Just watched Pan's Labrynth for the first time in forever.

Jesus christ that movie is depressing.

 

Oh god definitely a depressing movie, but it's a masterpiece and just so goddamn awesome. Plus it has one of the best themes ever made

Spoiler

[video=youtube;8t9tzCUZuWQ]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8t9tzCUZuWQ[/video]

So haunting <3

 

It's more depressing if you believe the magic isn't real, and it's all in her head. Although I want to believe it can go either way, I believe magic exists in Pan's Labyrinth.

 

Eh, I went with the former. I didn't believe that the magic was real, and it was all in her head. There were a lot of things pointing to that fact.
But it's all a matter of perspective, I guess.

 

I loved this movie.

I need to watch it again sometime.

Really? I saw it as real. Leave it to a solipsist...

 

I saw the magic as real, and I'm not a solipsist.

Spoiler: the movie

To me it seems that Ofelia reuniting with the king and queen occurred after she died, not while she was dying, which implies that the magic was external to her and not in her head. This could be disputed and I also haven't seen it in a while, but that's how I remember it. And then there was the part where she used the chalk that Pan gave her to break into her step-father's room to get her little brother, which shows that the magical object actually had an effect on the circumstances of what could be seen as "reality". At least.... that's what I remember? @_@ Gosh I gotta watch this movie again. But of course that's not the only way to see it, and a significant theme or idea in the movie is just to decide for yourself whether it's real.

 

I didn' t think the magic was real, so the question that truly wrecked my brain into noodles wasn' t "is the magic real or not ?", it was rather "did the little girl truly believe the magic was real ?", and that question made it even more depressing.

 

This, all of it.

 

People is will hate me for this but... I think this movie is kinda overrated... I mean it's a great movie but nothing more...

 

... Who said it was anything more? A lot of us love great cinema. Do you suggest acting as if we do love it because the are better films out there?

 

Of course not. But I know that many people love this movie so i think it's overrated

 

I guess someone with Angry Video Game Nerd in their signature would know good films when he sees them.

I jest, I jest. No offense meant.