THE BORE
General => The Superdeep Borehole => Topic started by: SantaC on August 06, 2010, 06:11:53 PM
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What did you think of this movie? I just saw it and I must say that I am pleasantly surprised how the movie take a grip of you from the first minute to the very end. Never a dull moment! Also, El Capitano must the one of the most hated villains in movie history. What a douche.
(http://thehogshead.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/pans-labyrinth.jpg)
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amazing movie
in b4 himu
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Brilliant movie. Absolutely perfect.
[youtube=560,345]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19bBGxf5k6k[/youtube]
;_;
Did she made it all up to escape the war trauma? Was everything happening for real? I still don't know...
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Decent movie with crappy characters, writing, in your face symbolism and themes and editing.
Watch Spirit of the Beehive instead. Pan's Labyrinth done right and a big proponent of its creation; big influence, and an actual movie for adults.
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it wasn't very good. it's the one movie I didn't like that every one else seems to love.
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Spirit of the Beehive? Never heard of it. Will watch.
But I know that I'll end up liking PL more because of how amazing it looks.
My unbiased comparisons will be posted soon.
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I'm not expecting you to like it because unlike Pan's it does not coddle the viewer.
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Spirit of the Beehive >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Pan's Labyrinth
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I'm not expecting you to like it because unlike Pan's it does not coddle the viewer.
SMH
I'd tell you to blow that out your ass, but you haven't pooped in three days
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Thought it was interesting and different which is always good but it didn't really grab me the way the hype back then sort of set it up for.
I don't really remember a lot of it and I don't have an overwhelming urge to see it again which is never a good sign as I tend to like to rewatch movies I really liked a few times.
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I know internet hyperbole is cheap, but between the mood I was in and the movie itself, I've never been more enraptured by a movie.
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Spirit of the Beehive >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Pan's Labyrinth
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Thanks for reminding me; will buy while I'm in the US, since Japanese copies are Japanese/Spanish with no Ingles available for gaijin/gringo.
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smh at the haters.
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People hating on del Toro. REALLY? He is awesome. As is Pans. I prefer Alfonso Cuaron of that group of Mexican director pals though.
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People hating on del Toro. REALLY? He is awesome. As is Pans. I prefer Alfonso Cuaron of that group of Mexican director pals though.
Who is "hating on del Toro"? I saw some people express an opinion about a movie. I hate this idea that there can only be one opinion on a single movie, or game, or book, or Tv show, or whatever.
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Pan's is perfect. My favorite movie.
I didn't really care for spirit of the beehive to be honest. Bored the shit out of me. Meh.
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I didn't really care for spirit of the beehive to be honest. Bored the shit out of me. Meh.
Just finished watching the movie. And I have to kinda agree on that...
I don't see many similarities with Pan's Labyrinth, to be honest. The only things the movies have in common are the spaced out girls and the Spanish language.
But the movie had something. I liked how it was filmed. Felt so eerie. And Ana is so cute in a non-pedo way.
So...Pan's Labirynth>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Spirit of the Beehive
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chick in beehive>chick in pan's
/fistfull
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I didn't really care for spirit of the beehive to be honest. Bored the shit out of me. Meh.
Just finished watching the movie. And I have to kinda agree on that...
I don't see many similarities with Pan's Labyrinth, to be honest. The only things the movies have in common are the spaced out girls and the Spanish language.
But the movie had something. I liked how it was filmed. Felt so eerie. And Ana is so cute in a non-pedo way.
So...Pan's Labirynth>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Spirit of the Beehive
They're similar in that they explore civil war Spain through the eyes of a child. Both movies share one central theme: family. girl in Pan's has no family aside from her mother, and there's a giant emphasis on being the true daughter of some spirit dude. The captain is a man obsessed not with love, with on passing on his genes to a son. Beehive examines the destruction of the Spanish family unit due to the war. Notice that there is not one scene in Beehive where the family is together, aside from the two sisters.There is a big emphasis on family and a sense of being in both films, told solely through the naivete and utter gullibility of children.
Andddddd I called it.
I'm not expecting you to like it because unlike Pan's it does not coddle the viewer.
