Sunday, October 7, 2007

Pan's Labyrinth

I really really wanted to love this movie.

Really.

But I didn't.

Oh the visuals are amazing, the storyline is interesting, but it just didn't grab me and hold my interest.

I totally expected to enjoy it. I do love Guillermo Del Toro's work and even now I can't bring myself to find fault with the movie as such, it just left me feeling meh. On the surface I was sure to enjoy it - fantasy at its best. But, meh.

Maybe I had built it up in my mind to be spectacular. Maybe I should have seen it at the cinema as I originally intended. Maybe it was just that Captain Vidal ruined the entire experience for me. I don't know. I was certainly in the mood for that type of film, so it wasn't that that was affecting me.

I am really quite puzzled by my response.

Shish, on the other hand, enjoyed it.

4 people easily amused:

shishyboo said...

Oh NO! Tell me it's not so
Captain Vidal was rather hateful and the violence disturbing.
But I did love it.

ELIZABETH said...

I'm still on the waiting list for it from the library. I have mixed feelings about it having seen some trailers so I'm not rushing out to pay to rent the DVD.

Some things are best free. *smile*

Anonymous said...

I had never heard of Guillermo Del Toro and got the DVD on the recommendation of a friend.I was absolutely blown away. 10/10 for me.

Michelle said...

Well, Hellboy was great, and I quite liked Blade II (but I do have a vampire movie obsession), Mimic creeped me out and I have a vague recollection of seeing Cronos and liking it. So I had pretty high expectations.

But I still maintain that visually, it was bloody fantastic.