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Originally Posted by Imhotep Evil  OK, but ...
The (spanish) communists weren't any better than the fascists. They too comited crimes/atrocities.
Stalin helped the communists while Hitler and Musollini the fascists. Both were
equally criminal. |
Pan's Labyrinth isn't a political movie, it's a movie about the horrors of war and the wonder our imaginations.
The Communists take the role of "good guys" in the movie because the Facists are the de facto villains of World War 2. In the movie they're portrayed less as followers of a Stalinist agenda and more of resistance fighters to Franco's regime. (I can just hear Sean Hannity or Rush Limbaugh right now... "Oh, right. Hollywood
always portrays the right as bad guys and paints the radical left in a positive light!")
I came into the theatre not nowing that Pan's Labyrinth was a Spanish-language film. However, after 5 minutes or so I forgot all about it and was engrossed. A pleasant surprise and a definite 10/10.