What do people see in it?

Rating: 1/10 (1 January 2008)

I recently saw this "Masterpiece" and must say that I am extremely disappointed. Everybody just talked about how great it was, we even talked about it in our Spanish class, but it seems to me that people really overestimate this film. At leas to me it seemed like a very weak story, and this was increased by the supposed "fantasy" genre. Fantasy films are for kids too, right? So why was there all that explicit violence, for crying out loud. And the "Laberinto del Fauno" turned out to be little more than just a subplot to the whole civil war story. I have the impression that here in Mexico there only was a hype because OH MY GOD a Mexican director, it was Harry Potter 3 all over again (Which I also found the worst of all, but is seen here like an incredible masterpiece). I give this film three stars for some good acting... Most people will probably disagree with me, but this movie was but two hours of boredom to me.