Pan's Labyrinth

This is the best movie I have seen since The Lord of the Rings. (And that's saying a lot, since I was one of those people that lived and breathed LOTR.) Director Guillermo Del Toro is the mastermind responsible for Pan's Labyrinth, a haunting, terrifying fairy tale set during the Spanish Civil War. A young girl, Ofelia, finds herself in a living nightmare when her mother marries one of the Fascist leaders, Captain Vidal. They move to a remote outpost, where Ofelia discovers an ancient labyrinth and finds out from a sinister-looking faun that she is the lost princess of the Underworld. To prove that "her essence" is still intact, Ofelia must complete three tasks before the full moon, which includes killing a giant toad, facing a cannibal whose eye balls are in his hands, and other such adventures. Del Toro has thought out every detail, from the lush cinematography to the seamless special effects. I came out of the theatre in total awe. This movie will leave you spellbound. It's as simple as that.