Pan's Labyrinth..

[Bacchante]

Is good.

It's like a mixture of harsh reality and a Brothers Grimm fairy tale..with a dash of Lewis Carroll


I don't want to spoil it for anyone, so I'll shut up..I just wanted to see what other peoples thought of it


*edit*
OH...one thing....the feast scene. That part gave me the chills, and that character was fucking awesome. *wiggles fingers*
The last few films I have watched had some brilliant character design...this is one of them. Great sound effects, too. Everything sounded super textural.

 

[Will Bozarth]

saw it with Laura this weekend. was a damn good movie. didn't know it was a fairy tale kinda movie, so the weird characters came to quite a shock to me.

 

[BlueSky]

scanner darkly, and pans=best movies last year

 

[Bacchante]

Yea, I watched this movie not knowing what to expect...I heard descriptions from different people, and I was pretty confussled

The Fountain, Children of Men and Pan's Labyrinth are my favorites so far...the first of which I am only "mildly" fascinated with

They all have a similar feel....Partly due to the lighting and mood of the films.

 

[BlueSky]

children of men and the departed were also top notch. fountain was pretty good, mainly because it was so visually stimulating. I expected more from daren though.

 

[Bacchante]

It mostly connected with me on a personal/psychological level, methinks.
It was a profound movie....in part due to the music and images (well, duh)...

*edit*
Someone I knew was diagnosed with lung cancer a few days after I watched that. It was really strange timing, and I couldn't stop thinking about it.

 

[BlueSky]

of course clint mansell delivered

 

[Bacchante]

OH yes

 

[Lunar Still]

The Fountain, Children of Men and Pan's Labyrinth are my favorites so far...the first of which I am only "mildly" fascinated with

They all have a similar feel....Partly due to the lighting and mood of the films.

All fantastic films. And that crazy child-eating character from Pan's Labyrinth was most righteous.

*widdly widdly waa*

 

[unknown]

The Fountain, Children of Men and Pan's Labyrinth are my favorites so far...the first of which I am only "mildly" fascinated with

my only addition to that list would be The Proposition

 

[Bacchante]

I haven't seen that one yet *adds to massive list*

 

[Reminiscence]

Are any of the films in this thread still in theaters in the States? I saw a poster for Pan here but I don't want to see it in German for obvious reasons. I'll be in the states in 5 days or so and will be rather bored.

 

[Captain Beard]

Why the fuck are you coming here?

 

[Reminiscence]

To visit my parents and friends. Only 10 days.

 

[Captain Beard]

Ok, if they're here, why are you there and not them?

 

[dreaming neon darkspot]

i was actually crying at the end of Pan's Labyrinth, i thought it was so beautiful.

i absolutely love another one of del Toro's movies, The Devil's Backbone. it's got a lot in common with PL... set during the Spanish Civil War, use of supernatural characters, focusing on children caught between a sort of fantasy world and the harsh realities of the time. also, with the same wonderful use of lighting and music. ooooo, the music...

 

[Chromatose]

I watched the Devil's Backbone last year right after Laura told me about it that day we had to sneak out to go visit sexy will's band show in that creepy bar with a moose head covered in bras.. and oh man that movie ruled so much that it psyched me up to see Pan's Labyrinth once I heard about how similar of a movie it was, LIKE A FOX. so I saw it a few weeks ago and then I promptly watched The Devil's Backbone again the next day <3<3<3

 

[derek]

get out of my mind.

 

[PlatypusJesus]

my only addition to that list would be The Proposition

Nick Cave's "The Proposition?" Wasn't that a 2005 film? Nonetheless, I'm dying to see it. Dying.