01-23-2018, 09:07 PM
(This post was last modified: 01-23-2018, 09:13 PM by Drunk Monk.)
Pan’s Labyrinth still haunts me so I can’t resist this Del Toro film that’s leading the Oscar noms. And I think it’ll take several of them. Stacy thinks it’s got a good shot at best pic. It celebrates cinema and the oscars luv that.
I enjoyed it. It’s sort of Swamp Thing meets Splash, but Del Toro’s visionary sense is still mighty, and this goes a lot of places, touching on themes of race, harassment, homophobia, love, loneliness, religion, Cold War, progress, obsoletion, and classic musicals, but none in a heavy handed way. It doesn’t dwell. It asserts and then moves on. The performances are excellent across the cast, and there are many absurd plot holes, but it never lets you forget that it’s a movie so I accepted them and moved on, just to see where it would go. Some brutal ultravi and saccarin overdoses, but it all kind of works. Cat lovers beware.
I enjoyed it. It’s sort of Swamp Thing meets Splash, but Del Toro’s visionary sense is still mighty, and this goes a lot of places, touching on themes of race, harassment, homophobia, love, loneliness, religion, Cold War, progress, obsoletion, and classic musicals, but none in a heavy handed way. It doesn’t dwell. It asserts and then moves on. The performances are excellent across the cast, and there are many absurd plot holes, but it never lets you forget that it’s a movie so I accepted them and moved on, just to see where it would go. Some brutal ultravi and saccarin overdoses, but it all kind of works. Cat lovers beware.
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