Pan's Labyrinth

[Nooj]

Has anyone seen this movie? I thought it was amazing. Sad and amazing.

 

[Arlais]

I saw this a few years ago and loved it, as well the beautiful soundtrack.

 

[Punnchy]

I didn't much care for it, i own it because its an intersting film, but not one i've really liked.

 

[Gunfingers]

I really liked it. Really cool visuals, really deep and sad story. Good stuff. A bit frustrating with the subtitles, though. Need to brush up on my spanish...

 

[Magic Man]

I wasn't very impressed by it. I thought it was below average. Some of the special effects were neat, but overall I wasn't into it.

 

[Majikthise]

I found it visually stunning but really weird and at times hard to follow.

 

[Me Myself]

I think what Iloved the most is that you can´t really tell if she was imagining it all or if it was real.

For me the message of the movie was "It doesn´t matter if it is real, as long as it is real to you"

 

[Caladan]

Has anyone seen this movie? I thought it was amazing. Sad and amazing.

Yes. I saw it a few years ago and again a couple of weeks ago. del Toro brings the tragic circumstances of politics and society into his story and weaves a fantastic and mysterious tale in the shadow of these circumstances. I think Pan's Labyrinth captured this beautifully, and as you say in a very reflective and sad way.
some of his earlier movies also go into the consequences of the Spanish civil war, or the American exploitation of Mexicans in his movie Cronos.