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Who cares about symbolism. I want an entertaining movie also. And Beehive just isn't all that interesting besides its symbolism and use of metaphors. The people who don't catch the symbolism will fall asleep while watching Beehive.
Pan does not just offer symbolism, but it is also presented very well. You can watch it and think about the symbolism. Or you can just watch it and be blow away by the presentation without thinking about its undertone.
You can't really blame Beehive, though. It's made in 1973. It's good for what it is...
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Beehive is presented extremely well. It has really beautiful cinematography and editing.
Special effects != good presentation
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No, but the cinematography in Pan is more imaginative. The whole movie is more creative than Beehive. In Pan you can see the world the girl is imagining. In Beehive you can only see the girl.
Pan's presentation is epic, while Beehive's is more subtle. Both movies approach the concept differently. The more I think about Beehive, the more I like it. But I just like Pan's universal approach better.
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The fact that in Beehive you can only see the girl is WHY it's creative. :lol ???
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Del toro is hilarious and fun to listen to thus Pans wins.
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Wow, solid argument.
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what do you expect from cheebs :teehee
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The fact that in Beehive you can only see the girl is WHY it's creative. :lol ???
Who cares about creativity when it's presented like a turd? There are tons of movies with great concept and terrible execution. Beehive is one of them. And you're inserting your own central point into Pan's to fit your critique. Yes, she cares about having her family, etc. But a huge, huge, huge, huge part of the movie is the visuals. Watch anything where Del Toro talks about the film. He makes it extremely obvious his focus was there. Movies don't have to be engaging in the same way. And i don't care how deep a movie is if the presentation reminds me of paint drying. A good artist finds a balance between both.
Either way, Third, ignore Himuro regarding Pan's. When he first saw it. He "trolled" how "bad" the cinematography was.
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chick in beehive>chick in pan's
/fistfull
beehive??
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Pan's didn't have bad cinematography. But it certainly had fucking annoying editing. The overuse of trees and dark transitions...ugh. So predictable editing.
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So predictable editing. :tophat
hahahahaaha
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I read somewhere that Gianna Michaels had a part in this film, but she was cut out in the editing room. I'm not sure if they were joking or not.
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what the fuck does that even mean, himu
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he means you knew when a scene was about to end. it pissed him off. He was like "ugh. it's about to change scenes. i wish it could have been a surprise"
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that's stupid
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If anyone was going to confirm or deny what I said, it would've been Mupepe :(
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that's stupid
Not really. Since editing IS the movie, unpredictable editing makes a movie better because it's hard to predict. A lot of the tree shots were great, but to my memory, the editor uses them far too often as a transitional tool. This makes the editing feel canned and forced because I've already seen that trick play out in the story.
In short, it ruins immersion.
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Editing can really bother me when watching a movie.
Like I was watching Invictus, and the part near the end where it's basically three minutes of slow motion. I wanted to gag and stuff my cock in the person's ear who edited that shit. You make use slow motion as tension. It's supposed to build up, and explode like a guy cumming on his first pair of tits. When I watched the credits I was looking for the editor, I was gritting my TEETH,"this better not be Clint. Clint is better than this." Thankfully it wasn't. Jesus Christ those two-three minutes of Invictus were awful.
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So basically this could all boil down to "Himuro is that fucking guy", amirite? I can imagine the movie going experience to be a... difficult one for anyone that joins you.
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Not exactly. I don't complain about it. I just keep a mental note. The only reason I talk about the editing on here is because it's online, and who gives a fuck about online discourse?
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If anyone was going to confirm or deny what I said, it would've been Mupepe :(
:( I actually googled it to try to figure it out but I was hoping someone else would be able to chime in. I seriously spent a good 15 minutes trying to google-crack it.
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So basically this could all boil down to "Himuro is that fucking guy", amirite? I can imagine the movie going experience to be a... difficult one for anyone that joins you.
:lol :lol :lol
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WELL SORRY FOR GETTING FIDGETY WHEN I'M WATCHING TWO-THREE MINUTES OF SLOW MOTION, CORNELIUS
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Not exactly. I don't complain about it. I just keep a mental note. The only reason I talk about the editing on here is because it's online, and who gives a fuck about online discourse?
