The God Pan is Alive!!

Rating: 10/10 (2 November 2006)

Excellent, successfully combining at least four different genres: coming of age, horror, fantasy, horrors of war docudrama, along with probably a few others.
The fantasy images are spectacular and the human drama is intense. Unlike many movies that attempt to combine scattered fantasy elements into otherwise naturalistic environments, it never felt like I was being ripped away from the fantasy every time they focused on reality. What was going on in both worlds was compelling.
Pan is portrayed very faithfully as a god of the earth and somewhat of a trickster. When I first saw the trailer and saw how demon-like they made Pan's appearance, I was concerned that the creators had Christianized the story and turned Pan into Satan. I was relieved to discover they stayed faithful to the Pan of Pagan mythology, so no Pagans watching it should fear defamation and no mythologists or historians should fear being totally annoyed.
The horrors of war are brutally honest and graphic, which is exactly how war should be betrayed. So many movies romanticize it or make patriotic statements, when really war is an unspeakably terrible thing, especially when people have to live under a fascist regime, like the characters in this movie.
Loved it, absolutely loved it. Would've given it an 11 if I could.