Watching Pan's Labyrinth (2006) FOR THE FIRST TIME!! || Movie Reaction! 

I truly think the biggest charm of this movie is how we honestly don't know if the fairytale world was real or just imagination of a traumatised girl trying to retionalise her bad situation

"...she just died?" Welcome to Guillermo del Toro´s fairy tales.

“Art should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable” - some old wise man

“No. He won’t even know your name.” PHENOMENAL ICONIC GROUNDBREAKING

"I don't know if there's going to be lots of bugs and weird stuff..." Guillermo Del Toro: "Yes."

Mercedes is such an underrated film hero. She's just a complete badass while also being a normal person just trying to do what's right. My favorite line from her is "Don't you dare touch the girl. You won't be the first pig I've gutted!"

gonna watch pan's labyrith? ooooooh god. oh you poor sweet cinammon roll

I love how we start the movie off with the ending but, as the movie progresses, we forget what that was and root for her to have a happy ending. It makes her death all the more brutal, because of its inevitability.

Doug Jones is amazing. He really doesn’t get enough credit for his work.

To my knowledge most older fairytales have many dark and messed up elements like in this film. Disney and others are normally watered down versions of the originals. Hunchback of Notre Dame, Cinderella, Aladdin, etc.

Firstly, dont apologize for being "cringey" or too scared of something, shame is dead! Your personal, genuine reactions are why we love watching YOU! In that same vein also don't be afraid to cover your eyes or look away during violent stuff. Exposing yourself to that kind of stuff rapidly can really bring you down, and we shouldn't expect folks to have to look at every second of violence on screen. Its just not good for some people!

I love the shot of the Captain Vidal at the head of the table during the dinner party and then when Ophelia goes through the door, the pale man is at the head of the table as well. Great parallel to signify what the Captain really is.

The brutality of the captain was so much harder to look at than anything in the fairy world.

I never realized it, but when Ophelia calls out, "Echo" she's saying the name of Pan's true love

A majority of the creatures in this film were practical effects ala people in suits. Also the setting for the film The Spanish Civil War in the 1930’s into the 1940’s did happen.

This movie is soo underrated, so many still won't see it cause there's no dubbed version it was always ment to be in Spanish only.

I feel like Nick has one of the most genuine reactions when it comes to movies. How can anyone hate this man?

the directors said that the ending was up to interpretation of how ever you want to see it. You can either believe that everything was real and that Ophelia was the princess or you can think in the end that it was all the girl’s imagination to cope with the tragedies of her life and the war.

Pan's Labyrinth is a film you have to watch a few times to get everything. There's so much lore, metaphors, symbology, history. There's so much that can be missed, such as the Faun getting younger as the film progresses or the overall theme of the Pale Man, beyond him just being a monster. Del Toro is one of the most brilliant filmmakers of our time.

"No. The bug started something." *Nick being suspicious af regarding bugs*

I love this movie so much, the soundtrack is unforgettable.

This is probably gonna scar him. But I'm here for it Nicky. At least he's ok with some horror

Poor Nick, he's so stressed 😂His face when Mercedes took out the knife was hilarious. Also i felt so bad for him when he had to see the captain sew his cheek.

One of Del Toro’s best films! Felt horrible for the guy with the stutter; so gut wrenching when he had to count to 3! Guillermo del Toro has done a well-written, family-friendly, MUCH LESS gruesome, monster-filled Netflix show called Trollhunters (3 seasons), then 3Below (2 seasons), then Wizards (limited miniseries) and will end it all with a Netflix movie this month. NOTE: Must go back and forth between Season 3 of Trollhunters and 1st season of 3Below

The movie takes place during the Spanish uprisings following the ascendancy of the dictator Francisco Franco, who rose to power with the help of Adolph Hitler, in what’s often called “The Dress Rehearsal for World War II”

It's ok Nicky, we all have things that make us queasy.

Hey everyone hope you enjoyed the reaction! Next up will be The Princess And The Frog and An American Tail! Surprise movie is planning on being out later tomorrow!

This was a great reaction, Nick! I did a presentation on this film and The Devil's Backbone (also by Del Toro) for a Native Spanish Speaker class in college 2 years ago. What I found interesting was that Del Toro himself has stated that he wanted the Spanish Civil War to serve as a metaphor for the ghost (in Devil's Backbone) and monsters in Pan's Labyrinth and vice versa. Mainly to show how unsafe it was to be a child in those times and that's why the creatures come off as horrifying. Sorry for the long comment! This movie has a special place in my heart as a Latina and I'm a huge Guillermo Del Toro fan.

The Pale Man (guy with the eyes in his hands) is one of the BEST creature designs of all time, so creepy, so well done

37:00 Yo, his smile when she took out the knife. Lol He got so excited over any sign of hope in this dark movie- I don’t blame him.

