How is it I never heard this movie is in Spanish?
I liked it, though.
We can make a spoiler discussion thread if peeps want. There's obviously a huge spoiler to discuss.
Pan's Labyrinth
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DoctorChaos
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See, and I HEARD it won awards, and the DVD box said "Winner of 3 Academy Awards!" But the box didn't specify which awards it won, and before the flick me and my friend were wondering which awards it won.TheCatt wrote:Well, the Best Foreign Language Film of the Year nomination may have been a tip-off.
I paused the movie trying to find the english language version... then I read the box that had "Spanish/English subtitles" down in the fine print, then I wondered if Best Buy had displayed a shipment that was actually meant for Mexico and shipped to Ohio by mistake.
So shit. The is the first big movie where I never knew it was foreign language.
"Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid."
Pan's Labyrinth
A young girl is traveling with her pregnant mother to their new home. The mom has a new husband who is a captain during the Spanish Civil War. The captain is a complete monster of a human being, and the mom is just trying to give her children a chance. Meanwhile, the girl is introduced to the idea that she may be something more.
Beautiful film with some very heavy themes. It's truly a fairy tale on film. There's love, drama, horror, magic, and tragedy. It comes off like two films in one. You have the girl's story as one film, and then the drama of the war, the captain, and those in the home as another film.
While I'd like to say the fairy tale aspect would appeal to kids, the themes established, particularly at the end, might be way too heavy and even give the wrong idea. The story line grounded in the war shows off some of the worst elements of human nature.
The whole movie is really stolen by the girl and the captain. Both are excellent in their roles, but the captain I won't soon forget. Such a well written villain.
Recommended, but be warned that there are subtitles as this is a Spanish film.
Beautiful film with some very heavy themes. It's truly a fairy tale on film. There's love, drama, horror, magic, and tragedy. It comes off like two films in one. You have the girl's story as one film, and then the drama of the war, the captain, and those in the home as another film.
While I'd like to say the fairy tale aspect would appeal to kids, the themes established, particularly at the end, might be way too heavy and even give the wrong idea. The story line grounded in the war shows off some of the worst elements of human nature.
The whole movie is really stolen by the girl and the captain. Both are excellent in their roles, but the captain I won't soon forget. Such a well written villain.
Recommended, but be warned that there are subtitles as this is a Spanish film.
“Every record been destroyed or falsified, books rewritten, pictures repainted, statues, street building renamed, every date altered. The process is continuing day by day. History stops. Nothing exists except endless present in which the Party is right.”
Pan's Labyrinth
I searched for "Pan's" and "Labyrinth" and neither found this thread. This must be one of the early ones that the searches won't find.
“Every record been destroyed or falsified, books rewritten, pictures repainted, statues, street building renamed, every date altered. The process is continuing day by day. History stops. Nothing exists except endless present in which the Party is right.”
Pan's Labyrinth
yup. I searched "spanish" because I remember the first post, not knowing the language.
"Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid."
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thibodeaux
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Pan's Labyrinth
Is somebody on a Del Toro binge?
Pan's Labyrinth
That never occurred to me, but now I get the pale orc.
“Every record been destroyed or falsified, books rewritten, pictures repainted, statues, street building renamed, every date altered. The process is continuing day by day. History stops. Nothing exists except endless present in which the Party is right.”