Pan's Labyrinth: Dark and Beautiful

Posted by: Tig

Movie Title: Pan's Labyrinth

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Pan's Labyrinth has been nominated for 6 Academy Awards.

Plot Outline: In Pan's Labyrinth, a young girl and her mother move to a rundown, desolate military headquarters in a rural Spanish mill to live with her regimented stepfather, Commander Vidal. Ofelia, the girl, finds her only pleasure within the pages of her beloved fairy tales. Shortly after her arrival at the mill, Ofelia's life takes a turn towards the fantastic and becomes more like a fairy tale.

Tig: Pan's Labyrinth was dark and beautiful. I did not know a lot about the film going into it, but had heard only great things from friends, and I was not disappointed. The movie has some scenes that are not for the faint of heart; small flashes of violence that you expect to be very short, just alluding to some sort of cruelty and suffering. However I ended up wondering when they were going to end. Regardless, the movie was truly beautiful. Guillermo Navarro, the Director of Photography, did an amazing job. The lighting, the shots; all of it was brilliant. Writer and Director Guillermo del Torro is a twisted genius. I only wish he had been able to do his last big movie, Hellboy (which I thought was terrible), as well as he did this one.

I strongly recommend this movie to any and everyone (but be warned that it is tough to watch at times due to the violence). It is a new favorite, and an instant classic.

- One of the Best Movies Ever