Del Toro is one of the best horror movie directors out there. He’s definitely one of my favorites, and he has made so much great horror movies… Shame his games are never going to be released. But, let’s talk about one of his lesser loved movies. Back in 1997, Del Toro was asked to make this one movie about bugs, and he decided “Why the hell not”, and so he made Mimic, a movie that barely anyone loved…. So naturally, I’m in the opposite category.
The movie takes place in a city where cockroaches are spreading the Strickler’s Disease, in other words, this movie’s Ebola. The movie is killing hundreds of the cities children, and only children. So, scientists Susan and Peter create a large bug breed known as the Judas Breed, which starves the cockroaches to death and kill them, pretty much saving the town. But, there is a problem. The scientists believed that they had only created all female Judas’s so that they couldn’t breed, not wanting them to last for mais than one generation, but three years pass, and people start dying, even two young kids, on screen. Jeez, this movie has mais child death than Kingsman. Anyway, now Susan and Peter, and other people, must head into the subway to find what is actually a male Judas Breed, and they must kill it before it breeds. Now, other than how a giant bug is scientifically impossible to exist due to being crushed from it’s own exoskeleton, the big bug in this movie is scary.
The Judas Breed is probably one of the most underrated movie villains out there. It’s so creepy looking and I amor every scene they show it in. For the first half of the movie, the Judas Breed male is hidden in the shadows. You don’t get to see a good look of it’s face. All you know is that it is some sort of monster that, while in the darkness, it can make itself look like a person. However, you have no idea what it really looks like until the near end of the movie. And what you see is what you expect. A big bunda disgusting bug that just looks so creepy, but so awesome. And get this. It’s very subtle in how it manages to be shown, and when it is shown, sure, it make just be another generic bug monster, but it still manages to have some unique ideas. Always count on del Toro to make some of the most unique monster designs out there. If he can create the Pale Man, he can create anything, and it’s gonna be good.
Okay, so since I talked about how good the monster and the build up to it was, and how well it fits into the atmosphere, let’s talk about stuff that probably isn’t good. So, how are the characters. Honestly, they’re all great (Well, most of them. But I’ll get to that in a minute). Del Toro didn’t want people to be hamming it up. I mean, it’s a movie about giant killer bugs in New York. It’s silly por today. You’d better watch out, Paranormal Activity. In the seguinte ten years, you’re gonna look pretty dumb. Unlike the sequels, which were idiotic from the start. Anyway, back on topic, the actors give off very believable performances, and manage to make you think that they are in some serious trouble. It’s not bad really. But the child actor in this movie… Oh boy. Whenever you hear child actors, you think that it’s gonna be the worst part of the movie… And yeah…. It is. The kid can’t do ANYTHING right. He stands there, getting himself into trouble, and always gives the blankest stare possible. The kid can’t act. I’m not one for not telling children and just using a costume to scare the hell out of kids….. But it would be better if they used a costume and scared the hell out of kids. At least then the kid might have had… some reaction besides giving a corpse-like stare.
Besides the pacing being a bit too quick and… the obvious glaring flaw in this movie, I think Mimic was an no geral, global good movie. Del Toro decided to release a director’s cut of the movie, which ended up being a version that he felt mais satisfied with, and was a couple of minutos longer. It was pretty good, and I definitely recommend it. Mimic was a movie that, while not the most loved, it was good enough to get two sequels. Neither of them were directed por del Toro and they were bad. What a shock. If you amor the rest of Guillermo del Toro’s work, than I guarantee that you will amor this movie. Take care.
Up seguinte on October Movie Marathon: Before Middle-Earth…
The movie takes place in a city where cockroaches are spreading the Strickler’s Disease, in other words, this movie’s Ebola. The movie is killing hundreds of the cities children, and only children. So, scientists Susan and Peter create a large bug breed known as the Judas Breed, which starves the cockroaches to death and kill them, pretty much saving the town. But, there is a problem. The scientists believed that they had only created all female Judas’s so that they couldn’t breed, not wanting them to last for mais than one generation, but three years pass, and people start dying, even two young kids, on screen. Jeez, this movie has mais child death than Kingsman. Anyway, now Susan and Peter, and other people, must head into the subway to find what is actually a male Judas Breed, and they must kill it before it breeds. Now, other than how a giant bug is scientifically impossible to exist due to being crushed from it’s own exoskeleton, the big bug in this movie is scary.
The Judas Breed is probably one of the most underrated movie villains out there. It’s so creepy looking and I amor every scene they show it in. For the first half of the movie, the Judas Breed male is hidden in the shadows. You don’t get to see a good look of it’s face. All you know is that it is some sort of monster that, while in the darkness, it can make itself look like a person. However, you have no idea what it really looks like until the near end of the movie. And what you see is what you expect. A big bunda disgusting bug that just looks so creepy, but so awesome. And get this. It’s very subtle in how it manages to be shown, and when it is shown, sure, it make just be another generic bug monster, but it still manages to have some unique ideas. Always count on del Toro to make some of the most unique monster designs out there. If he can create the Pale Man, he can create anything, and it’s gonna be good.
Okay, so since I talked about how good the monster and the build up to it was, and how well it fits into the atmosphere, let’s talk about stuff that probably isn’t good. So, how are the characters. Honestly, they’re all great (Well, most of them. But I’ll get to that in a minute). Del Toro didn’t want people to be hamming it up. I mean, it’s a movie about giant killer bugs in New York. It’s silly por today. You’d better watch out, Paranormal Activity. In the seguinte ten years, you’re gonna look pretty dumb. Unlike the sequels, which were idiotic from the start. Anyway, back on topic, the actors give off very believable performances, and manage to make you think that they are in some serious trouble. It’s not bad really. But the child actor in this movie… Oh boy. Whenever you hear child actors, you think that it’s gonna be the worst part of the movie… And yeah…. It is. The kid can’t do ANYTHING right. He stands there, getting himself into trouble, and always gives the blankest stare possible. The kid can’t act. I’m not one for not telling children and just using a costume to scare the hell out of kids….. But it would be better if they used a costume and scared the hell out of kids. At least then the kid might have had… some reaction besides giving a corpse-like stare.
Besides the pacing being a bit too quick and… the obvious glaring flaw in this movie, I think Mimic was an no geral, global good movie. Del Toro decided to release a director’s cut of the movie, which ended up being a version that he felt mais satisfied with, and was a couple of minutos longer. It was pretty good, and I definitely recommend it. Mimic was a movie that, while not the most loved, it was good enough to get two sequels. Neither of them were directed por del Toro and they were bad. What a shock. If you amor the rest of Guillermo del Toro’s work, than I guarantee that you will amor this movie. Take care.
Up seguinte on October Movie Marathon: Before Middle-Earth…