Pan's Labyrynth

To define a favorite movie, covers a lot of requirements. Considering there's various genres, themes, effects and whatnot, a great film must capture it all or find a way for it not to be needed. I propose Pan's Labyrinth. In every aspect, it is as artistic as it gets. Set in a turbulent era of Spain, the whole movie is in Spanish with subtitles; of course. Although it's a French-Canadian film, they really made sure everything was exactly as it would have really been. It's a very far fetched tale that's meant to be taken very seriously. Every scene is seemingly dramatic, no matter how miniscule it is to the major picture. Everything is relative to some other point of the movie. Not only was this movie written flawlessly, it's beautiful to look at. Everything is the best of quality. There's no solid concrete plot. It's a young girl's imagination explained very vaguely. The whole purpose of the story is to invoke your own imagination and to comprehend it all with your own eyes and ears. Some scenes are left a mystery and unsolved even after the credits start to roll. Needing more sequels or prequels, I doubt that will happen due to the sheer artistic drive of its purpose.