05-25-2019, 05:10 AM
Pan's Labyrinth (2006)
The original Spanish title 'El Laberinto del Fauno' translates as 'The Labyrinth of the Faun', so the titular character isn't Pan but he isn't kind Mr. Tumnus either
. It's taken me far too long to get around to this Guillermo del Toro film (I saved one of the best for last) and for some reason I was expecting a children's fantasy film. Most of the film is actually set in the brutal reality of 1944 Spain under the Fascist rule of General Franco. A young girl has encounters with supernatural creatures, mirroring that reality, or perhaps it's the other way around? The Faun/underworld sequences are creepy, magical and beautiful to look at, centered on a typically brilliant physical performance from Doug Jones, aided by a seamless blend of practical and CGI FX to make him appear to walk on hind legs. The main theme from Javier Navarrete's score really works it's way into your brain.
The original Spanish title 'El Laberinto del Fauno' translates as 'The Labyrinth of the Faun', so the titular character isn't Pan but he isn't kind Mr. Tumnus either
. It's taken me far too long to get around to this Guillermo del Toro film (I saved one of the best for last) and for some reason I was expecting a children's fantasy film. Most of the film is actually set in the brutal reality of 1944 Spain under the Fascist rule of General Franco. A young girl has encounters with supernatural creatures, mirroring that reality, or perhaps it's the other way around? The Faun/underworld sequences are creepy, magical and beautiful to look at, centered on a typically brilliant physical performance from Doug Jones, aided by a seamless blend of practical and CGI FX to make him appear to walk on hind legs. The main theme from Javier Navarrete's score really works it's way into your brain.![[+]](https://forums.fanedit.org/images/focus/collapse_collapsed.png)