Director Spotlight: Guillermo del Toro

Pick your fave! Tell us why!

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it’s pan for me. i don’t fully love his filmography but i always love what he pushes to do as a filmmaker. super interesting guy, though he’s not my favorite.

 

Devil's Backbone and Cronos are personal favorites, Pan's Labryinth I haven't seen since high school but was into at the time. Pacific Rim is super fun, and I did like Shape of Water though still think its award success is strange.

Never seen any of his Hellboys, and missed Crimson Peak.

 

Crimson Peak is awesome.

Pacific Rim is the only on I don't love, and even that I like.

 

Pan's Labyrinth is an one of my all time favourites. Love everything about it.

 

Man.

This is a rough one for me.

I think Pan's Labyrinth is his masterwork, but Pacific Rim just makes me so goddamned happy.

 

Pan's Labyrinth is a classic.

Hellboy holds a special place in my heart - one of the first "great" comic book films I saw, especially before nolan's batman trilogy

 

wish we had gotten his version of The Hobbit

 

The Strain

 

He's one of those directors I respect more than I love. He has a unique imagination, and a great sense of style, but the films themselves are usually just okay for me. Pan's Labyrinth is definitely the standout.

 

I cannot believe I kept watching this show. It starts out so fucking strong but goes nowhere but downhill.

 

My King

 

it was bad but fun.

 

The Hellboy movies are cool, and they certainly stand out more and more as the genre becomes more homogenized. Pacific Rim is a cool idea that just doesn't surpass "fine" in execution for me. I think Shape of Water is great and bizarre and the discourse around it would be much more positive if it wasn't canonized as a Best Picture winner.

Pan's Labyrinth is the masterpiece and one of the greatest films of all time. I'll watch everything Guillermo makes simply because of how good that movie is.

 

He has an interesting filmography with imaginative ideas and somehow nostalgic that makes me feel like a kid again. His movies don't always hit, but I appreciate the ways he makes his films. For me, it's between Pan's Labyrinth and Crimson peak.

 

Pan’s Labyrinth is a true work of art, the ending genuinely made me cry. Also love TSOW, it deserved that BP Oscar.

 

Glad others like Crimson Peak, the cast and cinematography are so great

 

I’ve always associated colors with him, and crimson peak is a prime example of his work

 

Pan’s Labyrinth is my all time favourite film. It’s the historical backdrop with the gothic fairytale elements - the perfect combination for me. I love it.

 

Pan's is a top 10 film for me.

 

Sure. Ill play.

Favourite one? just the David Bowie one listed above.

(Disclaimer: in that case, couldnt tell you much about any of them) :)

 

everyone should watch hellboy just to get to hellboy 2, which everyone should also watch

 

I think I've only seen Blade II, and maybe just parts of it

 

I completely forgot that he directed Mimic.

 

this movie was off the rails iirc