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Del Toro's Pan's Labyrinth: Official Discussion Thread
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Gracias por ese pathetic hilo crap.Lectura es fundamental, usted sabe.
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You're kidding, right? It takes place in Spain and involves a Franco era goon trying to destroy leftist rebels, while at the same time he emotionally and psychologically abuses his wife and step-daughter. It was also directed by a Mexican, whose first language is Spanish. It makes complete sense that it was in Spanish. Calling the film garbage (which it wasn't) for some reason that involved the writing or the filming would be one thing. But it is beyond the pale to call it garbage because Spaniards are speaking Spanish!!When you have to shoot...shoot. Don't talk!
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Originally Posted by Edwin-S
You're kidding, right?
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Edwin,
It is with deep regret that I tell you, he is not kidding.
"No one would know us there."
-Far From Heaven- (2002)
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Originally Posted by Henry Gale
Edwin,
It is with deep regret that I tell you, he is not kidding. |
Yeah, I kind of figured he wasn't, but I just had to ask because I find it stunning that someone would call a movie garbage based on the fact that it is in a foreign language and requires a person to read subtitles. I mean, don't people read the back of the box in order to see what they getting into? I know that I fundamentally like to know something about the story when I rent or purchase a film. That way I can make a judgement on whether it is worth spending dollars on.Quote:
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Originally Posted by Kevin M
Lectura es fundamental, usted sabe.
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Truer words could not be spoken in any language.
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Wow....With all due respect Scott, your going to miss out on some terrific films.
5/20/07 at 8:47am
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Wow. I am at a loss for words.
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5/20/07 at 8:57am
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"it is in a foreign language and requires a person to read subtitles"So are some of the best films ever made. I need Kurosawa more than I need air.
BTW, I completely failed and bought the single disc version. It was the only one Circuit City had and I wasnt even really thinking about it as I got on my way to rushing to a dentist appointment.
Im usually one to say extras usually dont matter to me, but this is one film I would have liked to have them.
Dammit.
5/20/07 at 12:03pm
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| I tried to watch this movie last night and was disgusted that it was in spanish!!!!!!!!!!!! If I wanted to read Id grab a book!!!!! HATE IT seemed like it would have been a good movie now its garbage |
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5/20/07 at 12:23pm
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| Every man is my superior, in that I may learn from him. |
Well, except for....you know....
"No one would know us there."
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5/20/07 at 1:05pm
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You know, I used to think the same thing about subtitleswhen I was younger and just as naive as I am today.
One of the best things that happened to me during my
stint as a reviewer for this forum was the amount of foreign
film I was forced to review.
It didn't take long for me to realize how shitty Hollywood films
really are. Once you go out of the Hollywood system, you begin
to see some really remarkable films.
Even when a DVD gives you a dubbed or subtitled version, I will
always pick the latter as so much emotion gets lost in the dubbed
version.
....and for me, subtitles never have detracted from my enjoyment
of a film. With my aged hearing, I usually turn the subtitles on for
every film I watch anyhow.
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5/20/07 at 1:51pm
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Bought and watched the DVD last night; I purposely avoided as many spoilers as possible.I was stunned, for both good and ill.
This movie was far more violent than I ever expected. My wife and I were both cringing and covering our eyes at times. I'm still trying to shake some images from my mind, a day later.
It also had much less fantasy than I expected.
The first third to half of the film was good in an Art Film sort of way: quality acting, unusual story, subtitles, but not emotionally gripping. The latter portion though, beginning with the second task with the key and eyeball-hands was riveting and an emotional vise.
I'm reluctant to recommend this to friends: it's too violent. And not the silly Armageddon blow-up-the-planet violence. This is Man On Fire violence: personal, individual, torturous, horrible.
I've read this thread, and I'm bemused over the questions of whether the "fantasy" was real or not. I just don't think it matters. Perhaps because the fantasy world and the real world are orthogonal to each other. If real, it matters not to anyone but Ofelia and she's in a better place. And if unreal, then (presumably) she's still in a better place.
I was also surprised that Captain surprised Mercedes knifing (and the heavy drugging from Ofelia), but that also when he hadn't yet died Mercedes didn't kill him outright. I'm with Patrick on this one -- it didn't quite make sense to me.
As for sub-titles: as always about 30 minutes in I had forgotend I was reading and it felt like I was hearing them speak English.
5/20/07 at 2:48pm
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| With my aged hearing, I usually turn the subtitles on for every film I watch anyhow. |
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I watched this last night. I enjoyed it very much but I can't say I loved it as much as many seemed to. For me I really liked the "real world" story much more. As noted elsewhere in the thread, the Captain is really a standout performance and he's riveting every moment he's on the screen.I'm surprised there's much debate over whether it was in her mind. With the show of the labyrinth parting to allow her to pass and yet deny the Captain, it seemed that Del Toro was making it explicit that it was all "real".
