KingNor Posted December 28, 2006 Posted December 28, 2006 Looks like it opens tomorrow? I didn't see a discussion on this, but it looks very well made. I hope it lives up to the trailers. http://www.panslabyrinth.com/ Quote
EXO Posted December 28, 2006 Posted December 28, 2006 I saw this at the AFI film festival. It was awesome. Neil gaiman fans would be into it. A lot of friends didnt like it because I think they were expecting Alice In Wonderland type adventure in another realm. But it stays pretty much in the real world and the protagonist goes into the labyrinth once and a while. It's a fantasy for adult viewers, very violent and very scary. Quote
eugimon Posted December 28, 2006 Posted December 28, 2006 nice. I really dig gaiman's work, I think I'll try to catch it this weekend. Quote
UN Spacy Posted December 28, 2006 Posted December 28, 2006 I was quite pleased with Hellboy and this movie looks much better. Quote
KiriK Posted December 28, 2006 Posted December 28, 2006 haha... and i hear the soundtrack is impossible to find..... haha... Quote
KingNor Posted December 29, 2006 Author Posted December 29, 2006 the bits i've heard the sound track is pretty cool, why is it hard to find? Quote
wolfx Posted December 29, 2006 Posted December 29, 2006 Just to clarify, this has nothing to do with Gaiman right? Cause i don't see him credited anywhere on the website. Quote
KingNor Posted December 29, 2006 Author Posted December 29, 2006 yeah he's not part of the project Quote
Lonely Soldier Boy Posted December 29, 2006 Posted December 29, 2006 (edited) Maybe because this is a Spanish/mexican production (Guillermo Del Toro is from Mexico), we've already seen it in Mexico and Spain a few weeks ago in it's original spanish dialogue. I think it's far the best movie of the winter, but beware! It's a very mature story. If you bear this in mind you'll love it. The best Del Toro movie yet. By the way: the conceptual designs are from Mike Mignola, Hellboy's father and a good friend of Guillermo's. Edited December 29, 2006 by Lonely Soldier Boy Quote
EXO Posted December 30, 2006 Posted December 30, 2006 haha... and i hear the soundtrack is impossible to find..... haha... Actually, I already got it from Fry's. Now I have two copies, gonna have to return one to Amazon. Just to clarify, this has nothing to do with Gaiman right? Cause i don't see him credited anywhere on the website. nope, but it's right up his type of stuff. Fantasy world and reality intermerging. oh no, is this dubbed? I saw it subtitled. Guillermo Del Toro was there to introduce the film, it was pretty cool. Quote
chowyunskinny Posted December 31, 2006 Posted December 31, 2006 Just got back from seeing it and liked it a lot Visuals were very cool and some parts were surprisingly graphic. Reminded me a lot of Mirrormask but much much better Only complaint was they put the subtitles so low in frame peoples noggins were blocking words a lot LOL Quote
GRAND CANNON Posted December 31, 2006 Posted December 31, 2006 Saw the trailer just yesterday and I am very intrigued and want to see it as soon as possible. Only issue is that there are currently no theaters playing it in the Boston area. Hopefully that'll change soon...... Quote
Macross73 Posted January 3, 2007 Posted January 3, 2007 I'm still waiting in D.C. for this to pop up hopefull it will. looks really good. Quote
EXO Posted January 6, 2007 Posted January 6, 2007 For anyone interested, there's a Q&A with Guillermo Del Toro tonight at the 7:55pm screening at the Arclight in Hollywood. Unfortunately I wont be able to make it. But if anyone goes please give us a report of how it was. Quote
KingNor Posted January 8, 2007 Author Posted January 8, 2007 (edited) saw it on saturday in SF. Man that is a brutal movie. good stuff though. I'd describe it as Alice in Wonderland meets Saving Private Ryan, with just a little Hellraiser sprinkled in. ***** Spoilers below: BEWARE****** Edited January 11, 2007 by KingNor Quote
eugimon Posted January 8, 2007 Posted January 8, 2007 aw sad, it was playing at a theater near me, but I missed it. Guess I'm going to have to wait till the DVD Quote
Kurisama Posted January 9, 2007 Posted January 9, 2007 Wow - just wow, this was an excellent movie!!! loved it!! Del Torro can do no wrong! Although i am biased... i loved Blade II and Hellboy... and I love Mignola, plus spanish is my first language - this movie has it all! he he - i'm all giddy, can't wait for the DVD! Quote
BoBe-Patt Posted January 10, 2007 Posted January 10, 2007 just saw this movie last night. gosh, it's pretty depressing. But I did enjoy it. I kinda went in thinking it was gonna be like some sort of fantasy type movie where the girl really is a princess or something. Ah well. Quote
Kurisama Posted January 11, 2007 Posted January 11, 2007 Well, from what i figured - she is a real princess. And that the 'other' world was real (El Fauno giving the girl the root to put in milk, and then said root being found by the Capi-tan), and she actually did NOT die like any mere mortal as was threatened to her several times. So it all worked out, really. Quote
