Stick to Spanish movies

Rating: 2/10 (17 February 2013)

This film (aside from a few jumpy bits) is really awful and such a let down following the few great Spanish films Guillermo has made. The evil beings arms seem to resemble inspector gadget's go go arms and it's bad from start to finish. Having been a fan since pan's labyrinth it seems to me that the change really has been since he stopped making Spanish movies and started casting high profile Americans in his leading roles. Add to this the fact that he seems to be producing a lot of work one after another I would say he's substituted quality for quantity. This does not mean I will not watch the next one he brings out in the hope that it contains something like the magic of pan's labyrinth a film which still shocks and amazes me now.