El Laberinto del Fauno, a.k.a. Pan's Labyrinth

[Larry_OHF]

Originally posted by Nanobyte: </font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by Larry_OHF: <font color=skyblue>Its listed now as Wide Release, but I still cannot find it anywhere near me. (insert vulgar explicitive). It is #7 on the charts of recent top box office sellers, and both critics and the average viewer give it an "A" and "Must Go" rating. Yet I cannot find it anywhere!!??!! (More vulgarity shown here)</font>

Wide, in this sense, must mean outside NY and CA. There are only two places near where I live that are showing it, with the closest being a 30 to 45 minute drive from where my dad lives. I'm not sure what all plays into that, but it seems pretty typical with the release of a foreign film. </font>[/QUOTE]<font color=skyblue>That is utter bull crap. You know...during the movie awards that were on a couple weeks ago, they said that if one of these movies is not playing at your local theater, go ask them why...and this movie was one of the ones on the list of movies that were having trouble getting brought to us. I am going to call them tomorrow...no...I am going up there on my way past it as I go shopping tomorrow, and will ask the manager face to face so I can learn what the deal is, and I'll return and report.</font>

[Memnoch]

I definitely want to see this.

[Larry_OHF]

<font color=skyblue>Its finally playing at my theater! I will go, but not tonight...tonight is Heroes night. I'll go before the end of the week. </font>

[Jotin]

Originally posted by Target: Has anyone seen it yet?

I went on friday night and thought it was really good. The aesthics were fantastic when she was fantasy world. The one thing I thought was a little silly was the title, because there is no Pan in the movie. I guess just a marketing choice

[Spelca]

Originally posted by Variol (Farseer) Elmwood: Looks pretty cool. It has an "R" rated though. Is it scary?

It probably has an R rating because of graphic violence. There are quite a few scenes like that. Like a man's nose being smashed into his face with a pistol. I had to close my eyes for a couple of those scenes...

Originally posted by Jotin: I went on friday night and thought it was really good. The aesthics were fantastic when she was fantasy world. The one thing I thought was a little silly was the title, because there is no Pan in the movie. I guess just a marketing choice

Here's what I got from IMDB about the title:

** Why is the English title of this movie not the same as the Spanish?

El Laberinto del Fauno literally translated means The Labyrinth of the Faun. Since in English faun (a satyr) and fawn (a baby deer) are both pronounced the same, it was believed that there would be some confusion so the English title is Pan's Labyrinth even though the faun is not the god Pan. **

I saw the film a few days ago. The fantasy creatures and places were really well made, and the story was really good. It's not a happy story though. You shouldn't expect a fairytale, because it's not. It's just a really tragic story with some fantasy elements. But it was really good! [img]smile.gif[/img]

[Thoran]

I think since Pan was a faun they felt the title change would fly... and since most Americans don't know what a (mythical) faun is, they probably thought it'd be confusing.

My opinion was the it was a great movie hamstrung by a obsessively violent director. Del Torro did his usual hachett job (or was it a broken bottle). I understand the need to convey the evil character of the antagonist... but the level of violence IMO detracted from what was otherwise a wonderful film. Plot was solid, setting and atmosphere was WONDERFUL, and the acting was excellent. It's a dark story and I thought that worked very well, but the EXTREME graphic violence wasn't necessary and added nothing. A truly talented director would have conveyed the character of the antagonist with more subtlety and skill... instead of resorting to gallons of blood and gore.