5/20/07 at 6:36pm
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Originally Posted by DaveF
I've read this thread, and I'm bemused over the questions of whether the "fantasy" was real or not. I just don't think it matters. Perhaps because the fantasy world and the real world are orthogonal to each other. If real, it matters not to anyone but Ofelia and she's in a better place. And if unreal, then (presumably) she's still in a better place.
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yeah, that's the way I felt too. She ended up where she wanted to be...and where she felt loved, respected, and protected. Or at least she thought she did with her last conscious thought. Either way, I don't see it as an unhappy ending for her.
I was actually riveted as much by the real world story as I was by the fantasy. Frankly, fantasy stuff usually strikes me as insipid and weightless- this is the first film in a long time that had some real substance supporting, justifying, and counter-acting the fantasy material.
I was high on it last night after seeing it for the first time, and the more I mull it over in my head, the higher it rises in my estimation. And it's one of the first films in a very long time where I don't feel compelled to nit-pick plot points, or second guess creative choices. I was enthralled the whole time.
Flat out, the best film I've seen in years
5/20/07 at 7:24pm
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| Flat out, the best film I've seen in years |
Same here.
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5/20/07 at 9:55pm
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For those who like reading movies in a higher resolution
...here is the ticket: About $75 US in France-August 2007.
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| Originally Posted by Nicolas from annees-laser forum "Festival of Cannes, May 20, 2007. Wild Side Video is proud to announce the next availability of the Labyrinth of Side in HD DVD in France. New proof of the number growing European actors of the sector to support this format (creative contents, studios of authoring, pressers and manufacturers), it acts of the very first disc High definition with being certified THX in Europe and only disc HD DVD of a film of cinema in the world to obtain this certification. Located in Spain of 1944, the Labyrinth of Side tells the history of the young person and solitary Ofelia, daughter-in-law of a pitiless captain of the army pro-Franco, which, to escape from cruel reality, escapes in a fantastic world, captivating and mysterious. Wild Side Video is the editor at the origin of project HD DVD of the Labyrinth of Side in France "the Labyrinth of Side is an extraordinary film which knew to charm the public and the profession at the time of its presentation in official competition with the Festival of Cannes in 2006" tells Grégory Strouk, Assistant general manager of Wild Side Video. "Today, the film is back more imposing than ever thanks to its exit on support HD DVD and we are proud to perpetuate his success and to make share this single experiment of cinema until in the hearths". "Once more, HD DVD reaches a new top of quality of the image and sound in the field of the High definition," explains Eddie Cunningham, President of European HD DVD Promotion Group. "THX is an internationally respected quality control mark to which producing as much as spectators make confidence throughout the world. It thus seemed more than suitable that one of the most celebrated?uvres Del Toro is first European disc HD DVD to receive this certification." "We are extremely happy to collaborate with Wild Side Video to launch first film of cinema in the world to being published in HD DVD certified THX," adds Rick Dean, Vice-Président of the Technological Development of THX. "the Labyrinth of Side is a splendid experiment, offered by one of the realizers most endowed with the world. Our collaboration with Wild Side thus will make it possible to the fans of this film to fully benefit from its incredible beauty in High definition " The edition of the Labyrinth of Side is the new episode of a success without precedent of HD DVD in Europe. Whereas other formats High definition are focused on Hollywood exits of Blockbusters, HD DVD Promotion Group does not slacken its support for produced films, distributed and pressed locally "a number unceasingly growing of studios and houses of productions become aware of the creative and commercial advantages which the choice of support HD DVD represents. That allows a more economic production for a great number of pressers supporting this format, making High definition a more viable market for independent "the additions Eddie Cunningham. With the occasion of this exit of the Labyrinth of Side in HD DVD, 100 000 promotional discs of demonstration will be inserted in the professional press (Multi-media with the One) and Home Cinema/DVD (the Years Laser). This disc ` combo' with two faces (he also certified THX) comprises at the same time a face DVD SD (Standard Definition) and a face HD DVD. The public will be able to even compare format HD DIGITAL (present on the ROMANIAN part of the DVD) with the other face HD DVD, thanks to extracts with readable format WMV on PC. It will be able to finally discover demonstration HD DVD explaining the format and its many advantages. "This disc combo is a formidable advisability of making discover with the consumers all the assets of HD DVD and, even if they did not have adequate reader, they can turn over the disc and to benefit fully from extracts of the Labyrinth of Side in High definition in a resolution of 720p and 1080p in the readable DVD-Romanian part on PC" concludes Grégory Strouk. 