Week 7: Labyrinth

This movie is very interesting and I think the producers, editors, and all the production crew did an amazing job in putting together all the three acts: set up, obstacles, and resolution. Guillerom Del Toro did an amazing job and I can see some similarities between his approach and Wes Anderson's in justapositions of main characters of a shot in the middle.

Moreover, when I close my eyes and think of a Labyrinth, I do not see a mystical creature or a bloody war between fascists and people fighting for their freedom. This movie put me off gard on that aspect. I thought it was going to be boring, and I guessed I misjudged the movie. The little girl in the movie (one of the heroes in the movie) is presumably an ancient princess from the underworld.

I like the story of Pan's Labyrinth and I think this movie did a great job in narriting it, especially with the interaction between the mystical creature and the little girl.

Set up: the girl interacts with the mystical creature and is reminded of her origin and royalty from the underworld and she is given a task/mission along side things she should not do.

Obstacles: As the girl proceeds to her mission, she does not respect the given rules and the mystical creature from the underword cut ties with her. She is left alone in this mortal world surrounded by her fascist step father (the main villain of the movie).

Resolution: She is given a second chance by the underworld to redeem herself and finally reunite with her truthful mystical father and mother. Unfortunately, during her evasion from her fascist step father to the labyrinth, she is followed and shot by him and dies from gun shot wounds. The ending of the movie is kind of mysterious though. Who knows if she really reunite with her underworld parents. I have some doubts about the existance of the underworld, of course in the scope of the movie.