An Adult's fairy tale

Rating: 9/10 (13 January 2007)

I luckily watched Pan's Labyrinth last night. We was meant to watch the other movie which was sold out and we waited more half an hour for this unbelievable movie. It was definitely worth waiting! As I knew nothing about this movie before watching it except a friend's strong recommendation. I was surprised to see that the story happened in the war and expecting a cruel fairy tale. It turned out to be a good fairy tale, yet I think it's made for adults.
People like us are like Mercedes, we are grown up and have experienced part of life, we are somewhat certain that there is no fairy tale in real life. The story to me is a story that people made up for a beautiful young girl who died in the war. But I had a wonderful dream while watching the movie. I saw a magic chalk that could open a door to heaven. I saw a princess had a full experience of being a human. It's a masterpiece.
It's worth to mention that there is much unexpected violence in the movie. Yet when Mecerdes hit the capital the audience started to applaud. And I love the scene when the capital drank the wine and hurt his wound. What a great imagination. I love this creative director! The music is fantastic and fits the movie very much! It's the theme of this movie.
Overall, it's the best movie I have seen over the past couple of years.