i watched the show last sat. appeared to be some stupid fantasy mixed with war time show initially. one hr into e show n i was wonderin wat e hell e show was abt haha. i asked kelvin if he wanted to leave but he said we shld watch till e end. alritey..
in e end? din regret watchin that show. it was a very good show and left quite a deep impression on me actually. somehow the script writers managed to link e fantasy part with the war part, leavin e audience a few points to ponder over.
the synopsis:

Ofélia settles down with her mother Carmen, recently remarried with the highly domineering Vidal, captain in the pro-Franco army.
While the little girl struggles to get used to her new life, she discovers nearby the great family house a mysterious labyrinth. Pan, its faithful guardian, a strange magical and demonic creature, will reveal to her that she is none other than the princess who long ago disappeared from an enchanted realm.
To discover the truth, Ofélia will have to face three dangerous trials that nothing on earth has prepared her for…
the final trial was to use her little brother’s blood in exchange for her return to her palace. she chose not to hurt her brother and was killed by her stepfather in the end. the final scenes showed her returnin to her palace because she had passed e final trial by opting to sacrifice herself over an innocent life.
someone said she’d like to believe that ofelia was finally reunited with her parents in the palace. but me the cynic found the endin very disturbin! i see it as a very very sad endin cos she thinks she’s returned to her world but actually it’s all part of her imagination. basically she was jus killed but she still chose to believe in fairy tales. damn why m i so cynical?? why why why??!! sheesh..
the whole show was full of gory scenes, shattered hands, slit mouths, monster frog that melted into gooey pus(!) etc.. i’ve always thot my threshold for gross shows is quite high but this one was a little bit too much for me man. haha. by e time i watched e ironic endin, my heart was literally achin n i had probs breathin smoothly.
ask me if it’s a show i’ll recommend, i’d say u definitely shld watch it. but ask me if i’ll watch it again.. i seriously have to think twice, not cos it’s borin, but cos i can’t imagine myself gg thru that mini ’mental torture’ again!
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