Hello Dr. Wood’s class readers,
The movie Pan’s Labyrinth directed by the fabulous Del Toro captured millions of people all over the world. Del Toro gave all of us an image that we have never witnessed before, breaking thousand and thousands of rules. Making this film, Del Toro stepped out of the common standard movies in this world and made it exotic and addictive for many.
Del Toro did not just stop when the movie got too gruesome, but continued and made it very hard to take your eyes off the television even though you’re cringing at the sight of the violence. In the part where the captain hit one man’s nose repeatedly with a bottle of wine, I wanted to take my eyes off that scene so bad. But, it was too captivating for me to take my eyes off the television.
Don’t believe me that the movie was complete out of the box? I’m not worried because I have every proof that it was. Pan’s Labyrinth got so much attention that it had to be nominated for an Academy Award. It is one of the biggest recognition you can get in the film world. Pan’s Labyrinth won Best Achievement in Cinematography, Best Achievement in Art Direction and Best Achievement in Makeup. I do not need to say more. It was also nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film of the Year, Original Screenplay, Art Direction, and Original Score. It was nominated for seven statues and it walked away with three statues. It is even already a big honor to be even nominated, and for Pan’s Labyrinth to walk away with three statues is a big BIG honor.
“I knew that it was almost impossible for Pan's Labyrinth not to walk away without at least one statue but to come away as the second biggest winner of the night is pretty big…. It is not very
often that we get the spotlight shone on films in our genre [horror]. But a man as talented a Guillermo del Toro was bound to have a film that won some awards.”
Critics was not surprised to see that Pan’s Labyrinth has achieved a lot of things, because the director did not stop at original idea of most movies, but stepped outside of box bringing something NO one has seen before. I mean winning an academy award says a lot of things. A must see movie.
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I didn't think the violence was too gruesome. It wasn't sugarcoated, that's for sure, but it wasn't overly done and it appeared realistic. That is one of many reasons why I love the movie.
ReplyDeleteThe man called the movie a horror, but I don't think I would call it a horror movie, hmm.
ReplyDeleteThree Oscars are very impressive. I guess we could say that del Toro's a decent director after all.
Your proof that Pan's is out of the box is all the awards it's won? I'm not sure that really means anything. What are those awards really looking at? Award shows are all subjective. A movie is a work of art. Art is meant to be enjoyed, analyzed, and viewed from thousands of perspectives. The critics idea of the movie doesn't mean it's amazing. Do YOU think it's amazing? Do YOU feel it broke all the rules?
ReplyDeleteYou are right about this movie breaking many rules. We all know that it is really obvious.
ReplyDeleteI would called it horror movie since there are many violences going on in that movie and it never stopped. Del Toro just continue that.
What do you mean the movie was complete out of the box?
And just like what you said, I am one of the viewers who love his movie. :-)
P.S. Why do you have two blogs about this? :-P
yesssss, i totally second with you on the scene where the captain hits the victim with the wine bottle. distustinggggg.
ReplyDeletebut, i wouldnt call it a horror movie. i think it's more of drama?
and yes, i completely agree that the movie is an out of the box thing, it brought something entirely new to the plate.
I don't think this movie should be considered as horror but it does have some parts like the victim with the wine bottle that fits in the category of horror. Just like others, I agree that this movie is definitely "out of the box" and this is what attracts the viewers.
ReplyDeleteAnd the picture you put in it there, I don't think it is Guillermo del Toro. I believe it is Guillermo Navarro, the cinematographer for Pan's Labyrinth. Not important anyways :)
ReplyDeleteYes, it's definitely an out of box movie.. one of the unique movies out there..
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