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Inviso - If Im trying to be completely objective, this wasnt a BAD movie. Guillermo del Toro knows his way around a horror film. It just didnt really appeal to me. I wasnt necessarily grossed out by the bugs or anythingI dont know how to describe it. I guess the way Id put it is that the film felt like it was trying too hard to make a gritty, realistic setting, complete with realistic-looking bug autopsies and organs. Butthat just made the whole thing feel unpleasant to watch, you know? Dont get me wrong, any movie where the first two kills are two obnoxious little bastard children gets some points in my book for taking a risk (although seriously, the autistic shoe shine kid deserved to die.) I cant explain it. This just didnt appeal to me. It was like Alien (or Aliens, since there were multiple bug creatures), if Alien took itself just a LITTLE too seriously for its own good. That seriousness is the make or break determination for me, I guess.

KBM - My least favorite of Guillermo del Toro's films, I was at least pleasantly surprised that I didn't absolutely hate this movie thanks to my visceral and crippling phobia of cockroaches. Del Toro is one of the most talented directors working today, so even the least of his oeuvre has things going for it. For one, Charles S. Dutton as an ornery MTA officer provides some much-needed life to the proceedings, and thanks to del Toro's visual flair, the movie manages to maintain a certain level of creepy atmosphere even when nothing particularly interesting is happening. Unfortunately this is dragged down by several factors: some corny, pointless jump scares, a pretty dull script, and an utter lack of chemistry between Mira Sorvino and Jeremy Northam as the romantic leads being the chief offenders. You also have a story that wastes a perfectly good F. Murray Abraham, a magical autistic trope of a character whose story arc really doesn't go anywhere at all, and behind-the-scenes executive meddling fuckery courtesy of the Weinsteins that definitely didn't help matters.

Genny - Oh Guillermo del Toro, how could you have anything to do with this? Of all the "giant version of commonplace animal is a huge threat" films the plot for Mimic is the most forgivable, but I would be lying through my teeth if I said I felt anything for any of the characters contained within. 5.2/10

Charon - An unbelievable monster movie that you can't think about too long or you'll completely unravel the plot until it's a twitching roach on the floor. So we'll release these roaches, that will destroy these other disease ridden roaches, right? Okay. We'll biologically engineer the species to die after a few months, and they'll be completely infertile. Check. We've gotta kill all these humanoid roaches! Uh... ok. It just handles the transition so badly you'd think it was a joke. I know this is based on a book and I'm curious if the book makes any more sense out of this or not. From a scientific standpoint, this one might make the least sense of all the science fiction themed horrors. I'm just not seeing how these things evolved to the point they did; things just don't work like that. Ignoring that part of it, the movie isn't terrible or anything. It has some odd plot points like "abduct main female character, but don't kill her, like we killed every other character we encounted" but the atmosphere it decent enough. I just can't get passed the antagonists though; it's too outlandish.
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