Glad it won an Oscar - but for ulterior motive

Rating: 7/10 (12 March 2018)

I saw this movie with my wife, we both just thought it was an "ok" movie but nothing special. There are far better movies that could have won best picture award.
What can be said about this movie that has not already been said? The actors seemed boring, the plot has been done before in one form or another. We also thought the pacing of this movie was a bit off at times.
Is it worth seeing? Yes, even if you are not into love stories and just want to see effects.
Did it look great? Absolutely, very stunning to the eye and wonderful effects that were not "over done."
Me personally, I am glad in a way Guillermo del Toro got best picture of this for selfish reasons.
Back in the early 2000s del Toro was very close in adapting HP Lovecraft's horror novel At The Mountains of Madness. As a Lovecraft fan, I was really stoked for this to happen. All the actors and crew were in place to put this on the big screen Unfortunately, the studio had an issue with his R rating and not budging on their request to lower it PG-13. The project was scrapped and remains in limbo.
How with two Oscars under his belt, I hope del Toro revisits this. I imagine the Hollywood won't be as quick to hinder the project now and this movie can get made.