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In Reply to: I saw this today and I liked it a lot better than my wife did at the time... posted by Audiophilander on January 20, 2007 at 19:14:43:
It's certainly not my intention to argue when it comes to personal preference. But the "problems" you cite did not bother me at all.
WARNING TO READERS: SPOILERS BELOWFor example, the key. I did not find it at all surprising that the rebels would want to use a key to ensure that the main object of their raid (to get supplies) was met. Why would they depend on an explosion when they are trying to get food, medicine, and such things that could be harmed by such an explosion? If I were a rebel, I would far prefer to have a key.
And I could go on...but bottom line, I bought it hook, line and sinker.
As far as the girl being a cipher...to me she was not, she was simply a normal young girl. A girl who was tempted by the taste of a grape. A girl who had a gut feeling that the sinister looking Pan did not have her brother's best interests in mind at the very end.
Now, in most movies, for example Babel, I could come up with a similar list of flaws that bothered me such as those you present for this movie. But no flaws bothered me when watching this. The husband is purely evil, but I thought that was quite intentional, nothing in this fantasy world was meant to be completely realistic. In my opinion.
Follow Ups:
> > > "It's certainly not my intention to argue when it comes to personal preference." < < <Mine neither, but by sharing differing impressions it may better inform other prospective filmgoers. This isn't personal, and by asking why more about this film hasn't been mentioned I considered it an open invitation to discuss this film.
BTW, Pan's Labyrinth openned sporadically with very little fanfare, probably because it's a foreign language film. What that means is that filmgoers have to seek it out, sometimes travelling much further than their favorite Bijou in order to catch a screening (often at smaller, less familiar cinemas).
> > > "But the 'problems' you cite did not bother me at all." < < <
I personally think that this is one of the best films of the year, maybe not the best or as highly regarded as your impressions for the reasons listed. My wife had a totally different perspective; she didn't like the film and explained why. I don't consider this an argument or even a debate, just a sharing of informed impressions. Others can gauge the merits of seeing this film from either professional reviews or subjective testimonials.
BTW, I'm sorry if you thought that either my viewpoint or that of my wife's was unnecessarily confrontational; that was never intended.
Cheers,
AuPh
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