Pan's Labyrinth

Pan's Labyrinth (2006)

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Corrected entry: After Mercedes sticks him with the knife in the back and shoulder, the captain moves around as if unhurt (except for the mouth cut), despite the moderate damage suggested by the knife cuts.

Correction: "Moves around as if unhurt"? He collapses to his knees after the initial stabs, and almost completely falls over after his mouth is cut. He is then seen staggering out of the doorway, stiff and angry. He simply is acting like it doesn't hurt in front of his men, so he doesn't tarnish his image, but it is clear that he is hurt very badly from his initial reactions. Not to mention, shock from the injuries would also set in and take away some of the pain.

Corrected entry: What possible reason did Mercedes have to give the key to the rebels? An ancient padlock and a flimsy wooden door wouldn't slow the well armed rebels by much - they could have just as easily destroy the door or shoot off the lock. The fact they had the key, however, reveals to the captain there is a traitor in his midst. No remotely competent rebel force would do such a mistake - and this force is more than competent: just having survived five years past the defeat of their side in the war attests to that.

Correction: They didn't want to risk destroying any of the supplies inside, so tactics such as shooting the lock or destroying the door were out of the question. It is a much safer tactic to simply unlock the door, and not risk what they came to plunder. Obviously, something so simple and small as the lock leading to Mercedes was an oversight.

Continuity mistake: As Mercedes flees after cutting the captain, her hair is done up in a braid, but in the next shot her hair is down and flowing. (01:34:05)

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Ofelia: Mercedes, do you believe in fairies?
Mercedes: No. When I was a little girl, I did. I believed in a lot of things I don't believe anymore.
Ofelia: Last night a fairy visited me.

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Trivia: Director Guillermo del Toro originally had the fairies from this film designed for a short sequence in his film Hellboy. Modified versions of the fairies are still visible in the Director's Cut DVD, where they can be seen pickled in a jar, though they appear somewhat different. Del Toro later used the exact same fairies from Pan's Labyrinth in Hellboy II: The Golden Army, during the Troll Market scene.

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Question: Could Ofelia's second task possibly have been to kill the Pale Man? Because after she retrieved the dagger the faeries flew towards the Pale Man before Ofelia picked the grape.

Answer: I saw nothing in the movie indicating that. Ofelia's task seemed to be to retrieve the blade, she failed because she didn't follow Pan's instructions about not touching the food.

Andreas[DK]

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