chorizo=jerky, or: what i learned from pan's labyrinth

[arguchik]

well...pan's labyrinth (which should have been called the faun's labyrinth, since the featured faun is not pan) is one film that deserves pretty much any award it got. it makes sense that it won oscars for cinematography, makeup, and art direction. i'm happy to see that the national society of film critics gave it best picture.

simplemente magnifico.
simply gorgeous.

i got the feeling that the subtitle translations weren't always the best. one thing i caught: in one scene, this evil captain guy pulls stuff out of a bag. in reference to one item, he says "chorizo," but the subtitle says "dried meat." yeah...same thing, right?

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[arguchik.livejournal.com]

yes...stressful. i agree about the "broad strokes" characterization of the captain character--and the mother, too, actually. i really liked both mercedes and the faun, though. i found both to be delightfully complex, but i suppose they needed the pure good and pure evil characters around them as foils, in order for their complexity to scan as such. which says something...

ofelia i thought was great. i particularly liked that she ate the grapes, for some reason.