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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[jeremyrichards.livejournal.com]

That was intentional, actually, though I don't know if I agree with Guillermo del Toro that you can't have both a multidimensional world and complex characters. He says in the commentary that he wanted the characters to be archetypes, that more subtlety would be too unwieldy.

Speaking of the commentary, del Toro's English is excellent, so you would assume he approved the translations?