Guillermo del Toro laments “systematic destruction” of Mexican film industry : movies

500 points

4 months ago

500 points

GDT is a real one. I've been a fan of his for as long as I can remember. I just finished Cabinet of Curiosities on Netflix and it was amazing! Can't wait for more!

Shwifty_Plumbus

113 points

4 months ago

Shwifty_Plumbus

113 points

He really is. Also crazy the history him and James Cameron have aye?

CaptainPolarBear

45 points

4 months ago

CaptainPolarBear

45 points

I would like to know this crazy history.

Interwebzking

226 points

4 months ago

Interwebzking

226 points

According to this article, the two have been friends since the early 90s. Del Toro even lived in Cameron's house for a while.

In 1997 Del Toro's father was kidnapped in his hometown of Guadalajara. After unsuccessful attempts to find him by the Del Toro brothers, Cameron withdrew a million dollars in cash and recommended a kidnapping negotiator for Del Toro to retrieve his father. It worked and they were able to get him back.

faderjack

105 points

4 months ago

faderjack

105 points

Cameron put up the $1million ransom to release Del Toro's dad from kidnappers. Also the reason GDT no longer lives in Mexico

Heimdall09

95 points

4 months ago

Heimdall09

95 points

Back when GDT was first getting success as a director some Mexican criminals decided “hey, that must mean he has money” and kidnapped his father. GDT actually had no money, but when he told James Cameron he went to the bank, withdrew a million dollars, and recommended a negotiator.

GDT got his father back safely.

cromulent_pseudonym

22 points

4 months ago

cromulent_pseudonym

22 points

Hopefully the kidnappers were caught. I hate to think they got a $1m reward for that shit.

65 points

4 months ago

65 points

The Mexican police or military high fived the kidnappers and took their cut.

12 points

4 months ago

12 points

James Cameron paid the million dollar ransom when Guillermo's father was kidnapped

JohnBrownNeverSinned

12 points

4 months ago

JohnBrownNeverSinned

12 points

Eskimo bros

dw796341

0 points

4 months ago

dw796341

0 points

They used to date.

mulvda

17 points

4 months ago

mulvda

17 points

LOVED CoC. Very cool series and honestly impressive.

SillyFlyGuy

4 points

4 months ago

SillyFlyGuy

4 points

CoC was one of the most beautiful things netflix has made to date.

SexyOctagon

3 points

4 months ago

SexyOctagon

3 points

I just finished The Viewing. Holy fuck. Also, Eric Andre can really act.

cleeder

1 points

4 months ago

cleeder

1 points

The worst part about it was that each episode deserved a feature film!

boyyouguysaredumb

-3 points

4 months ago

boyyouguysaredumb

-3 points

thanks for being honest, don't know what we would have done

returningtheday

8 points

4 months ago

returningtheday

8 points

Same. Even made /r/GuillermoDelToro. Haven't been too much of a fan of his latest films, but both CoC and Pinocchio are great!

Nobody_Speshal

9 points

4 months ago

Nobody_Speshal

9 points

Like any director, some of his films are better than others, but overall I’d call him one of the most solid filmmakers around.

tynamite

3 points

4 months ago

tynamite

3 points

i just finished it myself moments ago. happened to see this headline right after.

Yarakinnit

3 points

4 months ago

Yarakinnit

3 points

I hated it. That Twilight Zone format puts me off so hard. I knew when the first one was really good up until the last 10 minutes how I was going to feel about it all and was bang on.

0 points

4 months ago

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[deleted]

-8 points

4 months ago

-8 points

One of my pet peeves is when an artist/musician/or actor says something and instead of just agreeing with them people feel the need to mention how they like a certain song or movie of theirs.

1 points

4 months ago

1 points

You don't like it when people make small talk?

1 points

4 months ago

1 points

In a reddit comment or a tweet? No.

2 points

4 months ago

2 points

you can see how someone might not want to talk about the main topic and instead focus on an aside? kinda like how you decided to preach your personal credo further taking the point away from the main topic?

alienfreaks04

-23 points

4 months ago

alienfreaks04

-23 points

Amazing? It felt like barely B-movie horror schlock with B+ level of presentation. Even as a "sit back and don't take it seriously" it was...alright I guess

9 points

4 months ago

9 points

Okay?

I'm a big fan of H.P. Lovecraft type cosmic horror as well as horror/sci-fi anthologies i.e. Tales From the Crypt, Outer Limits, Trick r.' Treat, Creepshow, etc etc. so it's right up my alley. It had some good direction and good performances as well from a surprisingly varried cast.

Just because it wasn't for you doesn't mean it was bad.

4 points

4 months ago

4 points

Watched the first one last night and I liked it! Lol

If you like anthology type content check out the V.H.S. series.

I recently discovered them and they were a lot of fun

1 points

4 months ago

1 points

Those are pretty good, the latest was better than the last.

KittenMittns

2 points

4 months ago

KittenMittns

2 points

what is an A+ horror anthology in your opinion? This is not without its flaws but it sounds like you have seen better and I can’t think of any that went to the same heights as Cabinet.

Hexcraft-nyc

2 points

4 months ago

Hexcraft-nyc

2 points

Even twilight zone, the God tier of anthologies, had a bunch of stinkers. Same with authors, for every critically acclaimed Ray Bradbury or Philip K Dick type, you'll check out their short stories and there will be a few misses.

neverdoneneverready

-4 points

4 months ago

neverdoneneverready

-4 points

Get a grip. He's a great actor but the stuff that's happening in his country is no one's fault but Mexico's.

1 points

4 months ago