Probably the best thing about this film, other than the
story, is the creature designs. I always like Del Torro's monsters.
His mind comes up with the most interesting and striking images
I have seen on film. This movie and Hellboy are proof of that. I do
not think there are any writers/directors that really use their
imagination like he does. His is very unbridled and open.
I think we are in a phase where most of the movies that come
out are ultra realistic, and stray away from fairy tale like fantasy.
I don't want to say this bothers me, but I wish it was the
other way around. I enjoy sci-fi and fantasy more than most genres, and I
think they provide the viewer with different perspectives and usually richer
stories simply because of how open they are. Movies like Star Wars and
Lord of the Rings are some of my favorite films. One reason is because
they provide me with an escape, and it is almost like you are leaving reality
when you watch them. Del Torro is actually doing work on the upcoming
Hobit trilogy. So I am excited about that.
I think the characters were very rich in Pan's Labyrinth,
especially Ofelia and Vidal. I really liked the contrast between the two.
It was almost like night and day, and I feel you could really feel it
through the movie. It is almost like you had these two characters at the
opposite ends of the spectrum and then a bunch of characters that
filled in between the two. It was the collision of
ultimate control vs. child like freedom, arguably the most pure freedom.
I enjoyed how open to interpretation the end was. It really
depended on your own perspective if what she saw and experienced was real or
not. I always find it interesting how people interpret these kinds of
endings. It can say a lot about the
person.
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