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May 20, 2024
Great Movie with Heart, Funimation Bluray is Limited Though
Love the movie, it has a lot of impressive visual FX that are used throughout the film. So many (if not all) of the active military scenes are all visual effects and look really convincing. I love the dopey look of Godzilla, he has the eyes of a sea creature that has only spent time under the water before deciding to go on land and wreak havoc. The entire movie is filmed in a style which makes me feel like I'm watching an entire season of anime and it's very engaging.
The only downside has more to do with the bluray production of this movie. It's produced by Funimation, and despite there being so much that you could potentially have in terms of behind the scenes content, there is only a podcast style gathering hosted by Funimation where people who are fans of Godzilla talk about the movie. That's all fine and good, but not directly related to the movie.
If you have interest in Behind The Scenes footage, it's all on Youtube at least. Be sure to also look into footage of the animatronic they had made for the movie as well! It's very impressive!
Apr 25, 2011
Wonderfully thought out fairy tale that isn't as simple as you think
3 of 3 found this helpful First, I want to point out to those people who gave this movie a bad review because it is in Spanish- Deal with it. I can only feel sorry for you if you're going to look over a movie just because it is in a different language. "It doesn't have english vocals!" SO WHAT? I've had the misfortune of watching wonderful movies ruined from bad english dubs and it makes me adamantly against it. If you cannot read and watch at the same time, then get learning. You may find it inconvienient, but it is always better to watch movies in their original state and how the director intended for the audience to view the listen to the movie. Besides, when a movie is dubbed, the content IS CHANGED. It will not be the same as the original script. The whole tone of the movie couldn't have been the same in English, in fact, it helps set the atmosphere fantastically considering this is set 5 years after the SPANISH CIVIL WAR.
Ok, onto the movie.
I thought it to be fantastically creative and though it was violent and bloodly at times, it helped to cling to the very dark atmosphere of the movie. Guillermo del Toro is truly a genius when it comes to recreating fantasy- he doesn't stick to the typical well-known characterizations and makes it entirely his own in a way you probably wouldn't have considered. This movie isn't your average "story about a girl" but holds immense significance and symbolism. No character is without meaning and they all represent a kind of life that we are all familiar with. Evil vs Good, Child vs Adult, Birth vs Death and so on. Each scene is filmed with precision and painstaking detail such as the scenes where it looked like it was raining and cold- the area was actually going through a state of drought. All the rain had actually been manufacted for the scenes.
One of my favorite scenes is of Ofelia and the Pale man (though that scene always scared me half to death). You see Ofelia eating the grape despite the warnings given to her and it acts almost as an homage to the orginal fairy tales where there is always disobedience and then the consequence which would lead to the moral of the whole story. And though I found myself chastising her for eating the stupid grape I suddenly remembered information from an earlier scene: Her mother had punished her to go without dinner the day before, so she must have been very hungry. Only, Guillermo did not have this fact reminded to us at all. I just found it very innovative that he did not "baby" the dialogue to make things too obvious for us when following along with the story.
Which is why I think this is a movie that is always worth rewatching and if can, you'll be able to catch some wonderful references and symbolism throughout each of the scenes.
Aug 20, 2013
Watch with an open mind and judge for yourself whether you like it or not
8 of 9 found this helpful The movie starts out confusing and seems to throw its viewers into a multitude of stories that make you wonder how they possibly are related?
But as you movie further on, each of the stories progress at the same pace as the others. There are times when you are switching between story view points like changing a chapter in a book. They leave you are an intense situation only to take you to the other story where it also progresses in intensity.
You see, instead of telling the stories consecutively in whole, the stories are told at the same time, in equal pieces because, in a way, they run almost parallel with each other whilst also intersecting at certain points.
The soundtrack is a wonderful compliment and it is interesting to see the same actors playing different parts in their incarnations. Even characters that play a big part in one story will find themselves having very little influence on another story in a different character and mind.
I am not saying you need to possess a certain type of intelligence to enjoy this movie, but rather be very open minded when officially entering this story. Don't let other dictate your own opinion of the movie before you have even begun to form it yourself.
This is not a bad movie. A bad movie is something that lacks character development, has plot holes, a badly written script, and a lack of vision.
This movie is none of those things.
If you happen to dislike it, that is fine, but it does not make it a bad movie.