Pan's Labyrinth (2 Disc Set) [2006] (2007) Doug Jones; Ivana Baquero [Region 2 - Non USA Format] [UK Import]

"Pan's Labyrinth" is so good that we don't even notice we have to read the subtitles. We hadn't seen it in a while and our DVD died literally in the middle of the movie. It was great to get this replacement quickly from Amazon.

I like fantasy movies, but not just any. This was well made with awesome scary characters. It was fun watching it with my nephew. We’re both adults and enjoyed it very much.

Guillermo del Toro made this beautiful movie.I could watch this movie every day for the rest of my life. I like to put it on before I go to sleep. It also is a foreign movie so subtitles are a must.

It was as discribed and it was a good price. It was in English so I could actually watch it

My fiancé kept asking me to watch this movie and the trailer didn't really seem appealing to me BUT I actually enjoyed it! I would watch this movie again.

The description states "Language: English". It's in Spanish. A Google search shows it has never been dubbed in English.That said, it was an interesting movie and I'm glad we took the time to read the subtitles. They tried to blank out the Spanish and I think that cut a lot of sound effects out with it. You have a choice in the menu to silence the spoken Spanish, don't do it. This way you also get the emotion of the actors even if you don't know what they are saying.This IS NOT a children's movie. If you have youngsters in the house, you might want to prescreen it.It was well done and if you have the chance, watch something on the making of it.

Let me start this review by giving some details about the genre of story telling we know as "Fairy Tales". This genre of known as "Fairy Tales" was never originally intended for children. In fact there is a lot of historical evidence which points to the fact that most of these old stories were written by adults and meant only for adults.The original nature of "Fairy Tales" was not meant to make you feel all good inside and nor were they to always end with "And they all lived happily ever after...The End". As others have pointed out we can all blame Disney for "dumbing" down this type of genre of story telling. Neither was this form of story telling meant to always include "High Fantasy". A lot of "Fairy Tales" actually have only bits and pieces of fantasy in them to help further a story along and to draw in the listener/viewer/reader further into the plot.I wont go to deep into the plot of this film but the director Guillermo Del Toro seems to go back to the roots of the original and lost art form of "Fairy Tales". Guillermo Del Toro in my honest opinion does an outstanding job of interweaving fantasy with reality. Yet he does not allow the fantasy portions of this film to overwhelm the reality based portions or the viewer. The fantasy portions are meant to force you to make that extra emotional leap. To engage you further into a main story which is all so cruelly based in reality. The reality being the post-Spanish Civil War era in Spain and a little girl with a cruel and self-absorbed step-father who is an officer in the Franco's fascists military. Guillermo Del Toro then wraps it up with a great group of actors and a hard hitting ending.My only complaint is that as others have noted the fantasy portion at the end might have been added to appease American audiences. You'll know what I mean when you see the movie and get to that part. The reality portion of the ending stood strong without the need to include a semi-happy ending if you can call it one. The movie does hit the viewer very hard emotionally. Frankly speaking I'll be honest and admit that as a man I did cry at end.I couldn't help it because maybe I just have a heart and a soft spot for kids. I feel that any movie, book, song, poem, etc that can draw out a strong emotional reaction has reached the apex of its art form in its given genre. Oh and yes there are portions of this film that are extremely violent and should not be viewed by younger children. As others have noted this move has an "R" rating for a very good reason as it's meant for adults only. Besides I'll doubt that many young children could keep up with a foreign film done entirely in Spanish let alone understand the slight and subtle plot twists of this movie including the ending.P.S. This is a master piece of a film. To dub this film into English would be like dubbing Karl Orff's vocal portions of "Carmina Burana" into English. For those who are angry that this movie is done entirely in Spanish well all I can say is that you should learn to speak a second language for goodness sake! Or just learn to deal with subtitles in foreign films and try to follow along with the story as best you can.Our society is going to become increasingly more globally oriented as technology and time march onward toward the future. The very nature of our increasingly global economy will demand that you if not your children learn at least a second language. This will grow increasingly true for every other generation hence afterwards when you, I and your children's generation are no more.If you had no idea that this movie was a foreign film then I can understand and forgive the confusion but at least try to give this film a chance.

It never gets old in my opinion

Buena Calydad de esta obra premiada Amazon

Pans Labyrinth ist Del Toros Meisterwerk und meines Erachtens sein bester Film. In diesem Film stimmt alles. Die Story, die Darsteller, die Atmosphäre und die Schauspieler. Ivana Baquero verkörpert Ofelia mit einer derart starken Würde und doch einer schönen Unschuld. Sie gehört der modernen Frau an, die sich nicht unterdrücken lassen möchte - sozusagen die Zukunft.Ihre Mutter hingegen ist anders. So heiratet sie einen Mann, obwohl er schlecht für sie, für ihr Kind und für die gesamten Menschen innerhalb seiner Umgebung ist. Sie liebt ihre Tochter zwar sehr, jedoch durch ihre sture Unterwerfung bringt sie sich sogar ihren eigenen Untergang herbei als sie die Alraune ins Feuer wirft (aus Spoilergründen verrate ich nicht was es damit auf sich hat).Sergi Lopez als Hauptmann Vidal ist einer der bösesten Charaktere, die ich jemals gesehen habe. Er könnte es locker mit einem Amon Göth aufnehmen. Lopez sagte, dass diese Rolle der böseste Charakter ist, den er jemals gespielt hat und er meinte, dass es unmöglich ist einen drauf zu setzen. Das glaube ich ihm gerne. Ich kann mir auch nicht vorstellen wie man diesen Charakter boshafter spielen kann. Doug Jones der den Faun und den Pale Man verkörpert leistet ganze Arbeit. Seine Bewegungen, Mimik, Laute und selbstverständlich die Maske ist unglaublich stark.Was hier noch hervorgehoben werden musst sind ganz klar die Effekte. Die sind nämlich wahnsinnig gut gealtert. Zwar hat dieser sich CGI Effekten bedient. Jedoch ist dies sehr minimal. Größtenteils setzte er ausgeklügeltes Make Up und Animatronik. Del Toro hat eingesehen, dass wenn er mit dem CGI übertrieben hätte der Film in ca 5 Jahren ausgesehen hätte wie aus der Mülltonne gefischt.Ich allerdings bin davon überzeugt, dass wenn wir Film in 10 Jahren Filme aufzählen werden, die eine aktuelle Thematik haben werden, so wird sicher Pans Labyrinth ganz klar in diese Liste passen. Denn Themen wie Menschlichkeit, Krieg, Faschismus, Heldentum, Missbrauch von Macht und Eskapismus immer noch relevante Themen sein werden. Und gewiss werden die Effekte immer noch gut sein. Hätte Del Toro dieses hohe Level an Filmschaffen gehalten, wäre er gewiss einer meiner Lieblingsregisseure.

Fantastiskt bra film, bättre än väntat :)

とても良い。いろいろ解釈できて良い話だった。

Esta edición en blu-ray del Laberinto del Fauno está en castellano. Tiene subtítulos en inglés. Los subtítulos se pueden poner o quitar lo que hace que esta edición sea perfecta.La calidad de imagen y sonido son sublimes, una verdadera maravilla y en formato 16/9 anamórfico, viéndose a pantalla completa.Los extras son abundantes y completamente en inglés sin subtítulos en español.Una lástima que esta película no se editara en nuestro país en alta definición y tener que recurrir a ediciones guiris si quieres verla en este formato.Recomiendo su compra porque está en español y por su calidad de imagen y sonido. Tenéis que saber, sin embargo, que si no habláis inglés sólo podréis aprovechar la película ya que los extras están completamente en inglés.