I recently saw the movie Pans Labyrinth and it gave me an idea for my blogs- movie reviews. So here is my first attempt and as always this is only my opinion.
Pans Labyrinth
This has to be one of the most refreshing and original movies both visually and storywise of the naughties. Guillerm del Toro has created a fantasy world both breathtaking and scary, whilest showing the real world as a harsh reality and not quite as scary as any of the mosters we come across in the fantasy world. the story is set in the Spanish cicil war in the 1940's and about a girl Ofelia and her Mother going to live with her cruel new Father "The Captain" who is one of the more evil characters i have ever come across. Ofelia visits her own fantasy world guided by a 7 foot faun to escape the cruelty of her own world.
The movie is subtitled as it is in Spanish but this is not a deterant at all but only helps further distance it away from the usual predictable Hollywood story. It is simply a visually stunning movie that takes viewers on a dark ride through horror and fantasy that sets a benchmark for which all movies that fall into these categories will be compared to.
9/10
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