This movie literally made me burst into tears in the end man 😭

There is a theory that Pan was actually the creator of all monsters 'testing' Ophelia. Pay attention: during the second task, Pan gives Ophelia three helper fairies. Later the Blind Man kills two of them, but in the very end all three are seen alive again. Hinting much?

„I expected all that fairytale part but the torture and stuff..“ same😩🙌🏻 First real time watching it I was so shocked when the captain smashed the hunter‘s son’s face with the bottle. That was one of the most gruesome things i’ve ever seen in a movie to be honest because of how real it was. And why the hell did we all for some reason watch parts of that movie back when we were a kid and had childhood trauma? 😂 And applause for Doug Jones, the man behind the masks!!! 👏🏻 It’s still unbelievable how there’s almost no CGI involved in this movie and how it’s almost all practical effects and costume! Unbelievable !

37:00 this look of relief is amazing. You know that knife wouldve come in handy

I once had a dream that bugs and a snake were crawling on me. Since I've had a fear of bugs (spiders, maggots, ect) and snakes. I understand your fear/reaction, because I react in the same manner. 😅🤣 Except I close my eyes and miss the scene, until someone tells me it's okay to watch again.

as a latin girl who loves cinema, I really appreciates that Nick is watching this master piece of Guillermo del Toro

Love this film. The music is haunting and beautiful. The end gets me every time

Note that the mandrake root, from real-world magical folklore, appears in this film and in the Harry Potter stories, in case that element felt vaguely familiar.

I'm so happy to see you starting a journey to foreign movies... there are sooo many gems and this is one of them! I watched this I was 17, and trust me, some of the shots and scenes in this movie are SO FRESH in my brain as if I just watched 2 days ago... this is what I believe cinema is all about: opening your mind to all kinds of universes. You reaction is also priceless... You show emotion in a way that is so sweet and touching. Please keep it up!

Ophelia literally appeared and I started crying

Back in high school I learned Mercedes' Lullaby on the Ocarina, I forgot it since then. Sadly, anytime I try to play the Ocarina, my dogs freak out, so I can't relearn it

Fun fact: the actor who plays the Faun also plays most other monster roles in the movie, also Billy from Hocus Pocus and the Merman in the Shape of Water. He had to learn his lines in Castellano Spanish which is distinct in its pronunciation (really hard) and my family was shocked to find that he didn’t speak Spanish at all. The unsung hero of this movie! Love ur reactions!!

"if theres gonna be eyes coming put of hands-" Me: :)

My mom got this movie thinking it was a live action disney-esque fairy tale like the Whitney Houston Cinderella movie, boy was she surprised.

You like fairy tale movies? Lets see: "the neverending story", "the last unicorn", "Legend", "the dark crystal", "Willow", "Hook" (still waiting for the reaction), "the wizard of Oz"

Loveeee this movie, I cant count how many times people have told me they didnt watch this because they have to read the whole movie🙄 Never apologize for your genuine reactions or feels❤

now that you've seen this. you HAVE to watch The shape of water

Jeeezuz....where are my tissues?! I hope you'll be okay after watching this 😳 I had nightmares about the "rabbit scene" for days after first watching this 😖

this movie is pure poetry. how a child's imagination and sweetness work in a war. sweet and sad

Guillermo del Toro was actually asked to direct The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe. Can’t even imagine XD.

One of my favorite fairytale films I think you’d love is Stardust 🥰 Robert De Niro plays a fabulous pirate 😉😄

My 7th grade Spanish teacher had us watch this in class. Imagine 25 13 year olds watching this - honestly it was like having a room full of Nicks reacting. We were all freaked out and tearful and a mess, and watching this reaction brought all those memories back.

I visit Toledo, Spain 🇪🇸 in August 2018 for the world to see. Then, I went to visit Museum of the Army (Spanish: Museo del Ejército). I learned the history Spanish Civil War. It was madness since 1936. It ended 1939.

This movie made me think alot.. because now you can look at it as she was a princess and fullfilled her destiny to get back home...or was all this in her head and her imagination? Like was the fairy really just a bug and not a faily but because of the hardship and situation she was in, that was her escape?? Its crazy but so good

Definitely a twist to how "typical" fairy tale characters look! As for your intro, please don't feel like you need to control your emotions just so we don't think you're "overreacting." We appreciate true and real reactions, especially when you're honest with things that scare or tug on your heartstrings.

I worked in the theatres when this came out and so many parents wanted to bring their small children to see this "fairy tale" thinking it was for kids.

For someone who makes it clear that he doesn't like gore, you coped with that considerably well! As a fellow film graduate like yourself I love this movie, but the bottle scene is the only scene in cinema that I cannot get through.

