FIRST TIME WATCHING: Pan's Labyrinth *El Laberinto Del Fauno* (2006) REACTION (Movie Commentary)
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From 1936 to 1939, Spain saw the most brutal civil war in its history. Often considered a struggle between democracy and fascism, general Francisco Franco’s right-wing nationalists eventually triumphed over the democrats of the Second Spanish Republic. For the next 36 years, Franco ruled Spain with the hope of turning the country into a totalitarian state much like Hitler’s Germany or Mussolini’s Italy. Pan's Labyrinth is set in 1944, five years after the end of the Spanish Civil War. The Spanish nationalist movement has taken the upper hand and Franco has been recognized as the official general and dictator of the country.
facism/national socialism is left wing authoritarianism
Pan's Labyrinth used some CGI but most of it was animatronics and very sophisticated makeup. It's a film that is fascinating, mesmerizing and heartbreaking all at the same time. All the creatures in this film rock!
The first time I saw this, I had taken a small piece of “recreational paper” thinking I was going to watch a magical kids movie.
It was not.
Children in fables or fairytales make mistakes and come to a good end despite the mistakes or make mistakes and pay the price, but all children make mistakes. We all are given the choice to be a Fascist Princess or under the head of this world, which is Allah, or to cling to the Son and be a child of Yahweh. and she choose correct. Heavens and Earth shall come to pass away, My Word shall come to pass.
“He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose.” ― Jim Elliot
Winner of 3 Oscars:
Best Makeup
Best Cinematography
Best Production Design.
Saw this in theaters when it first came out. It was an amazing moviegoing experience. It's a fairy tale with adult themes and content, but it does such a great job of depicting the evil of man and the innocence of a child. I wouldn't object to showing the film to kids who can handle the content. Definitely one of Del Toro's best films, and he has quite a few in his filmography.
The way it's written, the viewer can decide for themself whether it's all in Ofelia's head, or whether the magic is real, and she lives on in the other realm after her death in this world. Either interpretation is valid.
Re: the two grapes-- not to let her off the hook entirely, but before blaming the girl TOO harshly, I think it's worth noting that she had not eaten for a day (as punishment for messing her pretty new dress). I would also venture to suggest the possibility that the food may have been enchanted: she seemed half-hypnotized or in a trancelike state, perhaps not fully in charge of her own actions.
The movies ending split people right down the middle, and it comes down to wether you consider yourself someone leaning towards hope and possibility, maybe being a bit of a dreamer - versus the hopeless, the cynic - the one holding on to realism.
(I belong to the latter, which makes it such a sad film! Like you said, heartbreaking!)
The ending always makes me cry 😭😭😭
I'm pretty sure it's meant to look open to interpretation, but like most faerie things it's not quite what it seems. After all, without the supernatural elements being real, significant plot holes open up. Without the chalk door, Ofelia could not have escaped her locked room. Without the labyrinth moving to shield her, the Captain would have caught her. The Captain was fully mortal, and if mortals could see faeries then the faun wouldn't have remained undiscovered in that public (ish) place for so long. Thus, it makes all the more sense that he couldn't see the faun, only Ofelia with her mortal body, but could hear the faun's words, which were an effect on the world itself.
Plus, Del Toro himself has plainly said "Oh yeah, the supernatural parts are real." So there's that.
@@Ansixilus there was no locked room to escape from, if Ofelia imagined it; the captain DID catch her, he took the baby, and shot her. The faun was undiscovered, because Ofelia imagined him the whole time.
Del Toro lets you believe it - but there are no plot holes emerging from either version.
Awesome film! Thanks for the review Caped! Just watched your intro. It shows the brutality of totalitarianism/ Francoism and the fearlessness required to fight against it and to fight for a just cause.
I absolutely LOVE this movie.
The guy its not like a SPanish Hitler, he is more like one of his high ranking officers. The Hitler at the time would have been Franco.
You said it 100% A heartbreaking Masterpiece. Guillermo Del Toro is an amazing storyteller/director. He has done some excellent movies, has excellent creatures and tells very deep stories.
Are you doing horror movies during October? I hope so!!
Very nice summary. Not a lot of people get it, but you got it exactly.
