Pan's Labyrinth

Thorpe · 09-03-2006, 02:56 AM

I think there was a thread, but I can't find it for the life of me. The more I read about this movie, the better it looks. Here is a large and clear version of the teaser. Much better than the last one I've seen on the web.

http://www.chud.com/demo/pantease.html

Zhaun's_Shade · 09-04-2006, 12:04 AM

There was a thread about this a while ago, I think the movie is several years old now, it's just taken forever to get a full US release I guess.

Szlia · 09-04-2006, 02:16 AM

Hardly: it was in competition in the Cannes film festival in spring so it was not released at the time.

James · 09-04-2006, 02:34 AM

As in Peter Pan? That looks totally fucking awesome. Of course, I really dig Peter Pan movies for whatever reason, they're usually done pretty damn well.

Szlia · 09-04-2006, 05:16 AM

More like Pan.

Bralkan · 09-07-2006, 08:13 AM

looks pretty sick.

Rythonn · 10-25-2006, 08:57 PM

Update: this film is coming out on December 29th, here is a full trailer.

http://trailers.picturehouse.com/pan...er_640x360.mov

It is rated R for graphic violence, so it's not your average fairy tale.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0457430/

Szlia · 11-01-2006, 03:32 PM

I watched it tonight and found it kinda bleh. I mean it's well produced, well acted, well directed, well written BUT somehow this finely crafted aircraft never left the ground for me. Maybe it will will fly for you?

That said the level of graphic violence is surprisingly high and not exactly where you would expect, special effects seem sometimes to be designed to evoque "old school" puppet effects and the sound designer likes shrieking sounds or hates the audience, one or the other.

Warrik · 11-02-2006, 12:11 AM

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Originally Posted by James

As in Peter Pan? That looks totally fucking awesome. Of course, I really dig Peter Pan movies for whatever reason, they're usually done pretty damn well.

Ok Mr Jackson.

Mixtilplix · 11-07-2006, 02:50 PM

here's an interview with Guillermo from the guardian on the movie:

http://film.guardian.co.uk/features/...939681,00.html

Vorph · 12-18-2006, 04:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Szlia

I watched it tonight and found it kinda bleh. I mean it's well produced, well acted, well directed, well written BUT somehow this finely crafted aircraft never left the ground for me. Maybe it will will fly for you?

Didn't fly for me either. The bottom line is that I wanted there to be even the slightest hint that she wasn't just imagining it all, and it's plainly obvious that she was. It's just a story about a kid who is in her own little world because reality sucks. She doesn't escape to the underworld to live happily ever after as a princess, she's just dead. End of story. I find myself comparing it to the other Labyrinth, and even more so to the vastly superior Mirrormask, and both of those movies worked much better because you were meant to believe it was all real. It's not that I need a happy ending, it's that Pan's Labyrinth just seems so pointless because of it. (end spoiler)

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That said the level of graphic violence is surprisingly high and not exactly where you would expect, special effects seem sometimes to be designed to evoque "old school" puppet effects and the sound designer likes shrieking sounds or hates the audience, one or the other.

Thumbs up for the violence and special effects (though again I have to compare it not-so-favorably to Mirrormask--Del Toro certainly didn't have anyone like Dave McKean in charge of his art). Hopefully the R rating and subtitles will keep the kiddies away when I go see it in the theater next Friday.

Szlia · 12-18-2006, 08:42 AM

Well... (spoiler) she does leave her room at some point without any realistic evidence as of how she could do it without magic(end of spoiler).

Thinking back about it, I think the main problem is that the fairytale simply is too generic and uninteresting. In fact it is worse than the fairytale that is told in the movie (about the rose on top of the mountain) and that is a problem.

Vorph · 12-18-2006, 10:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Szlia

Well... (spoiler) she does leave her room at some point without any realistic evidence as of how she could do it without magic(end of spoiler).

(s)Yea, that's the one and only thing that hints of it maybe being real. She never used the chalk to travel from place to place before though, and if it really worked, I think she would not have just carelessly set it on the table for the Captain to find in case she needed it again to get out. I'm still convinced she's just plain dead.(/s)

And I agree about the rose story. I'm still trying to figure out if that was supposed to relate to the main story in some way, but I'm coming up empty.

Lin · 12-18-2006, 12:19 PM

Same director as the next Harry Potter.

Vorph · 12-18-2006, 12:29 PM

Screw Harry Potter, he needs to do Hellboy 2, dammit!

09-04-2006, 02:16 AM	#3 (permalink)
Szlia Conquest Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Switzerland Posts: 4,813 +16 Internets	Hardly: it was in competition in the Cannes film festival in spring so it was not released at the time. __________________ -retrosabotage-

09-04-2006, 05:16 AM	#5 (permalink)
Szlia Conquest Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Switzerland Posts: 4,813 +16 Internets	More like Pan. __________________ -retrosabotage-

09-07-2006, 08:13 AM	#6 (permalink)
Bralkan Registered User Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Atlanta GA Posts: 2,130 -1 Internets	looks pretty sick. __________________ -insert cute, witty remark- err..... fuck

11-01-2006, 03:32 PM	#8 (permalink)
Szlia Conquest Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Switzerland Posts: 4,813 +16 Internets	I watched it tonight and found it kinda bleh. I mean it's well produced, well acted, well directed, well written BUT somehow this finely crafted aircraft never left the ground for me. Maybe it will will fly for you? That said the level of graphic violence is surprisingly high and not exactly where you would expect, special effects seem sometimes to be designed to evoque "old school" puppet effects and the sound designer likes shrieking sounds or hates the audience, one or the other. __________________ -retrosabotage-

12-18-2006, 08:42 AM	#12 (permalink)
Szlia Conquest Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Switzerland Posts: 4,813 +16 Internets	Well... (spoiler) she does leave her room at some point without any realistic evidence as of how she could do it without magic(end of spoiler). Thinking back about it, I think the main problem is that the fairytale simply is too generic and uninteresting. In fact it is worse than the fairytale that is told in the movie (about the rose on top of the mountain) and that is a problem. __________________ -retrosabotage-

09-04-2006, 12:04 AM	#2 (permalink)
Zhaun's_Shade Registered User Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Rhode Island Posts: 1,407 +3 Internets	There was a thread about this a while ago, I think the movie is several years old now, it's just taken forever to get a full US release I guess.

10-25-2006, 08:57 PM	#7 (permalink)
Rythonn Registered User Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 1,795	Update: this film is coming out on December 29th, here is a full trailer. http://trailers.picturehouse.com/pan...er_640x360.mov It is rated R for graphic violence, so it's not your average fairy tale. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0457430/

11-07-2006, 02:50 PM	#10 (permalink)
Mixtilplix Registered User Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 115 +0 Internets	here's an interview with Guillermo from the guardian on the movie: http://film.guardian.co.uk/features/...939681,00.html

12-18-2006, 12:19 PM	#14 (permalink)
Lin Registered User Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 879 +0 Internets	Same director as the next Harry Potter.

12-18-2006, 12:29 PM	#15 (permalink)
Vorph Never Go Full Retard Join Date: May 2002 Location: Hell Posts: 5,880	Screw Harry Potter, he needs to do Hellboy 2, dammit!

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