Pan's Labrynth

Rating: 10/10 (13 November 2006)

I saw this movie Thursday night at Midnight at the AFI filmfest in LA. It was packed. I went in with no preconceptions as I had never heard of it before and my husband bought the tickets because he had heard about it. I loved this movie. It had magic, violence, history, gore, family issues, war, and loyalty. It helped that the Spanish speakers spoke clearly and slowly so if I missed a caption I could still figure out what was going on. (My Spanish is pretty simple). The imagery and imagination of the fairy world were Oscar worthy. The fairies and faun were great special effects/costumes and the violent captain was very believable and scary as an out of control military man in a nasty civil war. The insurgents and local people are all believable and real and the magical world, with its beauty and dangers just draws the viewer in.