Sunday, January 28, 2007

"Pan's Labyrinth"


"The Never Ending Story" meets "Schindler's List" ... !@#&!!

Seriously… Writer/Director Guillermo del Toro presents a highly unique and flawless fusion between a dark fantasy world and a hyper-real war story. The film is extremely well crafted on all technical fronts as evidenced by its 6 Oscar nominations, and is worth the viewing based on this alone. However, given its decision to evade the meaning and methods of its own madness, or without offering more explicit explanations for connecting the two contrasting genres outside of "escapism", is it still effective? Or is it just a badass movie? It’s like that Metallica album “S&M” that was recorded live with the San Francisco Symphony... you want to like it, but do you really?

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

It's like watching two movies in one sitting. Two movies for the price of one. Double your dollar!!