Saturday, September 15, 2007

Pan's Labyrinth (2007) *****




"Pan's Labyrinth (Laberinto del fauno, El)" is the gem of the fantasy movies. In fact, it is not even a typical fantasy film. The wonderland found by many characters in fairy tales is absent in this story. Instead, the secret garden looks like a hell in "Pan's Labyrinth." The script is intelligently written yet it never loses the touch of humanity and compassion. The personalities of the main characters are multi-layered despite the theme is consistently melancholic. Brutality and beauty go hand in hand towards their dooms. Seldom has any filmmaker tried to seduce the audience with a mixture of reality and fantasy by such a dark and tragic ensemble of components. The director/writer Guillermo del Toro has no doubt achieved something unprecedentedly.

This could be the best movie of 2007.



2 comments:

Rach said...

wow..
I want to see it...
can't wait..lol..

南瓜喵 (Moviecrackers) said...

I highly recommend it :D