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Message: <blockquote data-quote="horacethegrey" data-source="post: 3337663" data-attributes="member: 40123">Just saw this, have to share my thoughts.Wow. I must say, Guillermo Del Toro continues to impress me. Take note though, I've only seen two of his films, that being Blade 2 and Hellboy. I've not seen his earlier works like Cronos, The Devil's Backbone or Mimic, but if they're of the same quality as this flick, I shall definitely hunt them down. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /> At first glance, the story seems pretty straightforward. SPOILERS Girl makes up fantasy world to escape the darkness of her reality, and in the end she gives herself to that fantastical land as her life in the real world ends. SPOILERS But as people said here, if one takes the story at face value, one may miss all the subtle hints, hidden allegories and powerful metaphors of how cruel, totalitarian control destroys the soul while imagination nutures and frees it. I certainly didn't pick up on such things at first, I only came to such conclusions upon thinking about the movie afterwards. I may have to watch the film again to pick on these hidden messages, but I'm not sure I want to <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f641.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":(" title="Frown    :("  data-smilie="3"data-shortname=":(" /> (like many here have said, it's a very violent and dark film, and not for the faint of heart). But damn, despite it's darkness, I'm not gonna argue the fact that this is visually one of most stunning fantasy films I've ever seen. All the effects for the fantasy scenes, from makeup, CGI to production design are absolutely first rate. It's too bad though that they're few and far between, as most of the story takes place in the real wrold, which is much too grim for my taste (but then again, I think that was the point). The eyeless freak on the dinner table ranks right up there as one the most impressive creatures I've seen onscreen anywhere. And don't get me wrong, while I loved James Mcavoy's Mr. Tumnus in Narnia, he doesn't hold a candle to Doug Jones' Pan. That's how a mythical faun ought to look like! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> Well, I guess that's enough gushing for now. But before I go I do wanna say that whatever Del Toro plans to do in the future, whether it be Lovecraft's At the Mountains of Madness, a new live action Tarzan (yay! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /> ), or that Wolfman flick he plans to do with Benicio Del Toro (no relation <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue    :p"  data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":p" /> ), I'm so there. This film proves we're in the prescence of a genius, so stand tall and take notice.</blockquote>

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