Day 304: Cronos

Directed By- Guillermo Del Toro

Written By- Guillermo Del Toro

Starring- Ron Perlman, Federico Luppi, Claudio Brook, Margarita Isabel, Tamara Shanath

Run Time- 1 hr. 34 min.

Critics Review- "Cronos is not really about plot. It is about character."- Roger Ebert "Chicago Sun-Times"

Rotten Tomatoes Rating- Critics- 91%  [CERTIFIED FRESH] Audience- 67%

Out of a possible 5 stars- 4 1/2 stars

[MILD SPOILERS AHEAD]

My Review-

For this being Del Toro's first film, its a really damn good one. Its like his later ones that he has made that focus's more on the characters and their journey throughout the film rather than the plot itself even though it is just as essential to the movie as the characters are. I really loved the concept about an old relic that was hidden away because it was dangerous and then used for the wrong reason, and its the reason that it was created for that makes it dangerous, which is to offer eternal life for all the wrong reasons. This was also a Spanish language film and I loved how it was in subtitles and in English during certain parts of the movie, mostly the scenes with Ron Perlman, who by the way was really good in the movie. This was one of the earliest films I have seen with Perlman and even here in the movie when he is playing the villain I liked him and was actually hopeing he would do something later on that would change the course of his character in the film, but I was mistaken. This also a very different type of film that I had seen from Del Toro since in a way it can be considered a vampire film, its possibly the best one I have seen in a long time. This is the movie for you if you are a fan of Del Toro or just like vampire movies in general, I think you will thoroughly enjoy this film, because I know I did. I would love to watch this again once I finish this journey since it is probably my favorite film from Del Toro it may beat out Pans Labyrinth and Hellboy II. The one thing I did not like about the film is that the music did not fit well throughout the whole film and I was kinda bummed out because it seemed like it was just put into random spots of the film and it just did not work. Other than that I really liked the movie.