*let's all take a minute to appreciate and thank doug jones for his amazingly wonderful performance as these creatures. this film recounts what war does to a child and all the changes that come with it...the ending makes me weep everytime i watch it - please react to "hidden figures" and "the shape of water"!!!*

The best dark fantasy movie ever imho, there’s nothing else quite like it! Apparently Stephen King was in the audience when Pan’s Labyrinth was first screened, and he flinched at the pale man chase scene. There’s also a song inspired by this film - Pneumonia by Björk 💕

This is one of my favorite movies of all time! So happy you got to go on this journey 😬

Some of the most terrifying horror scenes aren't horror movies at all.

One of my favorite movies. I remember the first time I watched it at school, I was in awe of how amazing it was. Years later, I occasionally watch it and got my husband to be a fan of it as well. Seriously such a good movie 👏

Another astounding performance by the amazing Doug Jones as both the Faun AND the pale monster ❤️

Thank you for still doing your reactions Nick your way (don’t ever feel like you need to apologize for that) I’ve been rewatching some of my favorite of your reacts whenever I’m having a depressive episode and it always helps. (Hobbit spider scene was so funny and clearly genuine, def one of the ones I rewatched 😂)

This is legitimately one of my favorite movies ever, and your reactions just make it.

I adore that the Faun is almost entirely practical effects. He's wearing a costume and the only thing they do is CG out his legs. Those are his body movements, and to me that's the most impressive part.

Thank you so much for reacting to this movie even though is not dubbed!! This is actually a huge step for recognize movies from other countries that not USA!

Apparently, director Guillermo Del Toro noticed horror author Stephen King was in the audience during one of the premieres, and when King jumped in fright during the "Pale Man" scene with the eyes in the hands, Del Toro quoted, "My movie scared Stephen King.......That was better than winning an Oscar!!"

Guy opens Pan's Labyrinth reaction by saying he overly freaks out about scary stuff... Uh oh.

Shape of Water next!

Del Toro is so versatile. Pan’s labyrinth, mama, pacific rim, hell boy, the shape of water (oscar winner), the book of life, rise of the guardians (which u should totally react to if u haven’t already) and so much more! He’s been involved in all these films and I’m like AHHHHHHHH ❤️‍🔥

A lot of people are uploading reviews of this movie at the same time, and I’m here for it. 👌

I was around Ofelia's age the first time I watched this movie, it had been one of my favorites since then, also the score is incredible gorgeus, the lullabay is so sweet and sad! You should watch "El espinazo del diablo* (The devil's backbone) is one of Del Toro first movies, a really underrated gem.

I don’t think I’ve ever clicked on a video so fast! Working from home and this has just instantly brightened my day 💖💖

Captain: “Want to know how I got these scars?”

You’re not alone. Images from this film are forever burned into the memory of anyone who’s scene it. It’s also not an accident that the pale man is white; at a feast, not eating, but willing to attack anyone who takes a grape.

I just have to say I love your reactions! No need to apologize for the way things make you feel. You are adorable! I could watch you every day and your comments so true and honest!

I always ugly cry at the very end when it switches between Ofelia's lifeless body and her fairytale princess vision. I've always interpreted the scene where the captain finds her talking to nothing to mean that the fairytale stuff is all in her head, so that she just desperately clung to stories and deluded herself to help her through her trauma. It's a very sad reading of the film, but I can't see it in any other way than a child being killed and her mind trying desperately to place a comforting lens over her reality during her final breaths. For people who interpret this story as the fairytale part being real, I'm jealous lol

I took my youngest brother to watch this at the theater. He won't like me to admit this, but I held his hand as he fell asleep scared of this movie. I stayed awake.

Something I wish you had of spoke more about was the kind of frightening reality of the film vs the creep factor of the fantasy. We basically see a little girl navigating this terrifying adult world, lose her only family and then is killed herself. Her dying moments being wishing a fantasy was real and she was a princess. Makes me cry every time I watch this movie.

I hope you never listen to people criticizing how you react, the whole reason we're here is to watch you react! Laugh, cry, cringe, I'm here for it.

Don’t feel bad about “reacting weird” ur a wholesome dude so don’t bother apologizing. If ppl dislike a video bc of your genuine fear??? Then they don’t deserve to watch your lovely content 😤

I saw this movie for the first time in history class that was all about modern European History through cinema/film. This movie very accurately displays the situation in Spain during WW2. They had a rough time. Everyone did. But Spain was basically in a civil war, and the atrocities committed to the civilians were still awful.

guillermo del toro making us mexicans proud with his amazing movies❤️ you should watch book of life, Guillermo is the producer. It has amazing music, mexican culture, incredible animation and the characters designs are sooo unique. if you can, I recommend it watching it in Spanish since it includes a lot of mexican slang the english one doesn’t have.

