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PAN'S LABYRINTH is seen again and again it is loved up on!!!

Here's a headline for the 1st negative review: by Vim Fuego	Oct 12th, 2006 06:15:01 PM
"Panned Labyrinth". Ho Ho.
This movie had better hit me right in the 12-inch rebel by Sir HickoryBeans McCrackin	Oct 12th, 2006 06:22:42 PM
commando, or I blame YOU, aicn.
no kiddin. by Neo Con Snake Plissken	Oct 12th, 2006 06:29:53 PM
Since every movie out there is complete shite, this better be good. Usually Harry's spanish twin does a good job. Between this 300 & Grindhouse - it's looking pretty bleak out there for movies.
Pan's Labrynth is Love by DOGSOUP	Oct 12th, 2006 06:34:19 PM
Along with The Fountain and NEXTWAVE!
First and Last Sentences... by jimmy_009	Oct 12th, 2006 06:47:10 PM
"I contributed with an unfortunate account of the disappointing Alatriste a month or so ago, and am compelled to write again, in a much happier disposition." "But most of all, it is simply a story about a girl. A girl who, like all girls, was a princess. Enjoy this cinematic gift. And treasure it well." Please don't review anymore until you learn to write in a way that doesn't make me gag.
hey mr bassman by slappy jones	Oct 12th, 2006 06:54:44 PM
catch the fucking night bus home ahahahaha
Its a lovely film but, American fanboys will hate it. by Mr Pumblechook	Oct 12th, 2006 08:07:03 PM
I had the good fortune to see it at the Cannes film festival. As mentioned in the above review, the film is unique in that it cant be defined with any one specific genre. Part fable, part war story, part family drama, part dark fantasy, all great. A lovely storyl My suggestion is just go in, and watch! However it is an language that is not English, and has different pacing from the usual fare. So if you are from the USA expecting the usual fluffy, Hollywood shit, with cute kids, and infilm advertising of Nike & Pepsi, then fuck right off because this film wont be for you, and I doubt you will get. You will criticise it for having too much talking and too little action. To everybody else from the civilised world- enjoy!
Does this movies love by Phategod2	Oct 12th, 2006 08:49:05 PM
Here on AICN remind you of Superman. "I'm not saying, Im just saying"
Real Fanboys will Love it by Larry of Arabia	Oct 12th, 2006 09:10:03 PM
I have to take exception to the previous "American Fanboys will hate it." Not the "American" part. Let's face it, the vast majority of Americans won't watch a subtitled movie unless it features aireal kung-fu. "Fanboys" on the whole, however, are smart. They don't take shit lying down and they actively seek out good movies. Sure, some fanboys are idiots - loud, obnoxious, judgemental, and easily mocked by Kevin Smith. They post on here in a race to say "first" and turn on Clint Eastwood and Martin Scorese and Steven Spielburg when they don't do exactly what they decree. They are not true fanboys, they are the worst of us. Real fanboys love movies, love film, and love their chosen genre. Harry is a fanboy. Ebert is a sci-fi fanboy. Vern a badass fanboy. Those lining up for Tideland because they love and appreciate attempts at greatness by visionay directors even if they miss the mark, who don't come online and cut the director a new one because it's "challenging" and "disturbing" are Fanboys. They are upset when someone uses film in a cynical attempt to get money like Lucas, yet understand that maybe he really isn't satisfied with the looks of the first trilogy and still love him enough to squeel with glee when he shows up on The Colbert Report for a lightsaber fight. They get nervous when a beloved icon of fanboy culture, like the Transformers, are given to a lesser director but are willing to offer the benefit of the doubt and show up in theaters on opening weekend. If it's bad they will complain, then cut it out of cannon and move on. If it's great then they will give the director the props he deserves. They realy do hope that Dr. Boll will make a great movie despite making sub-par junk for years. They know a director like Del Toro is worth watching with an open mind the weekend his movies hit theaters. So, yeah American theater goers are idots. The Fanboys, however, are smart as the rest of the world and know good stuff when they see it.
Yeesh by Larry of Arabia	Oct 12th, 2006 09:10:30 PM
I think I need a valium...
Larry of Arabia, I hear ya. by Happyfat73	Oct 12th, 2006 09:50:21 PM
Those idiot fanboys of whom you speak are to fanboys what Al Quaeda is to Muslims; what Jesus Campers are to Christians. They are what Ann Coulter is to conservatives and what Michael Moore is to Liberals. They know who they are - they're the ones who call 300 and Jackass "gay". They're the ones who compare anything they hate to nipples on batman. They're the premature haters and the "first" posters. Having been lucky enough to see this film, I can't imagine any intelligent, reasonable person who loves good movies not recognising its greatness.
Hey now by S-Mart shopper	Oct 12th, 2006 10:48:55 PM
Hard Boiled didn't have any kung-fu in it
Slappy Jones by nemler	Oct 12th, 2006 10:51:10 PM
That is awesome. And here I was thinking that I was the only one out there who had heard that album.
There really is no reason to dislike this movie by the beef	Oct 12th, 2006 11:24:58 PM
The only "problem" I had was that there wasn't enough of the fantasy as I wanted to see, but that's my problem wanting more than what the movie was about, not the movie's. It's one of the best achievements so far this year. Also, I think the bad guy captain here and Danny Huston from PROPOSITION have made two of the best screen villians in recent memory.
This movie is great! by Blaquesmith	Oct 13th, 2006 12:17:20 AM
I saw it in Barcelona on october 11th, too, and it rocks! It really has very strong content, maybe not suitable for underages (this isn't your momma's fairytale). The fantastic bits are great, maybe you'll say too short if you really are in for the fantastic stuff... but if you're here for the dramatic/"real" stuff, maybe it'll be too weird... The nicest thing is that reality and fantasy mix well here in this movie, and it's quite accurate to actual history (it doesn't say where exactly the history takes place, maybe in Galicia or Aragon, but it shows what was happening at north Spain after the civil war). A Must-see.
Damn you Michael Bay by MCMLXXVI	Oct 13th, 2006 02:51:57 AM
Damn you Michael Bay
Yep, you had a crappy projectionist... by labortius0	Oct 13th, 2006 05:27:08 PM
Probably on 2 pesatas a week, too.
Your prepositions are dangling by BannedOnTheRun	Oct 14th, 2006 03:50:04 AM
AICN makes editors cry.
LOL labortius0 by El Cimarron	Oct 14th, 2006 03:49:19 PM
nevermind the fact Spain has been on Euros for the last few years, that comment is priceless :)

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