El Laberinto del Fauno (2006) - Guillermo del Toro

I don't get why all the pages cite this as Pan's Labyrinth. We should use its real title. The whole film is in Spanish, and the Spanish translation isn't even Pan's Labyrinth. That's just the title to try and grab a Western market, more familiar with the idea of Greek god of wilderness, Pan, than they are with the concept of a faun. We've all read about Mr Tumnus in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (and seen him played by James McAvoy in that 2005 film, directed by Andrew Adamson), so we should just call a spade a faun, or something.
Anyway, that being put aside, this film is a fairytale for the adult, for the modern, and for those that like their films. Basically, this film is a fairytale for me. Yay. I loved it, and I love that del Toro didn't do it in English, as I feel that a subtitled film kept it elegant and not childlike, which perfectly fitted the scares and gore that appears more frequently than one such as me first assumed it would have. I found myself not remembering anything from my first viewing, little over two years ago, and instead remarking on how scary the eye demon thing HANDS! was. But yeah, this isn't one for the kiddies, so watch alone all you parents.

☆ ★ ★ ★ ★