God, I need to rewatch this movie in full at some point. The symbolism with the monsters was something that totally flew over my head as a kid.

Yup, I remember this movie 'punching me in the guts' feeling for a few days. Especially because I wasnt paying enough attention to the opening scene and then the captain shooting Ophelia and her dying really caught me off guard 😭😭

This movie touches me like no other movie does! So happy to see you react to this!!

Guillermo Del Toro is an absolutely brilliant filmmaker. There is not one thing in his creations that is not thought out with the utmost clarity(from the imagery of the tree, the entrance to the labyrinth and such being the curve(which also are the fallopian tubes, symbolizing Ophelia's baby brother), to the detail of the Faun slowly becoming younger as the movie goes on, to the shoes piled in the Pale Man's den which harkens to WW2 imagery). I got to see the Del Toro exhibit "At Home With Monsters", I believe it was called, when it was here in Toronto two years back. So many props and art pieces from his enormous collection, including the coffin from "The Strain", props and costumes from "Crimson Peak"and statues of the Pale Man and the Faun from "Pans Labyrinth". It also explained his fascination with insects and their longevity. SPOILERS, Skip this paragraph if you don't want them: The man the Captain shoots on the hill and his dead friend(who can't speak since they were shot in the throat)are from another film of Del Toro's and are the same actors, which are the two main boys from "The Devils Backbone", who he confirmed are the same characters, a good connection between the two movies. Ophelia eating the food from the table is based on mythology. Eating food from the faerie world is said to make all other foods taste terrible in comparison, but it can also be connected to the myth of Hades and Persephone(Hades tricked Persephone by making her eat food from the Underworld, which meant she had to stay there for six months(one for each seed of a pomegranate she ate)and next to the grapes Ophelia eats is a pomegranate. In the special features of the DVD, it says what happened to the Pale Man in a motion comic. He thought the dagger was a weapon which could be used to kill him, which is why he had it locked in his vault. However, it actually the thing keeping him alive and when the door closed and his connection to it severed, the Pale Man died.(Also from the Del Toro exhibit, the Pale Man's mouth is designed off the underside of a manta ray). Fun fact from a native Spanish speaker: When Mercedes half Glasgow's the Captain, when she says you, she says it as "Tu" rather than the honorific "usted"(also you, but said towards people of higher social status and power), giving him an extra insult to his injury. Always loved that. Sadly, this movies timeline takes place in 1944 Spain. Francisco Franco(the former general who the Captain serves, who overthrew the Second Spanish Republic and ruled as Dictator)lived until 1975(after which Spain became a democracy once more), meaning that the rebels cause was a lost one at the time. Del Toro has confirmed the fairy tale elements are all real and that Ophelia did return as princess to the Underworld.

This is one of my favorite movies & I'm so glad that you decided to watch it!

Captain Vidal is one of the greatest movie villains of all time imo. He's hardly ever mentioned in the lineup of greatest villains but damn he deserves a place.

90% of your reaction was 😱, I LOVED IT greetings from Mexico, I love your content

I loved this! Thank you for commenting on "Pan's Labyrinth."

Glad you made it through, man. I watched this for the first time in a film appreciation class and yeah it was a trip. I loved the cinematography, but wow the story leaned hard into the grim nature of fairytales.

oh my god i remember this movie, it gave me nightmares as a kid

I love this movie and am so glad you reacted to it! I love your videos, so keep up the great work 😊 (also I’m surprised I’m early for once)

Ofelia´s mother, Carmen, is played by the actress Ariadna Gil, who in real life is Viggo Mortensen´s wife.

This movie is amazing. I watched it for the first time when i was 14, and it took me 7 years to rewatch it. I'm not sensitive to violence and scary imagery, but the overall feeling the movie left me was so strong(depressing) that it took me that long to wanna watch it again. War movies in general affect me so hard because of the realism, and that's what scares me most. That is true horror, that people are actually capable of doing the most awful things to another being.

Del Toro bases his scary creatures in his films on things he remembers from his childhood nightmares and visions. They were the very things that scared him so he uses it as a way to show beauty in it and work through them.

Nick has the most happy inducing energy. Thank you for that. Much needed in these times!

Oh my god I started crying at the end cuz I love this movie so much. There's some discourse as to whether the fairy tale stuff was "real" or in Ofelia's head and I almost hold both interpretations.... Basically that ending scene can be seen as a final dying dream, or as her succeeding, so that mixture of bittersweet ambiguity really hits me. Because if you even think cynically none of the fairy tale parts are real, the girl is going out on an ideal dreamy fantasy--horrible circumstances around her death, but she's literally at peace and it's both tragic and beautiful. It's my favorite del Toro movies, maybe one of my favorite movies period.