~*~ LOA ~*~ 1st Official Outing 2007 ~ Pan's Labyrinth
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Merry Meet To All,
Well its been quite awhile since our last Official Outing. After discussing with some of the guys here, we decide to have our ~*~ LOA ~*~ 1st Official Outing 2007 on this Wednesday, 24th of January! A Movie Outing to watch "Pan's Labyrinth". Welcome, do join us if you are free.
Blessed Be,
Oceanos -
Highlight of the Outing ~ PAN'S LABYRINTH
Release Date: 11th January 2007
Details: 120 mins, NC16, Thriller/Action
Starring: Sergi Lopez, Ivana Baquero, Maribel Verdu, Doug Jones, Alex Angulo
[full cast]
Directed by: Guillermo del Toro
Local Distributor: Festive Films
Ofelia 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, Ofelia will have to face three dangerous trials that nothing on earth has prepared her for....
Date : 24th of January 2007
Venue: Orchard Cineleisure Ticket Booth
Time : 6:30pm
Guest list
1 ) Oceanos
2 ) Karkadann
3 ) MoonIce
4 ) Mao x 2
5 ) Scorpboi
6 ) 2 guests
Movie: Pan's Labyrinth
Showtime : 7:20PM -
You couldn't ask for a better director than Guillermo del Toro -- visually inventive, intellectually nimble, devoted and self-effacing -- but with his latest film, Pan's Labyrinth, his technique outshines his film making, and the result is a movie that's more admirable than it is enjoyable.
There's enough in Pan's Labyrinth to make it worth watching, because even on his worst day (Blade II) Guillermo del Toro brings more to the table than 90% of working film directors. But at his best ( Hellboy) he's capable of creating one of the most profound and interesting superhero mythologies ever brought to film.
As a companion piece to del Toro's fantastic and fantastical 2001 film, The Devil's Backbone , Pan's Labyrinth treads much of the same territory but with different results. Both films are set against the backdrop of the Spanish Civil War and post-war Fascist repression. Both films feature orphaned or semi-orphaned child protagonists dropped into unfriendly social milieus. And both films showcase del Toro's flair for creating self-contained, mythologized realities where ghosts, fairies and other such creatures interact with ordinary humans in a way that's inextricably bound to the film's story. But where The Devil's Backbone uses careful plotting and clever visuals to meticulously interweave the fantastical and realistic narrative threads, Pan's Labyrinth is all baroque styling and tangential plot turns that bog down a fairly thin skeleton of a movie.
Arriving with her ailing, heavily pregnant mother at an isolated mill that has been transformed into an outpost for Nationalist troops, 10-year-old Ofelia (Ivana Baquero) experiences a brutal adjustment to life under her new stepfather, who (if such a thing is possible) is even more of a Fascist in private than in public. The unrelentingly villainous Captain Vidal (Sergi Lopez) is written and played as such a one-note character it's almost comical; I wouldn't have been surprised to see him rip the heads off kittens with fanged teeth.
Immediately upon her arrival Ofelia is led by a precocious grasshopper to a nearby stone labyrinth where she meets Pan, who tells her an elaborate story about how the god of the underworld is waiting for his long-lost daughter to return. Conveniently, Ofelia is the chosen one. If she completes three tasks, she can shed her mortal existence and take her rightful place as princess of this mytho-universe. In the meantime, the leftist rebels -- aided by the mill's doctor and head maid -- have stepped up their insurgency, and Ofelia's mother has grown sicker. -
Film Pan's Labyrinth spins grown-up fairy tale
LOS ANGELES: It has murder, mutilation, warring armies and a demon who eats humans. And oh, it's a fairy tale, too.
Fantasy movie Pan's Labyrinth, billed as an "adult fairy tale," expands its US run on Friday as one of 2006's best reviewed movies and a foreign language Oscar hopeful.
Garnering positive critical reviews, it has been playing in four major US cities including New York and Los Angeles, and this week moves to an additional 10 including Boston and Seattle then expands to dozens more on January 19.
The film, written and directed by Mexico's Guillermo del Toro, tells of a young girl who learns about good and evil from a faun in the Spanish forest. But if that sounds like a story in a family-friendly Disney flick, it's not.
The tale takes place in 1944, just a few years after the Spanish Civil War when the Nazis helped fascist Gen. Francisco Franco win. Franco, now ruling his country with an iron fist, orders his army to destroy what remains of the resistance.
FAIRY TALE: Mexican director Guillermo Del Toro's new film Pan's Labyrinth is one of 2006's best reviewed movies and a foreign language Oscar hopeful.
"To me, fantasy is a spiritual occurrence, and for spirituality to be needed by people, you have to have a base, vile, physical existence," del Toro told Reuters. "In order for fantasy to flourish, brutality must exist."
He said that Pan's Labyrinth follows an ancient tradition in which fairy tales with blood, gore and cruel twists of fate were used to teach morals to adults.
