Did you also think she died and gone to heaven? Or was this the well-deserved kingdom of Underworld?
Yes, I think she's dead. She has left the 'real' world. I have to admit that I don't have a firm opinion 'where' she is. One the one hand it seems some sort of underworld, but on the other and it certainly didn't look like a dark place, so I would associate it with something heaven-like. And she's re-united with her mother. I also never thought of the faun as someone hostile. He's testing Ofelia, but especially the ending makes it clear to me that he is friendly. That's also the reason why I never associated him with the captain. The reason why Ofelia creates/escapes into the fairy/dream world is because she wants to leave the real/war world and the captain.
And in any way, what the baby was doing there? ... catholic
To be honest I don't recall how the exact picture looked like. I also didn't really receive any 'catholic' vibes throughout the movie. But I can understand if you have some different 'antennas' :)
I guess this is one of the films which have many different explanations
I think so too. And I really like how so many people talk about it and share different thoughts. :)
have you seen "Hot Fuzz" already?
May I remind you that I live in another country. One in which movies usually are released many, many months later. In this case some time in June. ;) But good to hear that it's fabulous.
But I've seen two other movies over the weekend from countries that you have special interest in, so I wanted to ask you if you've seen them: Nightwatch and Memories of Murder by Bong Joon-ho.
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Date: 2007-03-07 10:03 am (UTC)Yes, I think she's dead. She has left the 'real' world. I have to admit that I don't have a firm opinion 'where' she is. One the one hand it seems some sort of underworld, but on the other and it certainly didn't look like a dark place, so I would associate it with something heaven-like. And she's re-united with her mother. I also never thought of the faun as someone hostile. He's testing Ofelia, but especially the ending makes it clear to me that he is friendly. That's also the reason why I never associated him with the captain.
The reason why Ofelia creates/escapes into the fairy/dream world is because she wants to leave the real/war world and the captain.
And in any way, what the baby was doing there? ... catholic
To be honest I don't recall how the exact picture looked like. I also didn't really receive any 'catholic' vibes throughout the movie. But I can understand if you have some different 'antennas' :)
I guess this is one of the films which have many different explanations
I think so too. And I really like how so many people talk about it and share different thoughts. :)
have you seen "Hot Fuzz" already?
May I remind you that I live in another country. One in which movies usually are released many, many months later. In this case some time in June. ;)
But good to hear that it's fabulous.
But I've seen two other movies over the weekend from countries that you have special interest in, so I wanted to ask you if you've seen them:
Nightwatch and Memories of Murder by Bong Joon-ho.