SO HAPPY I decided to watch this again!

Rating: 8/10 (27 March 2019)

Years ago when this movie first came out, I decided to watch it because of all the hype. But back then, I did not have subtitle capability and while I speak Spanish I do not speak Spain Spanish I speak Mexican Spanish and yes there is a difference. So it was hard to follow and get a lot out of it. And over the years my memories of the movie were tainted and that I didn't get to truly enjoy the movie because I was constantly trying to understand what people were saying because they were talking so fast and it didn't seem like there was that much enjoyable in the story line and I was so caught up in the militaristic portions of it.
But when I saw that this movie was on Netflix, I decided to give it a chance and sure enough I had the ability to use subtitles and it didn't detract that much from enjoying the story. So if you're going to watch this I truly recommend you do so with subtitles on. Otherwise you're going to go nuts trying to figure out who's who and what's going on in the story line.
This movie is a true gem if you enjoy immense cinematography and beautiful orchestration. Myself being a person who likes to delve into movies, especially anything that is fantasy and reminds me of all the books that I read growing up to escape, I liked it fully delve into a movie and if the cinematography/ locations and the proper scoring all the films Ambiance is done, you can't help but jump into the deep end and not want to leave! The acting was top-notch! These actors are just amazing and I know it had to help having Guillermo del Toro at the wheel! More on him in a minute. The person in charge of doing the period Costumes was just fantastic! The effects people in charge of not only the Faun, which we know from Greek mythology as Pan, but also the sightless monster, did an amazing job but those characters but quite honestly Pan what's my favorite! He looked every bit the part of a Druidic Faun! So everyone who worked putting this movie together was fantastic! I know the bits and pieces of the real world were very important to character motivation, but for as long as this movie was, I think I would have enjoyed more of the fantasy world and less of the military drudgery and evilness of the Captain's world.
So I've always been a huge comic book fan going back to the 80s when I first got my Chrystar comic book at a garage sale with my grandmother and I cherished it! Then I got back into it in the early 90s when the guy I've been dating for years turn me back on the comic books and what a way to go I ended up with loads of comic books! One of those being Hellboy! I'd heard that a man named Guillermo del Toro was doing a Hellboy movie and I was very concerned because a lot of these comic book movies were just awful! But then I had heard that he had done Pan's Labyrinth, and I checked that out to see what kind of chops he brings to the table. I'm in music industry executive and I deal with bands but in many ways are two different worlds are quite similar. So I wanted to see his qualifications and how good he was. Well like I said earlier it was not easy for me to watch because of all the Spanish going on but I did enjoy what I saw I was not super impressed I was kind of bored because of all the military stuff going on but I thought okay let's see where this goes. But when Hellboy came out, it was completely different from Pan's Labyrinth and it was just funny and explosively full of action and just amazing so he certainly did not let me down! But upon coming back now and watching Pan's Labyrinth again, I can see much more of Guillermo del Toro's influence in this movie, and I'm definitely not disappointed! This was definitely worth watching I recommend it highly, just make sure to turn your subtitles on!