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Re: Finally saw it (potential spoilers)

Posted By: Lord Crosis (66.230.116.12)
Date: Saturday, 20 January 2007, at 3:44 p.m.

In Response To: Finally saw it (potential spoilers) (Zach)

: Wow, thanks for the heads up on the tragedy level, Crosis. I was expecting
: really tragic and brutal, so it didn't seem that harsh to me.
Yeah, I think if I had gone in with a more accurate expectation it might not have been quite as much a shock to the system.
: I liked the movie a lot.
After watching it a second time I can also make this statement.
: Del Torro is an awesome director. I have two criticisms
: though. 1) I'm not really sure what the movie is about. Superficially, you
: can describe the movie by the events that take place, but I'm not really
: sure there is any deeper meaning other than, life sucks and then you die .
: . . try to make the most of it. That criticism could be my own short
: coming though.
I agree with you here, I think the movie is largely meant to be experiential, to sort of convey what it was like in Spain in the mid-40's... and what better way to do that than from the eyes of a child.
: 2) The title. Why Pan? The Faun never says his name is Pan,
: right? Why not the direct literal translation: The Faun's Labyrinth?
Just a guess: Perhaps they weren't sure that as many American's know what a faun is as know who Pan is, though you would think with the relative success of the Chronicles of Narnia movie that this would not be a concern.
: SPOILER: My absolute favorite part is the Pale Man sequence. When I first saw
: that in Fangoria (yes I still subscribe), it looked laughable and muppet
: like. I did not expect any part of this movie to be scary, but that whole
: sequence freaked me out. The Pale Man was much crepier than I thought he'd
: be. Mostly because of the boney legs and jerky walking motion. I was
: shitting my pants! I'm sure to have a nice nightmare about that tonight.
Yeah, that was a freakin' cool scene.
-=(Lord Crosis)=-

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Pan's Labyrinth
Lord Crosis (209.112.186.41) -- Thursday, 14 December 2006, at 11:27 p.m.
- Re: Pan's Labyrinth
  J242 (71.231.203.254) -- Friday, 15 December 2006, at 9:06 a.m.
  - Re: Pan's Labyrinth
    Lord Crosis (209.112.186.41) -- Friday, 15 December 2006, at 1:09 p.m.
    - Re: Pan's Labyrinth
      J242 (71.231.203.254) -- Friday, 15 December 2006, at 3:30 p.m.
      - Re: Pan's Labyrinth
        Lord Crosis (209.112.186.41) -- Friday, 15 December 2006, at 5:19 p.m.
- Finally saw it (potential spoilers)
  Zach (68.6.94.66) -- Saturday, 20 January 2007, at 3:27 p.m.
  - Re: Finally saw it (potential spoilers)
    Lord Crosis (66.230.116.12) -- Saturday, 20 January 2007, at 3:44 p.m.
    - Re: Finally saw it (potential spoilers)
      Zach (68.6.94.66) -- Saturday, 20 January 2007, at 9:21 p.m.

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