It’s been a while since I’ve done a movie review so I didn’t even bother trying to write it down. I simply went straight to YouTube.
So, here’s a movie that people will either get or not. For that matter, some people probably won’t even give it a try, but I can’t blame them. This is a weird movie. Still, I enjoyed it; after getting over the initial shock of what was happening in front of me…
I don’t think I’m doing a good job of expressing how I really feel about this movie. It’s best you watch the review. If you want to skip a semi-spoiler I provide, watch the video in the YouTube browser so you can access the skip link.
In any case, I gave this movie a 4 ½ of 5 stars (bumping up to five because I’ve never really done halves before).
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I had no doubts it would be a deep movie like Pan’s Labyrinth.
It didn’t come anywhere near here (you’re lucky you have a theater that plays the independent films) but I definitely want to see it!
I’m glad I had a chance to see it in a theater. Whenever you see it, I hope you enjoy it.
Intriguing. I like the idea of an underwater Beauty and the Beast.
To me, beauty and the Beast is a redemption tale; this doesn’t have the same feel. Still, I can why others see it that way.
I do like del Toro. I may check it out at some point.
This is a great review! I did watch the spoilers, because I haven’t seen Pan’s Labyrinth and I’ve only seen one Hellboy movie. I’m not sure that this movie is for me, but I might check it out on my own (without even teen kids) and see what it’s like. I have watched a few movies that fit in the “disturbing” category that I really liked, but … couldn’t really recommend them to many people, so I get that.
Thanks for the great review and way to to with your video!
Yeah, this doesn’t happen a lot, but sometimes it’s hard to recommend a movie, no matter how much you like it.
The title is so familiar. Was it a book before it became a movie?
I think there have been a few books with this title, but none of them are this (to my knowledge). I believe the movie is derived from an original screenplay; plus, del Toro has been quite adamant that he owns complete rights to the look of the creature.
I’ve always wanted to like del Toro’s movies, but so far, they haven’t really been for me. I wish people would stop calling his stuff horror (not you, the industry), because it’s not, and whenever I’ve gone to a del Toro film expecting something scary, I’ve come away disappointed.
You are quite right Holly. While del Toro’s filmography of monster movies is often mislabeled with the horror genre, they are far from that. Yes, sometimes he his quite capable of scaring people, but that’s not usually the driving force of his stories. I think people have trouble reconciling the idea that monster films and horror films are not necessarily the same things.