Fuck, I was all set with a zinger when you had to end it like that. I hate it when my snide comments get preempted.
edit: so you're trying to tell me that shit isn't automatically cool when it's in slow motion?
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after I saw Inception my gut reaction was "boy, Pan's Labyrinth was a lot better"
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I think it's funny that Himuro literally got angry enough to GRIT HIS TEETH because of a couple of minutes of a movie. :lol
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No.
I love slow motion. But it has to be done right. Just using slow motion doesn't make it cool.
My favorite example:
[youtube=560,345]xKJGccSHas8[/youtube]
0:41 - 1:25
If this was edited like Invictus' final play, the entire scene would have been in slow motion :lol
I think it's funny that Himuro literally got angry enough to GRIT HIS TEETH because of a couple of minutes of a movie. :lol
I'm just using hyperbole. The whole post is slathered in hyperbole. Why not go one step further?
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Goddamn Himuro took the time to point out where the slow motion was in that scene. I'm really grateful for that, being that I'm new to the planet and all
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:lol you're welcome, honey
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I'm just using hyperbole. The whole post is slathered in hyperbole. Why not go one step further?
Mmmm, hyperbolé
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Himu is like That Guy who just discovered Rush
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That's an open-ended dis, though. Discovered Rush via Moving Pictures, or via Roll the Bones?
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Album is irrelevant: thinking more along the lines of That Guy who goes on and on about the technical proficiency of said band while trashing anything else that doesn't meet his distinguished mentally-challenged complexity requirements
That Guy is basically Green Shinobi
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Ah. Well put, PD
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Album is irrelevant: thinking more along the lines of That Guy who goes on and on about the technical proficiency of said band while trashing anything else that doesn't meet his distinguished mentally-challenged complexity requirements
That Guy is basically Green Shinobi
That is beyond criminal.
Coming from someone who shits on Nolan for Batman shaky cam movies you've gone one step too far, PD. :lol
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Murdered in the digital realm.
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No, that's when you're put on ignore! Get your Green Shinobi-isms right!
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Where did I shit on Nolan for shaky cam? I love the Bourne trilogy for chrissakes
My problem with BB was the bad action scenes and lack of an interesting villain
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Bad action scenes is actually what I'm talking about, so you know FIRST HAND what it's like for crappy technical issues to get in the way of your enjoyment of a film. :smug
ps, I miss you PD. Why don't we talk anymore? :(
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It's probably a good movie, but I was expecting an awesome fantasy movie. Instead got a violent war movie so didn't enjoy it. Expectations can suck.
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*Bludgeons Bildi with wine bottle and/or dildo*
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That doesn't sound very enjoyable. :(
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It's probably a good movie, but I was expecting an awesome fantasy movie. Instead got a violent war movie so didn't enjoy it. Expectations can suck.
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:(
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Del toro is hilarious and fun to listen to thus Pans wins.
Wow, solid argument.
Not exactly. I don't complain about it. I just keep a mental note. The only reason I talk about the editing on here is because it's online, and who gives a fuck about online discourse?
You care, apparently. Though when you want to make your own careless generalizations and not be held accountable for them, you don't care, but you're willing to call others on it. And when you want to make a joke thread which looks like every other post you've made non-ironically, then expect everyone to "get it," because it should be clear you're joking; at that point you don't care. That's cool, watevs, but it's inconsistent.
If you're wondering why I'm riding you, it's because you are running up into DarkShake and Green Shinobi territory when you insist on other people accommodating your online antics while not even bothering to be consistent within your own rules.
On the other hand, you're funny and don't seem to take yourself too seriously, so hopefully I'm not reading too much srs bznss into this recent "trend."
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I love internet discourse, actually, as you can see in this thread. I just like to discuss stuff I wouldn't ever bring up in real life. To be truthful, I just said that to get Corny to shut up. :lol And it worked.
I think there's a vast difference between cherry picking the editing of a movie online and watching with your family. No reason to not discuss it.