a masterpiece for many...not for all

Rating: 10/10 (22 December 2006)

I think that i've never seen a so beautiful movie throughout my life and admit that the last 15 minutes are all the most moving of the entire movie isn't an absurdity. It's such a mix of 2 tales, 2 movies in a one. The first, the main one that tells about a magical and fabulous world (in which only few people - mainly the children - are able to watch and watch further...)within nature, humans and strange creatures cohabit together in a thrilling and unexpected process to the final. Instead, the "other movie" tells about historical acts throughout the dark presence of the dictator Franco in the post civil war in Spain. The character of Ophelia and the Pan are simply wonderful. The child who plays Ophelia (I don't remember the name) is such dipped in the character and for many spectators she appears as an angel, a true princess due to rivers of tears. Some scenes are for me just legendary. First of all the one of the monster without face and with the eyeballs in his hands. The rest of the scene comprises also a full banquet of substantial fruits. The entire sequence lets me to remember a painting of Pieter Von Claesz, a great dutch master. But in adds i can mention the last sequence which that there is the little Ophelia in the kingdom of her father and of the celestial spheres. She looks herself as she is dressed and when she noticed to get red shoes at the feet a light begin to shine in her innocent eyes. Everything is filled up of joy, light and lyrical final claps. Therefore I have so much remained hit from this masterpiece and I hope that in future more movies of this genre and this quality will be made because this year has been very poor for the cinema and because the cinema needs to dream. Always.
Carmine