Blu-ray, Subtitled, NTSC, Closed-captioned, Color, Widescreen |
Contributor | Bertha Navarro, Guillermo del Toro, Maribel Verdú, Frida Torresblanco, Alfonso Cuarón, Sergi López, Ariadna Gil, Álvaro Agustín, Ivana Baquero, Doug Jones See more |
Language | English, Spanish |
Runtime | 1 hour and 59 minutes |
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Pan's Labyrinth (BD) Following a bloody civil war, young Ofelia enters a world of unimaginable cruelty when she moves in with her new stepfather, a tyrannical military officer. Armed with only her imagination, Ofelia discovers a mysterious labyrinth and meets a faun who sets her on a path to saving herself and her ailing mother. But soon, the lines between fantasy and reality begin to blur, and before Ofelia can turn back, she finds herself at the center of a ferocious battle between good and evil.
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Inspired by the Brothers Grimm, Jorge Luis Borges, and Guillermo del Toro's own unlimited imagination, Pan's Labyrinth is a fairytale for adults. Ofelia (Ivana Baquero) may only be 12, but the worlds she inhabits, both above and below ground, are dark as anything del Toro has conjured. Set in rural Spain, circa 1944, Ofelia and her widowed mother, Carmen (Ariadna Gil, Belle Epoque), have just moved into an abandoned mill with Carmen's new husband, Captain Vidal (Sergi López, With a Friend like Harry). Carmen is pregnant with his son. Other than her sickly mother and kindly housekeeper Mercedes (Maribel Verdú, Y Tu Mamá También), the dreamy Ofelia is on her own. Vidal, an exceedingly cruel man, couldn't be bothered. He has informers to torture. Ofelia soon finds that an entire universe exists below the mill. Her guide is the persuasive Faun (Doug Jones, Mimic). As her mother grows weaker, Ofelia spends more and more time in the satyr's labyrinth. He offers to help her out of her predicament if she'll complete three treacherous tasks. Ofelia is willing to try, but does this alternate reality really exist or is it all in her head? Del Toro leaves that up to the viewer to decide in a beautiful, yet brutal twin to The Devil's Backbone, which was also haunted by the ghost of Franco. Though it lacks the humor of Hellboy, Pan's Labyrinth represents Guillermo Del Toro at the top of his considerable game. --Kathleen C. Fennessy
Product details
- Aspect Ratio : 1.85:1
- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
- MPAA rating : R (Restricted)
- Product Dimensions : 6.5 x 5.25 x 0.5 inches; 3.2 ounces
- Item model number : 794043111136
- Director : Guillermo del Toro
- Media Format : Multiple Formats, Blu-ray, Subtitled, NTSC, Closed-captioned, Color, Widescreen
- Run time : 1 hour and 59 minutes
- Release date : December 26, 2007
- Actors : Sergi López, Maribel Verdú, Ivana Baquero, Doug Jones, Ariadna Gil
- Dubbed: : Spanish
- Subtitles: : English, Spanish
- Producers : Álvaro Agustín, Alfonso Cuarón, Bertha Navarro, Guillermo del Toro, Frida Torresblanco
- Language : Unqualified, Spanish (DTS-HD 5.1), Spanish (DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1)
- Studio : New Line
- ASIN : B000WSLAUO
- Writers : Guillermo del Toro
- Number of discs : 1
- Best Sellers Rank: #18,147 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
- #133 in Military & War (Movies & TV)
- #213 in Fantasy Blu-ray Discs
- #922 in Horror (Movies & TV)
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The original nature of "Fairy Tales" was not meant to make you feel all good inside and nor were they to always end with "And they all lived happily ever after...The End". As others have pointed out we can all blame Disney for "dumbing" down this type of genre of story telling. Neither was this form of story telling meant to always include "High Fantasy". A lot of "Fairy Tales" actually have only bits and pieces of fantasy in them to help further a story along and to draw in the listener/viewer/reader further into the plot.
I wont go to deep into the plot of this film but the director Guillermo Del Toro seems to go back to the roots of the original and lost art form of "Fairy Tales". Guillermo Del Toro in my honest opinion does an outstanding job of interweaving fantasy with reality. Yet he does not allow the fantasy portions of this film to overwhelm the reality based portions or the viewer. The fantasy portions are meant to force you to make that extra emotional leap. To engage you further into a main story which is all so cruelly based in reality. The reality being the post-Spanish Civil War era in Spain and a little girl with a cruel and self-absorbed step-father who is an officer in the Franco's fascists military. Guillermo Del Toro then wraps it up with a great group of actors and a hard hitting ending.
My only complaint is that as others have noted the fantasy portion at the end might have been added to appease American audiences. You'll know what I mean when you see the movie and get to that part. The reality portion of the ending stood strong without the need to include a semi-happy ending if you can call it one. The movie does hit the viewer very hard emotionally. Frankly speaking I'll be honest and admit that as a man I did cry at end.
I couldn't help it because maybe I just have a heart and a soft spot for kids. I feel that any movie, book, song, poem, etc that can draw out a strong emotional reaction has reached the apex of its art form in its given genre. Oh and yes there are portions of this film that are extremely violent and should not be viewed by younger children. As others have noted this move has an "R" rating for a very good reason as it's meant for adults only. Besides I'll doubt that many young children could keep up with a foreign film done entirely in Spanish let alone understand the slight and subtle plot twists of this movie including the ending.
P.S. This is a master piece of a film. To dub this film into English would be like dubbing Karl Orff's vocal portions of "Carmina Burana" into English. For those who are angry that this movie is done entirely in Spanish well all I can say is that you should learn to speak a second language for goodness sake! Or just learn to deal with subtitles in foreign films and try to follow along with the story as best you can.
