Pans Labrynthe - Guillerme del toro's contemporary masterpiece exploring parental relationships , opression and loss of innocence bound together by mythical undertones -an amazing portrayal of the immense urge of a traumatized child to escape from reality using her imagination.A far cry from the innocent and yet lavish canvas of imagination that the initial graphics laden trailers might have suggested.
Could I perhaps call it a grown up fairy tale?Ophelia does escape having to live a miserable life.So what if she dies young, she does die happy.Her awakening to the world around her was beautifully portrayed by her transition , from her mesmerization in her fairytale world to begging her unborn brother to be kind to her mother during his birth.What tore me was the scene where the mythical Faun/Pan gave her a magic chalk that could bring to life anything drawn with it -- a door in the wall that allowed her to leave her room.Her desperation to escape from the world around her and her struggle with reality , is but obvious.
The movie made me shudder a bit imagining the contrast ,life then and now.We live in good times.Times when we can afford to focus a lot more on us as individuals.And before I launch of into more emotional statements (well with the recent bomb scares at NCR have left me feeling a bit shaky) let me scream "Hell Boy" !!
A bit of research made me an instant fan of GDT.Anyone who has loved hellboy (and well seen blade 2), and is eagerly waiting for HBpart 2 , would be happy to know that a HB3 is in the plans as well .He turned down a chance to direct I Am Legend and Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince to work on Hellboy II: The Golden Army .Cheers GDT!Send us more orange monkeys.
Mimic (sci fi horror), the devils backbone (spanish/gothic horror) and HB2 immediately jumped into my wishlist.
The directors father had been kidnapped and held to ransom in Mexico, which he later left and moved for a safer life to LA .Interestingly, both PL and HB dwell on the protagonist's relationship with their father.Are these movies self expression in some ways?
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