Pan's Labyrinth Film Techniques
Prepare your senses for tingling
Statement of intent: The purpose of this piece of writing was to show the reader that Guillermo del Toro’s film, Pan's labyrinth is a fantastic film well worth watching.
Guillermo del Toro’s film, Pan's labyrinth it stays strong to the horror/ magical realism genre. As a first time magical realism viewer I thoroughly enjoyed watching this film. I enjoyed the film because it was a unique take on a war film that I haven't seen before. The film was very well crafted and controlled.
Being dropped into Franco's front line to live among monsters would not be easy for me, a self-proclaimed bulletproof 18 year old male, let alone an 11 year old girl. Yet, with courage Ofilia (Ivana Baquero) completes tasks that send shivers down the audience's spines. Director Guillermo del Toro builds up Ofelia’s character in this messed up fascist front lines under Captain Vidal's (Sergi Lopez) strict ruling. The magical realism genre enchants the viewers into building a hatred for the sadistic Captain who has brought Ofelia and her mother Carmen to the creaky mill so that …show more content…
Like Peter Pan this film has fairies and magical kingdoms but the difference is, even with my pre-existing dislike del Toro managed to capture my attention and use this genre to make a movie that developed its characters controllably. The reason I enjoyed the magical realism in the movie was because it was done so well, normally when I watch a film with magic elements I have to question the need for magic but, del Toro used the genre without needing any explanation to why it was necessary. The use of a magic kingdom for example was needed because without it del Toro would not have been able to show the full gruesome side of the Fascist Regime stopping at nothing to get what they want but, not necessarily coming out best
Statement of intent: The purpose of this piece of writing was to show the reader that Guillermo del Toro’s film, Pan's labyrinth is a fantastic film well worth watching.
Guillermo del Toro’s film, Pan's labyrinth it stays strong to the horror/ magical realism genre. As a first time magical realism viewer I thoroughly enjoyed watching this film. I enjoyed the film because it was a unique take on a war film that I haven't seen before. The film was very well crafted and controlled.
Being dropped into Franco's front line to live among monsters would not be easy for me, a self-proclaimed bulletproof 18 year old male, let alone an 11 year old girl. Yet, with courage Ofilia (Ivana Baquero) completes tasks that send shivers down the audience's spines. Director Guillermo del Toro builds up Ofelia’s character in this messed up fascist front lines under Captain Vidal's (Sergi Lopez) strict ruling. The magical realism genre enchants the viewers into building a hatred for the sadistic Captain who has brought Ofelia and her mother Carmen to the creaky mill so that …show more content…
Like Peter Pan this film has fairies and magical kingdoms but the difference is, even with my pre-existing dislike del Toro managed to capture my attention and use this genre to make a movie that developed its characters controllably. The reason I enjoyed the magical realism in the movie was because it was done so well, normally when I watch a film with magic elements I have to question the need for magic but, del Toro used the genre without needing any explanation to why it was necessary. The use of a magic kingdom for example was needed because without it del Toro would not have been able to show the full gruesome side of the Fascist Regime stopping at nothing to get what they want but, not necessarily coming out best