Our society is going to become increasingly more globally oriented as technology and time march onward toward the future. The very nature of our increasingly global economy will demand that you if not your children learn at least a second language. This will grow increasingly true for every other generation hence afterwards when you, I and your children's generation are no more.
If you had no idea that this movie was a foreign film then I can understand and forgive the confusion but at least try to give this film a chance.
The transitional character between the fantasy world of mythology and the harsh world of fascist reality is a little girl, the daughter of the new wife of a Fascist officer. She travels between these world through an ancient labyrinth hidden in the woods outside the fascist compound. Here she meets mischievous fairies but also a somewhat threatening and mysterious faun who is ambiguous as to his full intentions. The faun is identified as Pan, the child of the god Hermes, who was the god of transitions and doorways. She is told she is the Princess Moana and must undertake 3 tasks to gain her rightful throne. As in many myths, this child is given three tasks to claim their rightful position with the gods. This puts our young heroine into danger not only when she is in the labyrinth performing tasks but also when she is with her mother and step-father among the fascist and hidden resistance fighters. The adventures within the mythological world with a giant toad full of slime to an amazing monster who is awakened when someone eats from his table and who sees through eyeballs in the palms of his hands.
To achieve the tasks prescribed by the gods and to overcome the evils of fascism, resilience and creativity are required and so once again we see overlap between the two worlds. Monstrosity can be reflected in the world of imaginary monsters but also in the acts of the fascists as they torture and kill innocent villagers as well as resistance fighters. The young female protagonist is not fully protected from the evil of her step-father by her weak mother, suffering with a difficult pregnancy and childbirth. She does not feel fully protected and she is indeed vulnerable to the dark gaze of her dark murderous step-father. She is most protected by the housekeeper who plays many roles in this complex film. Children may retreat into fantasy when threatened but this poor little girl finds a fantasy world that demand much of her and a real world full of real dark threats. This film has some of the best integration of fantasy and reality since A.S. Byatt's the Dijin in the Nightingale's Eye or the works of Borges.
This film has a different feel to it from a Hollywood production, since it has some ragged ends and images that are more European than North American. This is part of the film's strength. The Pan creature for example would have probably been more of a Santa Claus with goat legs if the film had been made in Hollywood. Instead, he is mysterious and ambiguous in a world with little clarity.
The child actress Ivana Baquero plays the child Ofelia. She does a super job. Sergi Lopez plays her evil, cruel, fascist step-father Captain Vidal. He is an excellent actor and he has the ability to radiate threat on the screen. All scripts, sets, costumes, special effects, and cinematography were excellent. It all comes together into a great film.
That said, it was an interesting movie and I'm glad we took the time to read the subtitles. They tried to blank out the Spanish and I think that cut a lot of sound effects out with it. You have a choice in the menu to silence the spoken Spanish, don't do it. This way you also get the emotion of the actors even if you don't know what they are saying.
This IS NOT a children's movie. If you have youngsters in the house, you might want to prescreen it.
It was well done and if you have the chance, watch something on the making of it.
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This is one of my favourite films but the dvd was for a friend. The friend enjoyed the cinematography, the actors and the overall tale. A movie I highly recommend to everyone who enjoys storytelling!
Ihre Mutter hingegen ist anders. So heiratet sie einen Mann, obwohl er schlecht für sie, für ihr Kind und für die gesamten Menschen innerhalb seiner Umgebung ist. Sie liebt ihre Tochter zwar sehr, jedoch durch ihre sture Unterwerfung bringt sie sich sogar ihren eigenen Untergang herbei als sie die Alraune ins Feuer wirft (aus Spoilergründen verrate ich nicht was es damit auf sich hat).
Sergi Lopez als Hauptmann Vidal ist einer der bösesten Charaktere, die ich jemals gesehen habe. Er könnte es locker mit einem Amon Göth aufnehmen. Lopez sagte, dass diese Rolle der böseste Charakter ist, den er jemals gespielt hat und er meinte, dass es unmöglich ist einen drauf zu setzen. Das glaube ich ihm gerne. Ich kann mir auch nicht vorstellen wie man diesen Charakter boshafter spielen kann. Doug Jones der den Faun und den Pale Man verkörpert leistet ganze Arbeit. Seine Bewegungen, Mimik, Laute und selbstverständlich die Maske ist unglaublich stark.
Was hier noch hervorgehoben werden musst sind ganz klar die Effekte. Die sind nämlich wahnsinnig gut gealtert. Zwar hat dieser sich CGI Effekten bedient. Jedoch ist dies sehr minimal. Größtenteils setzte er ausgeklügeltes Make Up und Animatronik. Del Toro hat eingesehen, dass wenn er mit dem CGI übertrieben hätte der Film in ca 5 Jahren ausgesehen hätte wie aus der Mülltonne gefischt.
Ich allerdings bin davon überzeugt, dass wenn wir Film in 10 Jahren Filme aufzählen werden, die eine aktuelle Thematik haben werden, so wird sicher Pans Labyrinth ganz klar in diese Liste passen. Denn Themen wie Menschlichkeit, Krieg, Faschismus, Heldentum, Missbrauch von Macht und Eskapismus immer noch relevante Themen sein werden. Und gewiss werden die Effekte immer noch gut sein. Hätte Del Toro dieses hohe Level an Filmschaffen gehalten, wäre er gewiss einer meiner Lieblingsregisseure.
Reviewed in Spain on February 25, 2022