1. What is this movie personally telling or teaching you? What is the film’s ending trying to personally convey to you?
In my opinion, Pan’s Labyrinth was about disobeying the person or thing more in power of you in order to do what is right. The movie taught the message that if this was done correctly then it would pay off in the end. Ofelia decides to disobey the reign of her cruel and evil father and mother. She simply does as she wishes in hopes to obtain her wish of becoming a princess in parts of the movie, for example, and she does it no matter what it takes. The ending of the film, I think, is trying to say that everything may not be as it necessarily seems. To support this, in one of the end scenes we see a faun. This faun disappears when shifted to the parents POV. This suggests that the whole fantasy world was in Ofelia's mind.
2. Watches and time: What is the symbolism and backstory to Captain Vidal’s watch? Why is it an important plot device?
Captain Vidal’s watch at first glance seems to be nothing of symbol or interest, but with further examination we see otherwise. When looking at it closer, we see that the watch represents the want of rule and power that Captain Vidal has. It represents that he will do whatever it takes to get his way or have control over everything and anyone else. As well as the broken gears in the watch represent Captain Vidal’s death and loss of any sort of power. The watch stands as an important plot device because it strongly relates to the movie's message. The watch, as stated before, represents Captain Vidal’s death along with the death of a form of evil. This relates to the message of Pan’s Labyrinth because it shows that if you try enough and listen to your own mind, then good can and will overrun evil.
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