Spirited Away vs. Pan's Labyrinth

5 comments

6 comments

on 12/19/2009

Two fantastic fantasies. Labyrinth gets the win though for being so fantastical and real.

on 12/29/2009

Too hard! What a rude couple to choose from! It has to be Spirited Away. No, Pan's Labyrinth!

on 1/17/2010

The films are more-or-less equal, in my mind, but at least Spirited Away has a happy ending.

on 2/2/2010

the hardest choice!

JRM
JRM

on 4/14/2010

I loved Spirited Away, but this isn't tough for me at all -- Pan's Labyrinth all the way.

on 5/12/2010

Pan's Labyrinth just rubbed me the wrong way.

on 7/31/2010

Yikes. I'll stick with Pan's Labyrinth though.

on 4/13/2012

These BOTH rubbed me the wrong way. I'm choosing Pan's Labyrinth purely because it was more intelligible.

on 4/27/2012

Both are in my top 10 ... but I have to go with Spirited Away by a little bit. Pan's Labyrinth was deeper in both its storytelling and messages, while Spirited Away was more fun to watch and executed more beautifully and had a soundtrack to die for; take your pick. Why are all "Alice in Wonderland" movies so good (except for, ironically, those actually titled "Alice in Wonderland")? You start off with The Wizard of Oz in 1939, and now comes two more masterpieces of the 21st century.

on Mar 6

Pan's, both fantastic but to me Pan's is a masterpiece

on Mar 6

Pan made no sense to me. Spirited Away, on the other hand, was the perfect animated film. It was just soo good. I'm going with Spirited Away.