tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65175732224282718.post4629456493836570817..comments2022-03-27T04:40:18.156-07:00Comments on I Was Just Watching a Movie ...: I've Just Seen: Crimson Peak (2015)Julia Machttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09041411551162128922noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65175732224282718.post-29255232774787614992015-11-29T17:57:01.857-08:002015-11-29T17:57:01.857-08:00Exactly, which is why his films stand out against ...Exactly, which is why his films stand out against the typical use of monsters in the horror genre. I can think of many other films about monsters where humans are portrayed as equally vicious or even more moral depraved than in del Toro's films. <br /><br />Such an approach is very apt considering what we are seeing happen around the world. Humans need to remember that 'evil' is just as much a human characteristic as 'goodness.'Julia Machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09041411551162128922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65175732224282718.post-62490387082461625642015-11-29T11:32:28.675-08:002015-11-29T11:32:28.675-08:00I agree with your conclusion here, but that's ...I agree with your conclusion here, but that's something common to a lot of del Toro's work. Humans are always the epitome of evil in his films and it's the monsters who tend to highlight that. In fact, most of del Toro's monsters are neutral, or "evil" by nature rather than desire. It's true in Cronos, The Devil's Backbone, and Pan's Labyrinth, for instance. He likes to put his monsters and ghosts on the moral landscape between his human characters. For him, humans are both the most and least moral things in the story. SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.com