Pan

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Hunger

Discussion Starter · Jul 26, 2013

If you haven't seen Pan's Labyrinth yet, I suggest you do so. It's an absolute masterpiece.
Well anyway, the title character is the ancient faun Pan, who in the film, guards a portal to the underworld. He's perhaps one of the best character in film history. His presence is highly ambiguous, that is o say that it is hard to discern where exactly he stands, which makes him a very intriguing character to watch

What Enneagram does he strike you as?

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kareem

· #2 · Jul 26, 2013

watched the movie, didn't particularly like it. It's movies like these that make me feel less artistic and start doubting my sense of cinema. I could barely finish the movie - my friend made me watch it. However it's a well made movie, in terms of craftiness.

Let me take a guess: Type 5?

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Hunger

Discussion Starter · #3 · Jul 26, 2013

kareem said:
watched the movie, didn't particularly like it. It's movies like these that make me feel less artistic and start doubting my sense of cinema.

Make you feel less artistic? How'd you mean less artistic? What is opinion on it? To me this is essentially what a film should be.

kareem said:
Let me take a guess: Type 5?

Seems reasonable, what made you guess 5?

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Fern

· #4 · Jul 28, 2013

I adore this movie. I had the Faun himself as my avatar for a short time as well

Kept getting PM's aasking "What's with the demonic satyr?"

He has a peaceful, whimsical air. I remember from other parts of the movie, however, that he had a very intimidating presence... He's a tough one to type, this one!

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d e c a d e n t

· #5 · Jul 28, 2013

According to the director, his name isn't actually supposed to be Pan if I remember right. Nitpicking aside, he seems like the kind of character who doesn't necessarily have a type, but 5 could work... I might have to rewatch the movie, as it's been some years since I saw it.

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Hunger

Discussion Starter · #6 · Jul 28, 2013

Fern said:
I adore this movie. I had the Faun himself as my avatar for a short time as well Kept getting PM's aasking "What's with the demonic satyr?"

Ho ho ho. I love his good-evil ambiguity, like you don't know what he's about.

Fern said:
He has a peaceful, whimsical air. I remember from other parts of the movie, however, that he had a very intimidating presence... He's a tough one to type, this one!

Peaceful & whimsical yes, but I don't think many people would cross him. Perhaps his ambiguity serves as the source of his intimidation, like you're not sure if he's your friend or if he's going to eat your fingers. He's quite charming & wise too. Very mythical.

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Hunger

Discussion Starter · #7 · Jul 28, 2013

Nonsense said:
According to the director, his name isn't actually supposed to be Pan if I remember right.

Sometimes the directors are full of shit. He is Pan to me.

Nonsense said:
Nitpicking aside, he seems like the kind of character who doesn't necessarily have a type, but 5 could work... I might have to rewatch the movie, as it's been some years since I saw it.

If not 5 then what other type could he be? Definitely rewatch, it blows my mind every time I watch it. It's by my standards the best fairy tale of all time.

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tkdyo

· #8 · Jul 29, 2013

I dont have a guess on the type, but I definitely liked this movie a lot. Even the end is ambiguous. Is she really returning to the underworld as a princess or is it simply what she is hallucinating as she dies? Was everything just a childhood escape from the chaos around her or was it true? It all makes it magnificent and yet very sad at the same time. To save myself the heartache I just have to tell myself that all her fairytale stuff is true.

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Hunger

Discussion Starter · #9 · Jul 30, 2013

tkdyo said:
i dont have a guess on the type, but i definitely liked this movie a lot. Even the end is ambiguous. Is she really returning to the underworld as a princess or is it simply what she is hallucinating as she dies? Was everything just a childhood escape from the chaos around her or was it true? It all makes it magnificent and yet very sad at the same time. To save myself the heartache i just have to tell myself that all her fairytale stuff is true.

spoiler alert!!!

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d e c a d e n t

· #10 · Jul 30, 2013

Oak said:
If not 5 then what other type could he be? Definitely rewatch, it blows my mind every time I watch it. It's by my standards the best fairy tale of all time.

I can't think of any other types he could be, but I can't think of anything pointing to five either. It could be that he's beyond type, since he's a nonhuman.
/Just rewatched the movie.

It's quite a movie indeed. It helps that I really love it when a movie or show plays on fairy tales (as long as it's not just fluff). It's such a sad story too. The ending can be interpreted in more ways than one, but still.

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