Ophelia's Choice

Marcellus 2022-04-23 07:01:03

There are a few questions:
1. Why must the guerrillas use the key when robbing the warehouse inventory? No pistol? No explosives? Using the keys neither saves time nor exposes the undercover agent.
2. After the elf was swallowed by the monster, Ophelia didn't show any sadness or guilt. Didn't she like the elf very much?

In addition, the picture and music of the whole film are very emotional, and the storyline is also very moving.
In childhood, we are willing to believe that the world is beautiful, even if the reality is not beautiful enough, we can always escape into fantasy, in the beautiful fairy tale world, Snow White can move hunters, Cinderella will have fairies to help, Peter Pan will never grow old. But the reality is that "justice" has to be exchanged with blood, innocent people die in struggle, a person's strength is too weak, men will turn to political parties, and women will turn to men.
In the end, if we are willing to keep a last fantasy for ourselves, then we can choose to believe that the blood of the pioneers can be exchanged for a beautiful new life, and that pure souls can finally go to heaven.
But we all know that's not true.

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Extended Reading
  • Vivianne 2022-03-23 09:01:07

    In fact, I watched Pan Shen a long time ago, but the song that I hummed at the beginning and the end has been circulating on the computer for several years. I like the color of the movie, plain and dark. Three stories, each of them is like people interpreting a truth. Perhaps, this painful situation in our lives is illusory, and in the end, we will find our place. Each of us is an angel, but we forgot.

  • Cleve 2021-10-20 18:59:08

    There is a bizarre fairy tale on one side, and a muddy reality on the other. Although the two sides naturally form a sharp contrast, for a film, the tone is difficult to unify.

Pan's Labyrinth quotes

  • Carmen: You're getting older, and you'll see that life isn't like your fairy tales. The world is a cruel place. And you'll learn that, even if it hurts.

    [throws the mandrake onto the fire]

    Ofelia: No! No!

    Carmen: Ofelia! Magic does not exist. Not for you, me or anyone else.

  • Ofelia: Mercedes, do you believe in fairies?

    Mercedes: No. But when I was a little girl, I did. I believed in a lot of things I don't believe anymore.

    Ofelia: Last night a fairy visited me.