The first time I watched it, I watched it at home with my cousin. Later, my cousin told me that the first horror movie I remember watching was "Pan's Labyrinth". I want to complain that this is not a horror movie. (Probably
the second time I read it, I didn’t remember it clearly, and then I watched it completely without fast-forwarding and skipping for the third time today.
First of all, I have little knowledge and poor writing. I just state my feelings and what I’m watching. Doubt.
I think there should be many, many metaphors in this film, such as a fragment of a stone statue found by Ophelia at the beginning, and put it back to its original position, the stone statue seems to be Pan, but Jean I remembered the stone statue of Jizo Bodhisattva that Chihiro first saw in "Sento Chihiro の神隠し". Then, out of the place where it had fallen off, a praying mantis that Ophelia called a "spirit"... Then the mantis, oh no, the elf followed Ophelia to the mill and took her to see Pan.
Completely ignorant of the history of the Spanish Civil War, and not very clear about such religious myths. To be honest, just saw Pan I was startled by the hideous face, so I simply read the introduction of Pan, also known as the Faun. In Greek mythology, the god of sheep and shepherds. According to my understanding, I feel that Pan is God He is quite a kind "god". But the setting of Pan God in the movie is ugly, arrogant, and forced. Later, I found out that Ophelia almost failed in the mission and left angrily.
So Pan gave Ophelia three tasks to do, a huge toad living under a big tree, and then fed it three stones and found a golden key from its vomit. After completing the first task, there are many doubts about the second task. First of all, what is the name of the monster with eyes in the palm of your hand? Or is there a legend? Secondly, when Ophelia released the elf to show the way, the elf originally asked her to open the golden treasure chest in the middle, but Ophelia said when she was about to open: "It's not this." And turned to the left copper chest Colored treasure chest, if you read it correctly, the one on the right is silver. What is the allusion here? For example, a woodcutter dropped an axe into a river, and then a fairy came out and asked him if he dropped a golden axe or a silver axe?
Then, as for the chalk that can open any door, Ophelia once got the chalk from Pan twice, and the second time Pan asked her to carry her brother to the altar of the labyrinth. From the first time, you can see that the chalk is drawn After the random door was closed again, the chalk mark disappeared, but after Ophelia opened the random door from her room for the second time and left, when the female spy Mercedes brought someone back to find her, she clearly saw that there was something on the wall. Chalk marks, if Ophelia imagined all this, how did she get out?
In the end, the biggest question about the film is the ending. Even if Ophelia is smiling and falling into a pool of blood, as well as the previous ones, she can't assume that everything is Ophelia's own fantasy. world.
In fact, I personally like that Captain, his meticulous pace of life, precise control of time, and the details of hunting down the mountain guerrillas show that he is a very strict person. As a captain, I didn't have any clothes to reach out, I wiped my watch, brushed my leather boots, and finally sutured the wound on my mouth, saying here, this special effect is so real, especially when drinking spirits Then blood seeps from the wound and soaks the gauze and so on. However, he is the villain in this film after all, and his son will not even know his name... I can only regret that I was on the wrong team at the beginning.
There are too many places that are unknown or will not have answers at all in this film, and I really want to watch Making. When I discussed with the visual effects teacher last semester, the teacher said that I believe that everything does not exist in this ending, and I am the only one who silently believes that the underground kingdom exists. But after today's three views, I was also a little at a loss and felt a little heartache.
All in all, the script is great, and I plan to continue watching the director's other works.
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