Unfortunately, people, Pan's Labyrinth was not very good at all. The acting and art direction were really the movie's only saving graces. The actual story itself and the movie as a whole was full of problems. The drama of the story was completely washed out by the constant barrage of brutal imagery from start to finish, to the point where the final scenes were rendered anticlimactic. There were also plot hammers and faux pas, such as the brutal attack on the Captain where for the sake of the plot he is not killed, and later is all but unharmed despite the major wounds inflicted upon him.

I'm sure people remember it to be better than it actually was. I suggest that it be watched again, and I'd be willing to bet that opinions of the film would be more accurate.

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