Informed by the unrestrained hype, all the high scores and positive critiques, I expected much much more. For 2006 CGI is truly great, but except that, this film is nothing special. There's no message or lesson that these types of stories usually tell, the film is at least 15 minutes too long, the script is too focused on Ofelia and what bothered me the most throughout the film is that Ofelia's speech mostly doesn't follow her actress's mouth movements.
If it is a film made for children, then I sort of get it, but for the rest of us, all we learned is that fascists are inhumane cruel monsters who kill without remorse, which is something everyone should know already. I wouldn't say I wasted two hours, but I definitely forgot the reason why I wanted to see the film, which left me unsatisfied
Shout by FBlockedParent2023-07-09T21:32:22Z
Informed by the unrestrained hype, all the high scores and positive critiques, I expected much much more. For 2006 CGI is truly great, but except that, this film is nothing special. There's no message or lesson that these types of stories usually tell, the film is at least 15 minutes too long, the script is too focused on Ofelia and what bothered me the most throughout the film is that Ofelia's speech mostly doesn't follow her actress's mouth movements.
If it is a film made for children, then I sort of get it, but for the rest of us, all we learned is that fascists are inhumane cruel monsters who kill without remorse, which is something everyone should know already. I wouldn't say I wasted two hours, but I definitely forgot the reason why I wanted to see the film, which left me unsatisfied