I don't know a thing about this story I'll admit from the first- but that plot summary sounds like the little girl from Pan's Labyrinth to the Secret Garden house. As someone said before me- this better be REALLY good or all we're gonna hear are comparisons.
shareNo the plots arn't similar at all.
I read this book a while ago now, but saw Pans Labyrinth recently. A great film that left you wondering where the reality stopped, and fantasy began. An exceptionally clever film that didn't play down to you, and maintained a good strong storyline.
Little white horse is simple and pure fantasy, about a little girl who finds out that her destiny is more than she ever dreamed. Pure fantasy in the real sense too, in that it is a classic book of purity, innocence and an awakening to life outside her sheltered upbringing. Classic, also, in the sense, that it has all the traditional 'life is good and nice' feeling about it..whereas Pans Labyrinth left the viewer in no doubt that real life can be anything BUT..
That's what I thought. This sounds exactly like Pan's Labyrinth. Ofelia was born of the moon after all.
shareYeah, but "Little White Horse" was published decades ago. It will be sad if people thing that this movie is a take-off of PL.
sharePan's Labyrinth came to my mind when I read the plot summary too. However, from what other posters have said, it sounds rather different from Pan's Labyrinth. That is all to the good, since Pan's Labyrinth is one of my top 10 favorite movies.
This movie will likely be more kid-friendly than Pan's Labyrinth, although at the same time I think Pan's Labyrinth will turn out to be the more sophisticated film of the two.
That being said, this movie looks fun, I'll be keeping an eye out for the trailer.
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Read the book. Like someone mentioned above, it has more in common with the Secret Garden than Pan's Labyrinth. The book has none of Pan's Labyrinth's violence, horror, gore or bizarre quality.
The two stories do share some important bare bones. They're both about girls, coming of age, who discover a fantastical world and have a crucial job to do to bring peace.
It looks as though the story has been beefed up a bit for the movie, because I can't imagine this book sustaining a full length theatrical release. It may have had some edginess added to it.
Where the hell would anyone come up with Pan's Labyrinth for this? From what I remember, it's more of a love story than anything. I read it when I was about 12, so I'm kind of fuzzy on the details, but I remember absolutely loving it.
shareJust imagine you'd never heard of this until now, had no knowledge of the book and read the plot summery on the films page. then you'd understand why people would make the comparisons.
For intance, I myself first heard about this film roughly three minutes ago, had no idea there was a book, and upon reading the summary was instantly reminded of Pan's Labyrinth... although obviously I know better now =P
Book sounds kinda fun; maybe I should read it =)
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The reason you're seeing similarities is that a whole swath of 20th century fantasy books draw from the same source: literary alchemy.
Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, and Goudge were friends and contemporaries. The Secret Garden is in the same tradition, as are the German fantasy novels The Neverending Story and Krabat.
In an interview at the time that Pan's Labyrinth was released Del Toro spoke about how he used alchemy in the film. (He mentioned too that Alfonso Cuaron is an alchemy buff. Harry Potter is based on literary alchemy as well, as Rowling has acknowledged.)
US authors don't use alchemy much, with the major exception of Frank Baum in The Wizard of Oz. And you can see some traces of alchemy themes and symbolism in Madeleine l'Engle's Wrinkle in Time series.
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