For those of you who do not know about this movie it is directed by Guillermo Del Toro who is quite the visionary. I considered giving a brief plot summary but after thinking about I decided that this is a movie in which no details should be given away. It was actually very funny the first 20 minutes or so into this movie because I actually was under the impression that it was a childrens story, however I was very mistaken. But nonetheless i can honestly say ive found a new movie in this film. I always find it hard to write about movies like this because there are always so many things that come to mind but often many of them are hard to express in written form they are more of feelings.
One of the things that in enjoyed about this movie is that there have been many movies in the "fairytale" genre which are good movies however they just lack the ability to keep your attention for very long. But as I watched more and more of this film i found myself not wanting to look away from the screen for any reason. This was mostly due in part to Del Toros' ability to masterfully create reality out of something which is a fantasy. I can remember watching scenes in the movie and feeling actually involved in the scenes because they felt so real, almost as if they came off the screeen at you. Another thing I felt Del Toro did very well was his use of subtlety in certain scenes, which was actually something he spoke about in the special features of the film. he talked about how in a film where there is violence you dont always have to have such gritty and shocking violence, but instead you can have something be implied and actually play with an angle or the characteristics if the individual scene and have it be ten times more effective. All the components of this film; sound, lighting, makeup, sets, etc. were truly a masterpiece in my opinion.