Del Toro called fascism, which flourished in Europe before World War Two, the "ultimate horror" because its dictatorial system of government made uniformity the standard, and it "destroys individuality, imagination and a sense of self."
In Pan's Labyrinth, the young heroine, named Ofelia, epitomises imagination and individuality, and she is looking for a sense of who she is and where she fits into the world.
COOL KID, CRUEL WORLD
The movie opens with Ofelia being taken by her mother and evil stepfather, Captain Vidal of Franco's army, to an old mill in rural Spain where she uncovers a labyrinth of twisted hedges leading to an underground kingdom guarded by a strange faun.
The faun tells Ofelia she is no mere mortal, but rather the princess of a subterranean realm who long ago ascended to the real world. To reclaim her rightful place on the throne, Ofelia must complete three harrowing tasks.
Above ground, Ofelia confronts atrocities committed by Captain Vidal, and from her experiences, she learns about good and evil.
"She is in a state of grace, and that is not something you achieve through a church or army. That is something that allows you to be who you are. Most children have that by nature, and it gets tainted by institutions," Del Toro said.
Del Toro, whose work has ranged from low-budget, critical hits like The Devil's Backbone to big-budget Hollywood flicks such as Hellboy, has become a master of horror films and special effects. Pan's Labyrinth mixes beautifully imagined makeup, costumes and set design of the faun's underground kingdom with accurate depictions of real world action.
In the past two weeks in limited release, US audiences have responded by giving the film some of the highest average revenue per screen at box offices, and critics have chimed in too. The film scores a 99 percent positive rating on Web site rottentomatoes.com, which aggregates film reviews.
The movie is Mexico's entry for Oscar consideration, and most Academy Award watchers believe it has a strong chance at the film industry's top US honour for a foreign language film given by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
As important for del Toro, it has been embraced in Spain and in Mexico. "It makes me feel fantastic," he said. "It's frankly a point of pride, and a high point of my life." -
hengz ar $6.50 per ticket for all session.
watch at cineleisure ar hmm okie
but cannot watch too late wor.
i got to supervise my cousins' hw le. ka
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Available timings as follows:
Cineleisure Orchard
7:20pm
9:40pm
Lido Orchard
6.45pm
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its been a long time since the last LOA outing
anyone else joining?
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The film itself is excellent in itself in terms of special effects and cinematography. It might be a foreign language film but it is one of the few films that transcend language boundaries. A must watch for those who like a good scare and yet want to find meaning in a film.
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Any other interested parties?
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Put me under TBC. If can, I rush down after school.
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hello.... hmm i have watched it on Saturday already.. so wont be joining u guys.
Do enjoy the movie. -
No Worries.There is always chance to do so.Originally posted by ladykirvin:hello.... hmm i have watched it on Saturday already.. so wont be joining u guys.
Do enjoy the movie. -
spainish but english subtitle ???
can we have other movie =X -
It is a must watch despite the language difference.Originally posted by ghimpheng:spainish but english subtitle ???
can we have other movie =X -
so what is the age group that is going likeOriginally posted by Karkadann:It is a must watch despite the language difference.
i am only 16
and what does ~*~ LIGHT OF ATLANTIS ~*~ Means ? -
Originally posted by ghimpheng:so what is the age group that is going like
i am only 16
and what does ~*~ LIGHT OF ATLANTIS ~*~ Means ?
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i think he mean the age group of those who are going arOriginally posted by Karkadann:
The film is NC16 so I guess you will be ok.
ghimpheng
lai lai join age doesn't matter -
The fact that it's a Spanish show did not affect anything at all, its nice.Originally posted by Karkadann:It is a must watch despite the language difference.
Hehehehee. quite enjoyable...
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Merry Meet Sweetie,Originally posted by ladykirvin:The fact that it's a Spanish show did not affect anything at all, its nice.
Hehehehee. quite enjoyable...
I like foreign films. Watch them mostly at Orchard Cineleisure. Think this one should be quite good despite some unfavourable reviews. I am very interested in Mexico film "All of Them Witches" (1995) - Directed by Daniel Gruener but don't think it will be screen locally. Locally, we have quite a few nice foreign film screened over the years like "Todo Sobre Mi Madre"(1999) - Directed by: Pedro Almodovar, Amelie (2001), The Color of Paradise (1999) - Directed by: Majid Majidi & many more.
Blessed Be,
Oceanos -
so sad i have class the whole day till 11pm
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Merry Meet Jussie,Originally posted by jusgal:so sad i have class the whole day till 11pm
Its ok there is always next time. Anyway this is the only evening this week that i am free.
Blessed Be,
Oceanos -
Class end so late?Originally posted by jusgal:so sad i have class the whole day till 11pm -
so all right with any1 if we watch the 7.20pm time slot?
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Have to take my name off liao... can't go...
Next time ba... -
opps, nv read tread properly