{"id":22062,"date":"2019-10-03T23:10:00","date_gmt":"2019-10-04T06:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/?p=22062"},"modified":"2019-10-03T23:10:45","modified_gmt":"2019-10-04T06:10:45","slug":"review-pans-labyrinth-4k","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/2019\/10\/review-pans-labyrinth-4k\/","title":{"rendered":"Pan’s Labyrinth 4K Ultra HD Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Pan\u2019s Labyrinth<\/em><\/strong> is an amazingly creative movie from filmmaker Guillermo del Toro and while I\u2019m not totally in love with it, the visuals combined with a deeply tragic setting, the film does resonate.<\/p>\n

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Pan’s Labyrinth<\/span>
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Genre(s): <\/strong>Drama, Fantasy, War<\/span>
\nWarner Bros. | R \u2013 119 min. \u2013 $41.99 | October 1, 2019<\/span><\/p>\n

Date Published:<\/strong> 10\/03\/2019 | Author:<\/strong> The Movieman<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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MOVIE INFO:
\n<\/u><\/strong>Directed by: <\/strong>Guillermo del Toro
\n<\/span>Writer(s): <\/strong>Guillermo del Toro (written by)
\nCast: <\/strong>Ivana Baquero, Sergi L\u00f3pez, Maribel Verd\u00fa, Doug Jones, Ariadna Gil, \u00c1lex Angulo<\/p>\n
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DISC INFO:
\n<\/u><\/strong>Features: <\/strong>Commentary, Featurettes
\nSlip Cover: <\/strong>Yes
\nDigital Copy: <\/strong>Yes
\nFormats Included: <\/strong>4K, Blu-ray
\nNumber of Discs: <\/strong>2<\/span><\/p>\n
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Audio: <\/strong>English (DTS-HD MA 5.1)
\nVideo: <\/strong>2160p\/Widescreen 2.40
\nDynamic Range: <\/strong>HDR10
\nCodecs: <\/strong>HEVC \/ H.265
\nRegion(s): <\/strong>A, B, C<\/span><\/p>\n
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Warner Bros. Home Entertainment provided me with a free copy of the Blu-ray I reviewed in this Blog Post.<\/strong><\/span>
\nThe opinions I share are my own.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Note:\u00a0The screen captures were taken from the Blu-ray disc and\u00a0do not<\/span> represent the 4K Ultra HD transfer.<\/span><\/p>\n

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THE MOVIE \u2014 4.0\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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Plot Synopsis: <\/strong>It’s 1944 and the Allies have invaded Nazi-held Europe. In Spain, a troop of soldiers are sent to a remote forest to flush out the rebels. They are led by Capitan Vidal (SERGI LOPEZ), a murdering sadist, and with him are his new wife Carmen (ARIADNA GIL)) and her daughter from a previous marriage, 11-year-old Ofelia (IVANA BAQUERO). Ofelia witnesses her stepfather’s sadistic brutality and is drawn into Pan’s Labyrinth, a magical world of mythical beings.<\/p>\n

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Quick Hit Review: <\/strong>No doubt Guillermo del Toro is a visionary filmmaker as demonstrated with Mimic<\/em>, Blade II<\/em> and Hellboy<\/em>, 2006\u2019s Pan\u2019s Labyrinth<\/em><\/strong> was perhaps his best looking feature (and won the Academy Award for Cinematography, along with Art Direction and Makeup) and while I never was over-the-moon for the movie when I first saw it some years ago, this second viewing\u2026 my feelings were pretty much the same, though this go around I do appreciate some of the risks taken.<\/p>\n

Pan\u2019s Labyrinth<\/em><\/strong> is certainly a darkly toned film with a fairy tale woven in, a tale set inside a young girl\u2019s mind amidst the trauma experienced in the Nazi-aligned Spanish-locale set within the height of World War II. It\u2019s a brutal film though unexpectedly not unrelenting either. The few times we get a glimpse of this fairy tale, fantasy world where we meet a character only named the faun (portrayed by Doug Jones), is both creepy yet also creatively beautiful.<\/p>\n

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Acting wise, the (then) young Ivana Baquero was tremendous, Maribel Verd\u00fa gives a heartfelt performance and Sergi L\u00f3pez was effectively frighteningly evil without really going over the top, at least until the end when he gets a Joker-like cut on his mouth\u2026 The direction from del Toro was slow but deliberate and avoids many of the horror tropes and clich\u00e9s, and didn\u2019t have to rely on the jump scare respecting the audience to be focused on the story and characters.<\/p>\n

In the end, Pan\u2019s Labyrinth<\/em><\/strong> is a film that I never quite loved yet still respect Guillermo del Toro as a great filmmaker and years later, this still holds up quite well.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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SPECIAL FEATURES \u2013 4.0\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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This release comes with a glossy slip cover<\/strong> and inside is a redemption code for the Digital HD<\/strong> copy. All of the features from previous Warner releases have been ported over. For obvious reasons, the new interviews on the Criterion Collection were not.<\/p>\n

Audio Commentary<\/u><\/strong> \u2013 Writer\/Director Guillermo del Toro has the filmmaker breaking down the film\u2019s production. Available on both the 4K and Blu-ray discs.<\/p>\n

Enhanced Visual Commentary<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0 is the option to watch the film with behind-the-scenes pics and commentary via picture-in-picture.<\/p>\n

FEATURETTES:<\/strong><\/p>\n