I'm so depressed after watching that movie. Ugh. I mean, I can't say it wasn't good - it was fantastic, the only bad thing about it was the excessive violence on camera that was so bad I almost cried several times, but I still hated it. I'm so upset. I even knew how it ended and I'm still upset. Anyways this isn't my blog post for the week so I can basically say anything I want. That's not true but I don't care. I don't care.
The camerawork was amazing, the use of lighting really great, especially at the end when Ofelia is in her kingdom all happy and everything is warm and gold, and then you go back to the real world as she's dying and see all the cold blues as the light fades from her eyes and the cinematography there was really good. Pan was a great character too- all the characters were very good and round. Also, the music was great? I loved it. The score was beautiful and it fit really well.
In all seriousness, I definitely think all of the magic things Ofelia saw were just escapist hallucinations that helped her cope with the cruelty of her reality. I think this can be supported by how, when the fascist evil guy was gonna kill her, he couldn't see Pan. But then again... how could she have gotten out of the room she was locked in if the magic hadn't been real? So does that mean she really did transcend her horrible reality and moved on to be a princess in the land of the Faerie, though the mortals perceived it as her death? Is her "death" really just a way of her ascending her mortal form to be something better? Maybe it has a happy ending after all, or maybe I'm just desperate for something nice to happen. Who knows.
Anyways, Pan's Labyrinth was a first rate depressing movie, it was phenomenal, but the thing is, I hate depressing movies. I just want to be happy when I watch a film, I don't want my anxiety about mortality to get worse. But yeah, it was good. It was a good movie. I just feel emotionally dead now and I want to curl up under a blanket forever. Ugh. Also WHY THE HELL would she eat the grapes?!?!? WHY. You literally had one job. The fairies were even yelling at you and they DIED. There were kids' bones everywhere were you really that hungry???? Was the food enchanted??? I'm fuming.
At least Mercedes and the baby got a happy ending. That's enough mortal anxiety for one night. I'm going to sleep.
Warnings for Pan's Labyrinth: cursing, blood, so many gore scenes, it's honestly rated R for a reason, just don't risk it
Warnings for Pan's Labyrinth: cursing, blood, so many gore scenes, it's honestly rated R for a reason, just don't risk it