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Oh, the movie was most certainly beautiful, chilling gothic... I just found it incredibly uneven. There was the obvious subtext of war (backdrop and subplot of 1944 besieged Spain), but I felt as though Guillermo del Toro just didn't know... what he wanted to... do.
The film was uneven and couldn't decide whether or not it wanted to be commentary/war epic or escapist fantasy dark adventure.
Everything involving fantasy was amazing. AMAZING. I cannot fault him that.
Anything NOT involving fantasy - Was uninspired, cliched, and poorly-constructed tripe that just seemed to serve the purpose of attempting to create "a greater meaning."
Dark gothic fantasies DON'T have to have a "greater meaning." He should have allowed the audience to revel in it just as his childish lead. If there had been more of that, I would have been happy - THRILLED.
But, honestly, the end was fairly predictable and too little too late.
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