1. The European members of HD DVD Promotion Group comment on the exit of the Labyrinth of Side in HD DVD QOL, French N°1 of pressing DVD, was interested very early in the High definition in DVD and is the only Européen laboratory today able to realize, in the code of practice, all the stages necessary to the production of HD DVD: mastering, testing and pressing. "We see our two years of efforts rewarded while having been chosen by Wild Side Vidéo to carry out this exceptional HD DVD of the Labyrinth of Side, first film in the world with being certified THX. It acts, artistically and technically, of an absolute "must" which will make date and to which we are happy to be associated "Laurent Villaume, President of QOL. "HD DVD of the Labyrinth of Side published by Wild Side Video offers a sound track DTS-HD Master Audio out of the commun run. Format DTS-HD Master Audio is conceived to deliver greatest sound quality that your equipment Home Cinema can restore, and on a level of sound resolution more twice the higher than the majority of the standard DVD. Tomorrow, with an amplifier integrated HDMI and DTS-HD Audio Master, this HD DVD of the Labyrinth of Side will offer one to you made audio identical to the original of the film " Gerard Loupias, Consultant SDR Group CMC, pioneer in Europe of pre-mastering HD DVD is proud to associate its competences pre-mastering DVD image processing HD to the technical requirements of the project the Labyrinth of Side CMC thus carries out its first DVD labellized THX and first HD DVD in the world of a film of cinema to receive this certification "Our department multi-media is proud to have been able to put at the service of Wild Side Vidéo the human and material means for the realization of the DVD and HD DVD of the Labyrinth of Side. Certification THX of this project is the proof of the quality of the services provided by CMC. Thanks to the many advantages of format HD DVD, we thus could fulfill the technical requirements which made the reputation of the projects of Guillermo del Toro and Wild Side Vidéo "Denis Auboyer, President of group CMC 2. Certification THX in details Beginning with the end, each detail of HD DVD of the Labyrinth of Side was studied and supervised by THX to reach the excellence of the image and the sound. The technicians carried out a detailed analysis of the master of origin and fact of the recommendations for an encoding and an optimum compression. In parallel, the sound elements were entirely analyzed to make sure that they reached the levels of reference and remained fully faithful to the recordings present on the master. After this phase of encoding and compressions, THX applied to film a protocol of vehicle inspections of quality in order to minimize to the maximum any degradation of the visual and sound elements during the process of mastering HD DVD. That includes in particular a diagnosis image by image of these visual elements in order to make sure that they preserve all the definition and the details present on the original master. The result of all this work leads to a HD DVD with the immaculate image. HD DVD of the Labyrinth of Side, also offers the THX Optimizer, a tool for embarked calibration making it possible to the amateurs of Home Cinema to regulate their audio and video material for an ideal experiment of visionnage. The THX Optimizer consists of a series of models of references making it possible to adjust the color, the colour, the contrast and the definition of the image, also well that to check addressing, the phase and the points of transition from the sound systems surround. In only a few minutes, it makes it possible to the consumer to fully benefit from experiment HD DVD." |
5/21/07 at 4:53am
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Drool!
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Labyrinth of Side?
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Excuse my ignorance but how would someone in the US go about getting these HD-DVD's from over seas ? Because this is one my wife and I have to have.
5/21/07 at 7:34am
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I'd love it if something like that would come out here.....but I dislike PAL speedup so....
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Originally Posted by Kevin M
I'd love it if something like that would come out here.....but I dislike PAL speedup so....
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It's alright amigo it's not in English so how can you tell if the pitch is off? And um Spanish sounds a little speeded up anyway... [hides]
Just messing great box set, great film, but I may wait for a professional dub, hopefully by those expert anime guys.
I kid. I own the film already, a luverly thing it is too. But that set looks magnifico, aye caramba!
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| It's alright amigo it's not in English so how can you tell if the pitch is off? |
I, unlike others, seem to notice PAL speed up so it is an issue with me but please don't let this drop into another off topic debate like DTS/DD...then again the translated notes in Tim's post also say this:
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| "THX is an internationally respected quality control mark to which producing as much as spectators make confidence throughout the world." |
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Re: Del Toro's Pan's Labyrinth: Official Discussion Thread
Kevin,HD DVD isn't PAL (or NTSC). No speed-up.
Cees
5/21/07 at 10:41am
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For something this set has, I would certainly have to save a bit to get it, but what a showpiece it would be....and the soundtrack. If I can spend $60 for the Complete Matrix HD DVDs for really only one film I like
...then I'm just the perfect candidate to throw down $75 for this. 
I have issues.
5/21/07 at 10:48am
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| Kevin, HD DVD isn't PAL (or NTSC). No speed-up. |
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But does it have English subs? Or are the sub tracks French only? The package itself does look sweet.Edit: One other thing it has going for it. The SD version is on a separate disc. No bloody combo; although, I just don't see a need for a SD version in the set at all.
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5/21/07 at 3:33pm
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| If I can spend $60 for the Complete Matrix HD DVDs for really only one film I like ...then I'm just the perfect candidate to throw down $75 for this. |
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5/21/07 at 3:36pm
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That's a gorgeous set. I have the three disc Brotherhood of the Wolf just for how beautiful it is. I can only watch it on my computerI might be tempted...
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