What a beautiful film.........always enjoy your reactions. thanks for sharing.............
This movie is a modern day classic! Reminds me of the original tone of earlier fairy tales before Disney got a hold of them, for instance the story of Bluebeard or the little mermaids desire for a soul for she had none.
I wonder if you might like Tale to Tales (2015), I feel like the vibes are similar.
This is a kind of compagnon piece to Del Toro's 2001 film The Devil's Backbone which is during the actual Spanish Civil war but being more about ghosts than fairy tales.
This film is excellent, great cinematography and fantastic acting.
Of note are the performances of Ivana Baquero in one of her first film and truly gives an outstanding performance.
Alex Angulo (the doctor) was also great and so was Maribel Verdu (Mercedes)
But the show stealer was Sergi Lopez as Captain Vidal.
Think that Lopez was known for playing mostly in romantic comedies and yet, he is so convincing and despicable in this that you truly hate him.
It's like if Meg Ryan would play the role of a serial killer.
The violence when you don't expect it is pretty gruesom but the film is a reflection on how children deal with the violence of the adult world and war.
One of my favorite film of all times.
Very good film and reaction . One of my favourite endings to a film , was great how they mixed the real world with her fantasy.
I love love love this movie ! Thank you for the video!
Devils backbone is another good one
Totally different type of movie but you would definitely like del Toro's HELLBOY if you havent seen it already.
I've said it before and I'll say it yet again, and this has nothing to do with politics at all, but for years I've sworn that the Pale Man looks just darn like Mitch McConnell, haha.
oh man...now I can't get that out of my head!
You mean that isn't him??
Glad to know I'm not alone on that one 😂
Absolutely
Tu español es muy bueno. Saludos desde España.
Other great Guillermo Del Toro fantasy horrors - The Devils Backbone, and The Orphanage
Del Toro always said the creatures ARE real, but non innocents (so adults bad or good) can’t see them or interact with them
Oh this is a masterpiece
Love this movie. The combination of brutal nonchalant violence and childlike fairy tale is very disturbing.
IMO, one of the Top 100 films of all time!
I always thought of the Captain as a Spanish Hitler. He even resembles him. Im glad you mentioned that.
My favorite fantasy horror 😍😍😍
For incredible cinema from Spain, check out director Pedro Almodovar. His films are Art.
Tu español es muy bueno hermano 👌
the second time I watched it I decided it was Mercedes who was the lost princess. The story fit her as well, maybe even more so
Es increíble que el fauno no era CGI, eran prótesis y maquillaje, eso lo hace aun mejor, me encanta Guillermo del toro
Very perceptive i feel too the poor girl has a very active imagination and would escape to her fantasy world to escape the brutal world thats imploding around her. Its so dark sad and tragic yet beutiful. One of the most powerful and moving films ive seen . A masterpiece and for me that captain ranks as the worst villain in a movie . Brutal
6:24 LOVE the reveal of the Faun 🐐😂
lol, I'm 30 seconds into the video and think to myself: "Uhm, yea, right, this one is totally like Blade 2." xD
" Me?! I've had so many names. Old names only the wind and trees can pronounce. I am the mountain, the forest and the earth. I am... I am a faun." - Pan
Thank you for watching this so I don't have to do it fully, I keep hearing what a good movie this is but I remember the trailer for it running on tv all the time when I was a kid and that hand-eye creature gave me nightmares for weeks 🤣
Yasss❤🎉
Nice reaction to a masterpiece, del toro did the Ron Perlman Hellboy film's which are great. As for some spanish fantasy/horror there is chronos, orphanage and devil's backbone to name a few however I'd suggest The City of Lost Children, the director did Amelie and delicatessen.
One for the wonderful Doug Jones, aka the faun and the pale man.
Have you ever watched the shape of water
The Devil's Backbone.
yes a heartbreaking masterpiece. It shattered me. Will never see it again, but damn, a masterpiece.
Another good movie from early years of Guillermo del Toro is The Devil's Backbone (2001) 👌
I'm the first one here!
GREETINGS EARTH GUY: I love high fantasy films such as this one. I would consider this magical realism, do you?
I watched this on shrooms with my ex boyfriend at the cinema when it came out. It was really wild :D