So after years of being pestered by two suspiciously similar looking demonic creatures (who may exist only in my mind) I finally had a chance tonight to watch the 2006 Spanish film Pan's Labyrinth, or as I like to call it, Holy shit did you see that, that guy is literally sewing his face back together. The phrase "permanent psychological trauma" is thrown around a lot these days, but damn! A bloody, violent fairy tale, this is the movie I will be showing my children instead of Prince Caspian or The Golden Compass.
Even though I think it could of done with a slightly larger budget to work out some of the kinks in the CGI, this movie is still stunning to look at. Director Guillermo del Toro certainly has a distinctive visual eye, especially when it comes to weird and wonderful creatures (see also: Hellboy, Hellboy II) and I hope that the rumours of him directing the upcoming Hobbit movie prove true. There's nothing else particuarly mind blowing about Pan's Labyrinth, but it's still good enough for me to recommend it whole heartedly to everyone who can handle seeing a dudes face get smashed in with a bottle. Because that might happen in this movie. Or not. You have to watch it to find out.
Even though I think it could of done with a slightly larger budget to work out some of the kinks in the CGI, this movie is still stunning to look at. Director Guillermo del Toro certainly has a distinctive visual eye, especially when it comes to weird and wonderful creatures (see also: Hellboy, Hellboy II) and I hope that the rumours of him directing the upcoming Hobbit movie prove true. There's nothing else particuarly mind blowing about Pan's Labyrinth, but it's still good enough for me to recommend it whole heartedly to everyone who can handle seeing a dudes face get smashed in with a bottle. Because that might happen in this movie. Or not. You have to watch it to find out.
See that blood? That's from a fairy. A fairy whose head this thing just bit off. How can you not want to see it!?This post is dedicated to Paul and Alex Millar and their supremely screwed up cinematic tastes.
