what a film

Rating: 8/10 (3 January 2007)

I've never seen a film like this before. This film is totally different. It is one of the most complicated film I've ever seen. Guillermo del Toro is awesome. He made the film. They are 2 plots in the film. One is the fantasy and the other is the sadistic drama. Somehow del Toro managed to blend both of them into one film without any interruption. When I saw the movie, I thought this would be a nice fairy tale kind of Narnia thing. So I was not prepared at all to see this masterpiece. I was shocked for sure. The sadistic act was so real, I was frozen by that. Maribel Verdu played as a very strong woman. People sympathized her, how she struggle in that war situation. Ivana Baguero was amazing. Her innocence brought us into a confusion if it was all her imagination or it was all real. Sergi Lopez, I hated you so much for all sadistic acts. Well I only hated the role he played. Doug Jones is great. His pan man was crazy confusing character. Until the end of the movie I still didn't know what was his motive or if he was even real. For all crazy movie fans, you have to see this movie. Dark, fairy tale, craziness of the world, this movie has them all.