BoBe-Patt Posted January 11, 2007 Posted January 11, 2007 well the way I saw it, everything was all in her head. She just made everything up to "escape" from her not so happy life. All the fairytale books that she read fed her imagination so everything thing she saw was so vivid. So that root that she got from El Fauno could've been something she found in the forest. Another reason that led me to believe that it was all in her head is that when she finally "crossed" over the portal to see her father and mother as the king and queen, the queen happen to be her mother in the "mortal world." So basically she died and went to heaven and was reunited with her parents. I thought she would physically be in that fantasy world, not spiritually. Quote
Kurisama Posted January 11, 2007 Posted January 11, 2007 Hmm, thats deep man. I see what ur saying, and i reckon u have just as strong a point of view - and thats the awesome thing about this movie, can be taken either way. Once again, Del Torro rocks. Was it reall her real world ma in the other world? I'll have to check it out again, for sure!!! But - if it was in her head, how did she run 'thru' the walls to get to the portal? Quote
KingNor Posted January 11, 2007 Author Posted January 11, 2007 (edited) ****spoiler warning**** in some ways i think it's left ambiguous wether or not the fantasy world was real or not. in the end she was left with a choice of which to choose and she had to deal with her choice. on the other hand, i think it is far more elegant to think the fantasy world was entirely fantasy. it fits the theme of the story better i think. In the final confrontation, i think it was meant to look like she had to choose to either confront reality or keep running away, she didn't have a choice really though, she HAD to deal with reality. so she did, and reality was harsh indeed. ultimately, having dealt with the real world she finally gets to indulge completely in her fantasy kingdom. the way it is cut though, i wonder if she's meant to realize "i'm not living in a magical kingdom, i'm dieing" before she finally dies when the camra switches from her world back to spain. it's hard to tell, but it would make a big diffrence on the ending. The fact that the mother is holding a baby (who isn't dead) is a bit telling, since it would be reasonable to think she' wants her mom and brother to be together. It's a sad ending to a very beautiful movie. personally i find it compelling though. Edited January 11, 2007 by KingNor Quote
Macross73 Posted January 14, 2007 Posted January 14, 2007 Saw the movie with my Mother and Brother today. They enjoyed it. I wasn't expecting it to end the way it did. It was well done. The only thing i didnt care for was the cursing. its not that i was offended its just that at times it felt out of place. There was definately some ambiguity at the end about whether everything was in her mind or not. As the movie ended, i felt that her dream/fairy tale world had come to and end. It was sad. I had read somwhere that this was to be a trilogy i cant recall where though. something to the effect of 3 stand alone stories that are connected. I'll have to go look it up. Quote
nightmareB4macross Posted January 19, 2007 Posted January 19, 2007 This has to be on e of the best movies this year. I hope some toy company out there, namely Medicom or Jun Planning, pick up the license to make these characters into figures. They would be awesome!!! Quote
KiriK Posted January 20, 2007 Posted January 20, 2007 haha.. the only worthwhile figures would be the Faun and the fairys.. everyone else is plain boring... Quote
EXO Posted January 20, 2007 Posted January 20, 2007 Saw the movie with my Mother and Brother today. They enjoyed it. I wasn't expecting it to end the way it did. It was well done. The only thing i didnt care for was the cursing. its not that i was offended its just that at times it felt out of place. There was definately some ambiguity at the end about whether everything was in her mind or not. As the movie ended, i felt that her dream/fairy tale world had come to and end. It was sad. I had read somwhere that this was to be a trilogy i cant recall where though. something to the effect of 3 stand alone stories that are connected. I'll have to go look it up. Cronos The Devil's Backbone Pan's Layrinth haha.. the only worthwhile figures would be the Faun and the fairys.. everyone else is plain boring... You forgot the Pale Man. Quote
nightmareB4macross Posted January 20, 2007 Posted January 20, 2007 You forgot the Pale Man. POSSIBLE SPOILERS.............. Among others: 1. The General with bash-your-face-into-a-bloody-pulp-action. This would be a set with his counterpart. 2. The General with the half Joker grin. 3. The little girl in her dark green, Alice in Wonderland outfit. 4. The root. 5. The stick insect. 6. The Toad. I really like the characters. Pan is very intruiging to look at. Quote
KingNor Posted January 20, 2007 Author Posted January 20, 2007 5. The stick insect. only if it has perfect transformation Quote
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