Pan's Labyrinth

[grotty]

I doubt I will see a better movie this year.
 MAGIC
 
 
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[Chulahoma]

yeah i heard that  movie was amazing.  im going to check it out this weekend

[Vas Deferens]

It's great but I expected more fantasy and less violence...definitely not recommended for kids.

[lily1]

i'm going to check it out at the afi this weekend.

[mattedling]

It was good, very enterntaining, but I thought it was basically a rehash of another Spainish movie "The Spirit of the Beehive" which is another allegorical tale set in post Civil War Spain and focuses on a girl obsessed with Frankenstein's Monster.

[grotty]

Just saw that Pan's has a 98 composite score on metactritic.   :eek:  
 
 http://www.metacritic.com/film/titles/panslabyrinth
 
 Which is a pretty nice neighborhood:
 
 1. Godfather, The 1972 100
 2. Superman II 1981 99
 3. Army of Shadows 2006 99
 4. Pan's Labyrinth 2006 98
 5. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb 1964 96
 6. Pulp Fiction 1994 94
 7. Manchurian Candidate, The 1962 94
 8. Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The 2003 94
 9. Sideways 2004 94
 10. Spirited Away 2002 94

[Darth Ed]

I saw it at the AFI last week. I loved it. Definitely one of the best movies of 2006.

[grotty]

The movie is being called horror by some. But the only real horror is horrific war-related behavior.
 
 Definitely don't take children & be prepared for some savage tough-to-watch moments.
 
 And it's also sub-titled. If that sways you.
 
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 Looks like the release date was 12/29/06. A 2006 film on a technicality. Realistically it is a new film in the US this month.

[MasterOfPuppetz1986]

My Dad told me that the closest theater that it is playing to here is in Fairfax. Maybe we'll go see it this weekend. I like those types of movies and it sounds like this one's pretty good from some of the reviews that I've read.

[aglanixp]

I don't know where you live, but it is playing in Bethesda also.
 And it is the best movie I have seen since 'The Proposition'

[alex]

This was definitely the best movie I saw from 2006...even with all the hype, which usually has a tendency to bring a movie down a little.  It was just that damn good.
 
 It's playing at Bethesda Row, and I think E Street for at least another month.

[El Jefe Design]

Loved it as well. I was a bit disappointed that there was less focus on the "fantasy" aspect that is played up in the trailers and ads and more on the "real" world. But it was a wonderful movie to see and very inspiring film making.
 
 Now if only Inland Empirse was around for another week...

[bearman🐻]

I saw it last night and thought it was good, but ultimately not phenomenal. I thought that the chase scene through the labyrinth was a nice reference to the Shining. But some of the violence (to me) was over the top and unnecessary. Did we really need to see the Captain's face sliced open nearly to his ear, and then have him sew it up himself? The juxtaposition of the war and this fantasy world was interesting, but I felt like I wanted to see more of this exotic underworld instead. I guess it was well done for the most part, but I didn't love it. It wasn't the best of 2006 for me. That would go to Little Miss Sunshine instead. One sidenote: the guy who played the Captain was also in a great French thriller called With a Friend Like Harry, and he played a total psycho. I highly recommend that one.

[Vas Deferens]

Agreed with bearman regarding the violence. I really can't comprehend the metacritic score.
 
 Children of Men is a must see, though!

[pela123]

I agree with you bearman.  It was good, but I wanted more fantasy to contrast with the brutal reality (given, some of her fantasy was pretty nasty in a shockhead peter type of way). There were a lot of references to mythological/fairytale archetypes throughout--but the red shoe/ruby slipper bit at the end was lame.