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Today I will be talking about a 2006 film directed by Guillermo del Toro called Pan's Labyrinth. I enjoyed watching this film, however, the only critique I have is that we watched the Spanish Version with English subtitles, and I feel like the subtitles are a little distracting to the film. Pan's Labyrinth reminded me and my roommate both of the film Spirited Away.
It reminded me of Spirited Away because in this film, Chihiro (Rumi Hiiragi), leaves her hometown and ends up in a world totally unfamiliar with the one she has known. This ties into the film Pans' Labyrinth because Ofelia (Ivana Baquero), ends up in the Labyrinth world. In this world, she is a completely different person who faces obstacles and lives a different life.
Side note: thing that is interesting to me is the movie covers. They look very similar, and they have a similar story line. It makes me wonder if Guillermo had used Spirited away as inspiration in some way.
Continuing to the film, it was interesting to see how Ofelia was told that she was the reincarnation of Princess Moanna. Not a lot of characters in films that I have seen get this plot twist towards the beginning of the movie. Ofelia has to face many obstacles, much like that of Chihiro. However, Ofelia had a goal in mind and would not stop till that goal was completed. Sadly, Ofelia ended up dying because of it, but she was able to return home as Princess Moana.
I think that Guillermo did a good job of foreshadowing in the film. In the beginning scenes where we saw Ofelia and the fawn, we as an audience, knew what we were getting into and prepared for the films many plots' twists. I have never seen any of his films before, but after having the pleasure of watching Pan's Labyrinth, I will say that he is one director I will be watching more now.
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